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Monday 31 August 2020

New Volunteering Opportunities at DIGNITY Kwanza - Communications Volunteer, 2020



 DIGNITY Kwanza

Title: Communications Volunteer
Job Location: Dar es Salaam
Job Type: Full Time
DIGNITY Kwanza – Community Solutions (DIGNITY Kwanza) is a national not-for-profit organization registered in Tanzania under the NGOs Act of 2002 as amended in 2005, with Registration No. 00NGO/00009763. DIGNITY Kwanza was established in 2018 to supplement other stakeholders’ efforts to find solutions for problems facing marginalized and vulnerable populations in Tanzania.


Responsibilities
• To create effective communication strategy
• To coordinate internal and external communication flow eg newsletters,
• To coordinate all editorial team meetings
• To design sketches of mass media announcement
• To write content for website and social media
• To communicate with media regularly (journalist)
• To manage media inquiry
• To ensure Compliance with laws
• To insure all the social media accounts are active and up to date
• To build long term relationship with influencers and key stakeholders
• To review reported news on issues regarding our target group situation in Tanzania
• To collect and file reports and contacts formed from various events
• To foster relationship with media houses and journalist
• To conduct research and data collection to support advocacy work.

General duties:
• To perform any other duty under communications/assigned by supervisor
Reporting:
Reporting directly to Program Officer – Advocacy and Communications.


Requirements:
• A minimum of 1 year of experience as a media or communication person. Experience of working with donor funded projects will have an added advantage
• Must have a Degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or a closely related discipline, preferably specialization on media engagements
• Fluency in Kiswahili and English, including strong writing skills
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Word and Excel
• Proven writing, editing, design, videography, or photography skills will be added advantages
Compensation and benefits:
Volunteer will get monthly stipend to facilitate transport and communications.
Contract length:
This is a full-time volunteer position for 4 months, with a possibility of renewal depending on the needs of the organization and performance of the incumbent.

Method of Application
Please send your application letter and CV to info@dignitykwanza.org with the subject line of Communications Person by COB 04th September, 2020.
Selected candidates must be ready to attend the interview between 08th and 10th September 2020.







New Job at Association of Private Health Facilities in Tanzania (APHFTA) - Internal Auditor | Deadline: 07th September, 2020


Association of Private Health Facilities in Tanzania (APHFTA)

INTERNAL AUDITOR 
Job Summary
Association of Private Health Facilities in Tanzania (APHFTA) is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of of INTERNAL AUDITOR.


Job Description
Position Type: Contract
Organization Type: Non-State Actor,
The Internal Auditor Reports APHFTA Board through Audit Committee and administratively to Chief Executive Officer.


Main Responsibilities include: -
a. Prepare annual audit plan which covers all activities of the organization
b. Review and implement the Annual Internal Audit Plan
c. Prepare and Implement Internal Audit programmes to achieve specific objectives of the Internal Audit plan.
d. Review the procedures including Internal Controls and recommend measures to improve and strengthen the operational and financial systems
e. Prepare and Monitor Risk Management Register
f. Ensure that all the Annual Internal Audit plan targets are achieved
g. Participate in business process redesign and policy review exercise intended to improve the conduct of business and minimize risks
h. Safeguard organization’s assets, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, internal controls, standing policies and procedures and best practices in financial management and corporate governance
i. Follow up on implementation of external audit and other recommendation for improvement of financial systems
j. Carry out special assignments as may be required by the Audit Committee/ Chief Executive Officer from time to time
k. Carry out all other duties and responsibilities falling within the purview of an internal auditor
l. Review, recommend changes and update the Audit Charter, Risk Register, Policies/Regulations and operating procedural manual
m. To gain an understanding of IT general controls and assess the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the general IT controls

Qualifications:
• A Bachelor degree in Commerce Accounting/Advance Diploma in Accounting
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) T
• Minimum experience of 3 years in external audit/ internal audit environment.
• Preferably, a registered member of the Institute of Internal Auditors of Tanzania
• A registered member of the National Board of Accountants and Auditors is compulsory
• Have good communication and report writing skills
• Working experience in a risk management environment will be an added advantage
• Proven ability to build relationships and credibility
• Strong analytical skills
• Should have advanced computer skills in Excel, Word and Power Point
• Should have knowledge of Accounting Package. Quick Books is preferable
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure and on a wide range of tasks
• Fluent in English and Kiswahili


APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
If you are interested and qualified for the position and wish to join a dynamic and fast paced working environment of, kindly apply in confidence by submitting an application letter, a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV)certified copies of your practicing certificates, academic certificates and the names and contacts information of three referees.
Applications should reach to the:
Chief Executive Officer,
Association of Private Health Facilities in Tanzania (APHFTA),
P.O. Box 13234,
Dar Es Salaam
E-Mail: info@aphfta.org
Deadline: 07th September, 2020.
Only successful candidates will be contacted.








