Restless Development
Tanzania (www.restlessdevelopment.org)
is the leading youth-led development agency and we are looking for dynamic,
committed and passionate individual to assist in the delivery and coordination
of our Southern Highland Programme led through the Mbeya Programme Office.
Working with
disadvantaged young people in rural settings including youth led enterprises
and youth groups, you will coordinate our support to the youth sector
identifying and coordinating business development opportunities for these
groups as well as leading training and ad
vice to these groups in strengthening
their businesses and organisations. You will provide technical advice and
support under the direction of the Programme Coordinator – Mbeya to support
Kijana Ibuka Project in working with youth groups and enterprises in both rural
and urban settings.
focussed individual,
committed to delivering high standard programmes, ensuring that sharing and
learning best practice from colleagues in the staff team filter to our
programme delivery on the ground. You will have a background in
entrepreneurship, small business development and agricultural business, and
exposure to organisational development work. This is a significant role in our
programmes team, essential for the achievement of our new strategic direction
to be launched in 2016.
Programme
Strategy Support – Kijana Ibuka Project
Support the Program
Coordinator to develop and formalise our youth entrepreneurship strategy with
youth groups
term organisational
capacity building strategy with the youth groups we are supporting
entrepreneurship
Programme
Quality and Delivery
Provide and
coordinate entrepreneurship training and support to youth groups based on
specific capacity building needs
Support the
development of criteria for identification and support to new youth led
enterprises
Support the Kijana
Ibuka Project team to identify new youth led enterprises based on criteria
developed by the programme
Support training to
youth organized groups under Kijana Ibuka project in the area of youth
entrepreneurship
Support the PQ team
with monitoring and evaluation, research and studies
Support the annual
review of the livelihoods compendium
Share learning and
good practice case studies from the national environment with the team and
Mbeya Regional Programme team as a focal point for the team on livelihoods
Support for
development of partnerships for the programme
Coordinate the
collection of case studies from your area of work to show case the impact of
our work with youth entrepreneurs
Submit timely
monthly reports to your line manager in line with the M&E system in
Restless Development Tanzania
Support delivery of
annual planning and review meetings with key internal and external stakeholders
to the programme
Partnerships
and Visibility of the Programme
s needs in Mbeya and
Tanzania in particular
Identify partners to
provide technical support and services to youth led enterprises
Identify and map
private and public sector funding opportunities for youth groups to access and
provide practical advice and support to do this
Work with Program
Coordinator and Fundraising Partnerships Assistant to identify partnership
opportunities with the public, private and civil society sector in this area of
work including professional attachments for youth
Utilise local media
to support the visibility of the programme with the team
Coordinate
collection and submission of case studies for profiling on Restless Development
websites and on other social media platforms
Financial
Management
Responsible for
accounting and use of funds and assets at a field level in line with Restless
Development policies and procedures
ensuring expenditure
is spent appropriately receipted, recorded and submitted in a timely manner
Work with Program
Coordinator and Finance and Admin Assistant to ensure that all funds spent on
activities in the field are spent as per policies and procedures, as that
assets are used and accounted for properly
Ensuring that the
money reaches the field on time for all approved activities
forecasting with the
programme coordinator
Uphold all financial
policies and procedures for Restless Development Tanzania
Other Duties
Other reasonable
duties as required, sometimes requiring work on weekends, for which time off in
lieu can be taken.
Person
Specification
Essential
Business, Economics,
Project Planning and Management, Community Development or any related field.
Technical expertise
in livelihoods and entrepreneurship
A strong personal
commitment to the aims, values and methods of Restless Development Tanzania
A clear
understanding of contemporary development issues facing young people in
Tanzania particularly of HIV and AIDS, life skills, livelihoods and civic
participation
Flexibility with the
ability to stay out of office, working in the field for prolonged periods
Ability to work in a
team
Fluent in English
and Swahili
Good word processing
skills including Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Preferable
Technical training
or expertise in community development
Excellent
interpersonal communication skills
Living in Mbeya, preferably
in Mbeya, Mbarali and Rungwe Districts.
Apply through our
website by 5pm Thursday 16 June 2016 http://restlessdevelopment.org/tanzania-kijana-ibuka-intern
