Region: Horn, East & Central Africa
Location: Dar es Salaam
Closing date for applications(UK Time): 20 July 2012
Social Justice Programme Coordinator
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Level: C1 Global
Salary details: GBP24, 245 net per annum (net = take home pay. Oxfam will pay any tax and social security liabilities of the post holder in addition to the net salary) + benefits
Contract Type: Open Ended
Working hours: 36 per week
Ref No: INT5497
Interviews: expected to be first week of August 2012.
Who we are
Oxfam is an International NGO working with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering in Tanzania and more than 80 other countries worldwide. In Tanzania, Oxfam is working in Shinyanga, Dodoma, Morogoro, Tanga, Manyara and Arusha Regions to implement three change goals that have been identified in the country strategy for 2010/2015, namely Economic Justice – Rural Livelihoods (including smallholder, pastoralist and women’s livelihoods), Gender Justice – equality for women and Social Justice centred in active citizenship and effective governance for quality essential services.
We are currently looking for a dynamic and knowledgeable Social Justice Programme Coordinator to enhance the impact of our work in Tanzania.
The role
You will lead the development of the Social Justice Programme within the Oxfam’s country programme for Tanzania. This will involve building on learning from the existing and prior programmes. These programmes include an accountability programme built around active citizens taking action for change (Chukua Hatua Project), an education programme where students are engaging in the accountability of the Tanzania education system to deliver a quality education (Student Barazas Project). You will coordinate and manage these teams to update and design where necessary creative and innovative approaches for facilitating governance and education projects that can have significant impact across the country. You will develop donor proposals and lead on the ongoing liaison with donors, including ensuring that donor reporting requirements are met. You will be an active member of the country management team providing leadership on the social justice programme, supporting colleagues to ensure collective ownership of and responsibility for the programme is held. You will manage a team of 7 staff and work with more than 8 partner organisation, as well as ensuring that effective monitoring evaluation and learning systems are in place. You will also ensure that the project and other associated initiatives incorporate Gender, HIV and AIDS mainstreaming.
The role of the programme has been blogged about in various locations, and example of which can be found on the poverty to power blog http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=9861.
The person
To be successful you will have strong knowledge, technical competence and experience with creating and delivering complex development programmes. Good interpersonal and communication skills have experience in facilitating, empowering and listening to people and putting people first in your work, using participatory methodologies. You will also have good conceptual and analytical skills. You will be a team player, able to work independently and self motivated. You will be culturally and politically sensitive with the ability to solve complex problems as well as influence policy and practice of other key stakeholders. You should have demonstrable negotiation skills, project management and strategic planning skills. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential, Kiswahili would be an advantage.
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