HESLB Extended Loan Application Deadline 2020/2021

 


Higher Education Students' Loans Board (HESLB)


Mission: To provide loans and grants to needy and eligible Tanzanian Students for Higher and Tertiary Education.

Vision: To be a reliable and sustainable revolving fund in financing eligible Tanzanian Students for Higher and Tertiary Education.

Core Values: The core values which will guide HESLB in achieving its objectives are:


Accountability: We are accountable for our own results, encourage ownership by taking initiatives and doing the right things for our organization. We feel obliged to make things better, to pursue excellence, and to do things in ways that further the goals of our organization. We will be answerable for our actions and the actions of our teams.

Commitment and Integrity: We are passionate and intensely focused on serving our clients (the higher education students) with high level of Integrity to enable them achieve their dreams. We do what we promise we are going to do. As individuals and as an organization, we are dedicated to serve our clients and stakeholders. We value all of our customers and stakeholders with high degree of Integrity.


Teamwork: We are committed to common goals based on open and honest communication and collaboration to one another while showing concern and support for each other and most importantly, our clients. We believe the best results stem from integrating a mix of talents, skills and experiences.
Equity: We value inclusiveness, fairness, transparency and justice that we want to see persist, and because of our main existence, we place a particular focus on reflecting the need of the disadvantaged, low-income communities most impacted by our work.


Corporate Sponsorship Forms
For institutions that sponsor students for their studies only, download  form here and follow the instructions contained in this form.

HESLB Extended Loan Application Deadline 2020/21

Tarehe Ya Mwisho kuomba mkopo 2020. 

Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) main focus is on both issuance and recovery of loans from higher education loan beneficiaries.
The Executive Director of the Higher Education Loan Board (HESLB), Abdulrazaq Badru, said the board has extended 10 days for new applicants by September 10, 2020, to complete applications where so far more than 71,800 students have completed their loan applications in full.

Teach Primary in Tanzania! at Christ Church International School Arusha, Tanzania

 Employment Type

Full-time

Seeking enthusiastic teachers with a heart for Christian education! Now accepting applications for lower and upper primary lead teaching positions beginning immediately. Applicants must be willing to teach on-campus in Tanzania or by distance learning using Google classroom (as deemed necessary by school management due to Covid-19).

The school is located in the foothills of beautiful Mount Meru in bustling Arusha, the gateway city to the natural wonders of several of Tanzania’s wildlife parks and Mount Kilimanjaro.

We Are Looking For Experienced Teachers Who Are

  • Passionate about teaching children from around the world
  • Excited about contributing to the development of a Christian international school
  • Eager to collaborate with teachers, staff, parents, and local communities to create a holistic Christian education which supports children to thrive academically and spiritually

Does this sound like you? If so, you may be just the person we’re looking for to join the CCIS team.

Requirements

✓ Bachelor's degree in education with teaching certification or licensure

✓ Servant heart, an attitude of grace, committed to supporting a loving school culture

✓ Commitment to building and supporting a multicultural community

✓ Flexible and adaptable to meeting school’s needs

✓ Willingness to embrace and learn from other cultures and faith denominations

Desired Qualifications

□ Classroom teaching experience

□ International experience, especially in a developing country

□ Understanding of inquiry-based teaching

□ Creativity and solid lesson planning skills

□ Commitment to Christian education and the challenges of Missionary and Third-Culture-Kid education

□ Self-motivation with an ability to mentor and supervise others.

APPLY ONLINE HERE







New Job vacancy - Senior Software Developer at NMB Bank Plc Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

 NMB Bank Plc

NMB Bank Plc

Employment Type

Contract

Job Purpose

To lead a team of software developers in studying bank operations; design, build, test and install software solutions or modify/upgrade existing applications; support and develop software to meet key business goals.


