JOB DETAILS:
SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania is a local non-government organization affiliated to SOS Children’s Villages International, a worldwide child care and protection organization that provides orphaned and destitute children with a permanent home and educational opportunities. Established 60 years ago, SOS Children’s Villages International the umbrella organization, currently has Children’s Villages and other projects in 135 countries around the world. Globally, it runs the SOS Children’s Village Programme which has two main arms, i.e. Family Based Care based at SOS Children’s Villages and Family Strengthening Programmes supporting families in local communities. SOS has been working in the United Republic of Tanzania since 1991, and implements its programs in the following locations Zanzibar, Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Iringa. SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania seeks to recruit a suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions;
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
National Reintegration Coordinator provides overall coordination of the three-year project titled “Facilitating Responsible Reintegration of Children and Young People” at the national level by ensuring project quality and effectiveness. The holder of the post will be responsible to ensure the project is implemented to realize the anticipated results.. S/he will assist in the preparation of project implementation work plans, budget implementation and periodic reporting. Also, she/he will undertake partnership roles that include engagement with the government’s Ministries, Departments and Agents(MDAs)such the Ministry of Community Development, Gender,Women and Special Groups.Other partners include the likeminded organizations and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on children and young people reintegration processes.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES.
• Coordinate and manage the Responsible Reintegration project work for SOS Children’s Villages in Tanzania
• Support and supervise project officers’ project activities as national lead including taking overall responsibility for the reintegration coordination and technical capacity building of program staff supporting the reintegration in the field
• Spearhead the process of the design of a local data management systems and procedures for reintegration
• Ensure documentation and the organization of paper-based information are up-to-date.
• Use the database to monitor adherence to procedure on individual cases and ensure that roles and responsibilities are upheld.
• Leads national project team and drives project implementation according to plan, involving relevant staff, government and national CSO representatives.
• Provide thematic expertise on protection of children and young people, child empowerment, and family strengthening in the context of reintegration.
• Ensure that reintegration-focused child protection, livelihoods and other youth and family empowerment activities are implemented in a coordinated, mutually-supportive manner with relevant stakeholders.
• Act as SOS Children’s Villages focal point for reintegration project initiatives with SOS Children’s Villages in Tanzania.
• Ensure that procedures for the reintegration of children and youth are compliant with national and organizational legislation, standards, and policies
• Ensure project implementation is in accordance with project plan, donor proposal and partnership agreement.
• Submit progress reports as well as provide input for annual donor reports to the Regional Project Lead.
• Regularly updates the Head of Programs and relevant National Office departments of project developments and activities.
• Ensure formal and informal meetings with the Head of Programs and other National Office department heads for information sharing and decision making.
• Seek technical guidance/support from the Head of Programs on a regular basis.
• Participate in national platforms at addressing child vulnerability issues affecting beneficiaries of SOS target group and promotes the work of SOS to various organizations and communities.
• Build strong working relationships with national / location program managers
• Represent the project as well as the SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania at internal and external meetings, conferences, and thematic coordination platforms
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCES:
• University Degree, preferably master’s degree in Child Welfare, Social Work, Sociology or Community Development.
• Minimum 5 years programmatic work experience with an international NGO or other nationally recognized institution.
• Documented experience in case management, child and family tracing, reintegration, and reunification.
• Demonstrated commitment to capacity building of staff, a team player with demonstrable success coordinating program interventions in the reintegration field i.e with children without parental care or living and working in the street
• Experience-based understanding of the inter-relations between children and young people reintegration and alternative care for children, and an ability to shape programming in a way that ensures the needs of reintegrated children are met while also advancing prevention of family separation.
• Knowledge of UNGA, UNCRC, ACRWC, the relevant national legal and policy frameworks
• Good problem solving, strategic planning and analytical skills
• Ability to plan well, set own targets and meet them
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Willingness to travel and work regularly in field sites with basic standards of living and minimal comfort.
• Be both self-reliant and have the ability to lead and co-operate with others.
• Be able to work under minimum supervision to achieve the set objectives.
Programme Policy Officer – National Consultant
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
A Bsc in Project planning and management, Bsc in Community development studies, Bsc in Statistics (MSc/PHD is an added advantage), with a proven track record in conducting a field assessment in the agriculture sector including baseline survey of the agricultural production and marketing and extension services;
Language:
Fluency (oral and written) in English and Kiswahili a must; proficiency in other languages spoken regionally is an asset.
JOB PURPOSE
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The overall objective of the household baseline survey is to establish benchmarks for effective planning, monitoring and evaluation including measurements of outcomes and impacts of FtMA interventions. The baseline survey will focus particularly on farmers household level, to understand the situation of farmers’ yields, their income from agriculture activities, Climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices and knowledge, access to finance, inputs use, to mention a few.
The baseline will form the basis for progressive monitoring of achievements of the planned results, through the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, as a benchmark for comparison of the changes achieved annually and at the end of the project. The household baseline survey will also guide the design and refinement of evidence-based project strategies and approaches to be applied in the project for increasing farmers productivity, income, and resilience especially for women and youth.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
The short-term consultant is expected to:
• Establish baseline levels of key indicators to enable the measurement of change by virtue of FtMA intervention strategies and the project log frame.
• Analyse household livelihoods to determine social economic status and vulnerability of smallholder farmers (SHFs).
• Conduct desk-review, research and analyse relevant literature and secondary data from multiple data sources on maize, rice, sunflower and beans value chain Interventions in southern highlands (Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe regions), northern highlands (Manyara region), Central region ( Singida), coast region (Morogoro) and undertake a profitability analysis of the different value chains taking into consideration product cost analysis based on the realities of sampled Smallholder farmers (SHFs).
• Assess food security situation to determine surplus potential for sale.
• Study or assess business/income streams for SHFs In the FtMA project areas from both agriculture and non-agriculture income activities.
• Scope existence of small holder farmers through the network of FSCs (spread/clustering)
• Determine the existing linkages to markets and other related marketing parameters such as types and sources of inputs used, mechanization, aggregators currently in the cluster, output pricing models and challenges facing farmers in selling their outputs.
• Assess skills and knowledge of SHFs on post-harvest management (PHM), CSA, inputs, financial services, etc and identify capacity strengthening and skills-development needs of small holders’ farmers.
• Examine existing CSA practices and approaches of small holder farmers that build their resilience to climate changein the project areas.
• Scope existence of service offering and different commercial/ non-commercial models to offer last mile.
• Establish the availability / accessibility business support services to SHFs and Farmer Service Centers (FSCs) in the project locations that will enhance their business competencies, capacities, and competitiveness to become commercially viable entities.
• Engage with SHFs in the project locations to understand their production systems, inputs and output markets, the obstacles they face to achieving sustainable productivity for commercial viability as well as generate knowledge of existing initiatives and solutions to low agricultural productivity to the small holder farmers.
• Identify challenges, lessons, risks and opportunities that are likely to impact on the project and propose some recommendations to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of the project.
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
Capability Name
• Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
• Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools.
Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher)
• Demonstrates the ability to design, implement, monitor and provide oversight over effective and efficient programmes deploying different transfer modalities.
• Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.)
• Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
Emergency Programming
• Displays ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches
Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government
• Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes..
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
Experience:
• At least eight years of experience in agribusiness, either in private sector enterprises or in profit value chain related projects, with a strong exposure to the private sector.
• Experience in conducting baseline surveys or evaluations for development programmes in Tanzania context.
• Proven track record on designing quantitative and qualitative data collection tools, data collection and analysis, and use of participatory approaches both in the field and through digital platforms (phone, online).