Responsibilities

  • Actively participate in systems/projects scoping, design, and pricing exercises as part of the development and business teams’ processes.
  • Bringing together components, software subsystems into a whole and ensuring that those subsystems function together.
  • Studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas.
  • Determining operational feasibility by evaluating impact analysis, problem definition, user requirements, proposed solutions and efforts required.
  • Documenting and demonstrating solutions, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear pseudo codes.
  • Developing and conducting testing plans and procedures based upon system requirements
  • Identify systems deficiencies and implement effective solutions
  • Communicating and enforcing coding standards; and recommending changes in policies, processes and procedures.
  • Researching, evaluating, and recommending systems/equipment/technologies based upon user requirements and ICT system enterprise architecture in place.
  • Updating job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.


Attributes

  • Knowledge on the trending banking software’s and technologies in the market
  • Excellent written and oral communication
  • Problem solving and follow through
  • Pragmatic and thorough
  • Familiarity with Agile’s scrum development methodologies
  • Fluent in at least two of the languages (Java, PHP,C# , Python)
  • Knowledge on a variety of MVC frameworks/systems – Spring or Java EE is an added advantage


Qualifications and Experience

  • BSc. in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
  • Agile/Scrum certification as an added advantage.
  • At least 5 years in software development industry.
  • Experience with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD, Automated Builds & Release Pipelines, etc.
  • Experience with software design principles, patterns, and practices, like solid, clean code, design patterns and thinking
  • Experience with varieties of databases and object-relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks.
  • Experience in Mobile Applications Development; and integrations with Banks products/systems is an added advantage

 

NMB Plc is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.


Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 14 working days of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted for this role.


“NMB Bank Plc does not charge any fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it”.

APPLY ONLINE HERE







New Job Vacancy - Pharmacy Technician at Yantai BM Import and Export Co.,Ltd Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

 

Employment Type

Contract

About us:

Yantai BM Import and Export Co., Ltd is a professional and reliable trader, but this absolutely does not prevent us to be an excellent supplier. BM has been dedicated to supplying professional commercial and scuba diving gear, construction machines, solid slag removing machines.

Currently BM is looking candidate to fill job vacancy with the following details;

Dispenses prescription medication and other medical products to patients under direction of licensed pharmacist
Counts pills, labels bottles, prices, and compounds medications to prepare prescriptions for patients as directed
Performs administrative duties, including answering phones, receiving and inputting prescription orders, operating cash registers, and restocking inventory
Gathers, organises, and assesses patient information
Supplies patients with information and education on their prescriptions
Monitors prescription-filling process to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and pharmacy policies
Liaises with healthcare providers and patients to obtain correct prescription information
Answers patients' questions about their medications under the supervision of the pharmacist
Takes inventory of drugs on hand and records results
Places orders for additional drugs as directed by the pharmacist
Maintains electronic patient information
Prepares billing information for medications
Completes patients' sales transactions for purchase of prescription and over-the-counter medications as well as other pharmaceutical products


New Job Opportunity at Tevi Microfinance Co. Ltd - Operations Supervisor | Deadline: 04th September, 2020

 

Operations Supervisor

Tevi Microfinance Company
Job Summary
The company is currently seeking to recruit a qualified, highly motivated, performance driven and experienced Operations Supervisor to manage the company day to day operations.

Job Description
TEVI Microfinance Company is a fast-growing microfinance institution operating in Dar es Salaam for almost two 2 years, we provide demand-oriented financial services aimed at empowering micro-enterprises.
The company is currently seeking to recruit a qualified, highly motivated, performance driven and experienced Operations Supervisor to manage the company day to day operations

Key Responsibilities:
 To implement the company strategy as agreed with the Board of directors, and to
actively give direction and leadership toward the achievement of vision mission
 Prepare company operations report and submit to board of directors in accordance to the established guideline
 To identify risks and develop internal control systems and operation policies
 To identify potential areas for business growth and develop products
 Develop and manage budget and operations plans
 To supervise staff to meet day to day operational activities
 To visit groups and individual clients for risk assessment according to the established process and procedures.

Skills and Experience Required
 Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Banking, Finance or any business
related course. Professional qualification such as CPB will be an added advantage
 The successful candidate must have worked in the microfinance for more than 5 years in the similar role or above
 Strong knowledge of loan portfolio reports and MIS
 Strong people management skills
 Good track record for motivate subordinate to meet their targets
 Excellent report writing and communications skills


Mode of Application
Qualified candidates should forward their application with a cover letter and a detailed CV through tevimicrofinance@gmail.com and tituss20022002@yahoo.co.uk
Deadline of submission of application is the 04th September, 2020.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interview.

New Job at Resonance Tanzania - Chief of Party, Marine Biodiversity Conservation | September, 2020

 AJIRA LEO TANZANIA

Resonance Global Tanzania

Chief of Party, Tanzania Marine Biodiversity Conservation
Tanzania /
Government Services – Natural Capital Practice /
Proposal Staff

Who We Are
Resonance is an award-winning frontier market solutions firm based in Burlington, Vermont that helps a variety of donor, commercial and investor clients around the world to catalyze lasting impact. We envision a prosperous and just world of thriving markets, healthy ecosystems, and vibrant communities where business, governments and citizens work together creating a better world for all.

Resonance seeks to catalyze large-scale social, environmental, and economic change by fostering new and dynamic forms of collaboration. We do this by fostering public-private partnerships, facilitating sustainable investment, and providing deep analytical insights in frontier markets. We strive to merge strategic insight with practical on-the-ground knowledge into an integrated approach that emphasizes results.


Resonance was recently named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest growing privately-held companies. We seek candidates who are ready to apply their analytical and problem-solving skills to some of our planet’s greatest challenges in an entrepreneurial, fun, and fast-paced environment. We are looking for passionate and committed people who can work in a highly collaborative environment to deliver results for our clients and stakeholders around the world.

Resonance is seeking candidates to serve as Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated USAID-funded project based in Tanzania, focused on marine biodiversity conservation. The 5-year contract will incorporate a series of interventions that support and strengthen capacity for biodiversity conservation in a manner that i) reduces the use of illegal and unsustainable fishing; ii) improves the governance and management of coastal land and seascapes; and iii) improves policy development and capacity to implement policies. These interventions together will reduce threats to marine and coastal biodiversity in Tanzania while moving Tanzanian institutions further on their journey to self-reliance.
The COP will be responsible for overall leadership, management, and technical direction of the project. As the project’s leader, the COP will be the principal project planner, designer, and implementer and will ensure that all deliverables are high-quality and delivered to USAID on time.

They will be the primary POC with the Mission and will ensure all stages of project implementation work to meet Mission goals and priorities. As primary POC, they will work directly with the COR to drive internal project and Mission learning and will ensure that approaches are adjusted to respond appropriately and effectively to task resourcing and implementation requirements.


Essential Functions

  • Serve as key liaison with USAID, the Government of Tanzania, project partners, and counterparts in the public and private sectors.
  • Provide overall technical, administrative, and operational oversight for the project on all activities and at all levels (both in Dar Es Salam and target areas for value chain improvements and fisheries resources management).
  • Lead the planning, design, implementation, and reporting of technical activities, including the drafting of annual work plans, leading organizational activities, and overseeing the completion and submission of quarterly and annual project reports and other project deliverables.
  • Lead the project’s marine biodiversity conservation and sustainable fisheries management agenda and activities in conjunction with the Ministry of Fisheries and local institutions.
  • Manage project team; oversee, mentor, and provide guidance to short- and long-term staff.
  • Lead financial oversight and procedures and ensure compliance with USG regulations and Resonance policy.
  • Report regularly to the Resonance headquarters and USAID/Tanzania on project activities, deliverables, and events.
  • Travel regularly for monitoring and oversight of activities and evaluations.

Required Education and Experience
  • A record of exemplary professional experience in fields related to marine resource management and conservation, including several among the following: coastal resource resilience, marine protected area management, sustainable fisheries management and/or enforcement, local community development and livelihood diversification, local governance capacity building, and behavior change promotion.
  • At least (10) years of management and supervisory experience with a U.S. Government foreign affairs agency, international assistance organization, or nongovernmental organization.
  • An advanced graduate degree in a related technical or management field (e.g. marine biology, natural resource management, public administration, business administration, international development, governance, etc.)
  • Demonstrated ability to liaise and work collaboratively with government stakeholders, international donors, and local partners at the national and sub-national levels.
  • Proven leadership in the management of similar sized international donor programs with annual budgets of 1-3 million USD and that requires collaborative adaptive management and the ability to respond quickly to newly emergent tasks.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-disciplinary, multicultural, and diverse teams, with strong interpersonal skills.
  • Superior written and oral communication skills.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English required. 


Preferred Education, Experience, & Competencies

  • Direct experience or working knowledge of East African fisheries, coastal and marine resource management issues preferred.
  • Working knowledge of Swahili
  • Experience in partnerships and private sector engagement. 


Travel Expectations

  • Ability to travel around Tanzania as needed. Ability to also travel internationally as needed up to 20% of the time.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls please. Resonance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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