Title Senior Technical Advisor – USAID Kizazi Kipya project Location Tanzania Department Name Program Delivery Pact Overview
Job summary:
The Economic Strengthening Advisor will be responsible for the design,
implementation and technical quality of strategies and activities to
improve the economic stability of young people and households caring for
OVC. The Economic Strengthening Advisor (ESA) plays a pivotal role in
planning for all aspects of livelihoods and economic opportunities
activities for Pact Tanzania’s USAID-funded Kizazi Kipya project. She/he
will facilitate a team of staff in the development of social protection
linkages and provision, savings group (VSLG) activities and the
integration of enterprise expertise and market access and relationships
for securing the economic wellbeing of targeted households. The Advisor
will be involved in project implementation, and organizing and
delivering training programs that address a wide variety of issues,
including: social protection and livelihoods; savings and financial
access; agriculture and food security; economic and market development;
ensuring delivery of specific training, coordination and execution of
activities, and overall backstopping and troubleshooting. Proficiency in
dealing with math, bookkeeping, and monitoring systems is essential, as
is familiarity with the way Tanzanian women think and work at the
grassroots, whether in rural or urban settings. The ESA position
requires a high degree of integrity, professionalism, flexibility and
perseverance, as well as the ability to anticipate, identify and resolve
problems in the field quickly.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
The ESA must develop a close working relationship with the Technical
Service Coordinator. She/he needs to be a committed listener who not
only is eager to know not only what is happening in all aspects of the
targeted households’ economic wellbeing, but also is able to give
constructive feedback and support to those she/he supervises. The
Advisor is responsible to:
Technically supervise ES program activities including the design,
development and implementation of technical guidance as it relates to
ES, ensuring all ES activities are in line with state-of-the-art,
globally-recognized best practices for addressing needs of OVC, young
people, and their caregivers.
Exercising a supportive supervision approach, train and mentor technical staff and sub grantees responsible for child wellbeing.
Build awareness of key ES concepts and principles among sub grantees and
institutions. This includes assisting families in earning and saving
income, managing money, and allocating household resources to improving
children and youth’s wellness outcomes.
Develop and instruct Technical Services Coordinators in effective
methodologies for identifying appropriate ES interventions for specific
households, depending on the needs and resources of those households
(i.e. credit and market opportunities, group savings, income generation,
micro-enterprise development training, farming-as-a-business,
extensionist, other vocational training opportunities, youth
employability, etc.).; train/mentor in principles and standards for good
implementation of or linkages to these interventions.
Develop and ensure the implementation of strategies and interventions that promote the economic empowerment of young people.
Ensure the documentation and dissemination of best practices and lessons
learned, capture timely, high quality information and utilize data to
inform decisions and foster learning and innovation;
Monitor and maintain relevant manuals, training materials and reports for economic strengthening.
Ensure all economic strengthening strategies are gender-sensitive and promote equitable programming.
Create and implement a plan to engage the private sector in economic
strengthening activities for greater and sustainable impacts.
Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual planning, monitoring, and
reporting for all Economic Strengthening (ES) related activities;
Oversee pilot or demonstration projects to test and adopt specific ES activities.
Ensure global best practices shape project activities
Ensuring that books and materials used in the clusters, by either staff
or groups, are delivered in time to meet program deadlines and in a
manner, that maintains internal controls on inventory.
Providing substantial input to orientation and implementation training
and training-of-trainers packages, including but not limited to training
workshops for savings groups Management Committees, bi-monthly
workshops run by Empowerment Workers, and MIS/positive deviance case
study training.
Training the cluster-level Technical Services Coordinators to use these
training materials so that they can conduct training for Empowerment
Workers (EWs) in order to maximize their impact on the activities and
behavior of women and their groups.
Overseeing the training carried out by the Technical Services
Coordinators, sometimes serving as a co-trainer, to ensure that they are
consistently delivering project training effectively, and conveying
information and new ideas accurately and in a participatory manner that
is appropriate for adult learners.
Ongoing engagement with the Technical Services Coordinators to ensure
there is a smooth relationship between them and the Empowerment Workers
and that the EWs’ support and capacity building with the groups is
sufficient to result in their independence and self-management.
Regularly visiting groups to provide appreciative support and to ensure
that a spirit of motivated teamwork and open communication is maintained
throughout the project sites.
Identifying emerging areas of challenge and participating in the modification of program materials to meet those needs.
Ensuring that program information is accurately and promptly communicated from and to the field;
Qualifications:
Master’s Degree or higher in economics, international development or a
related field preferred; gender studies or experience an advantage.
Experience:
8+ years’ experience designing, implementing and monitoring household
economic strengthening activities working on multifaceted and complex
international development programs.
At least 5 years of technical management experience, including direct supervision of technical teams and implementing partners.
Skills
Solid knowledge of social protection, household economic strengthening,
and microenterprise and market development instruments and frameworks.
Experience in leveraging private sector partnerships and resources for
creation of business opportunities, business mentorship and skills
training, market access, strategies to strengthen household resilience,
etc.
Demonstrated leadership qualities, depth and breadth of technical and
management expertise and experience, and strong interpersonal, writing,
and oral presentation skills including such skills in English.
Experience with a USG cooperative agreement and PEPFAR programming strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations
with host country government personnel, stakeholders, NGO partners, and
international donor agencies.
Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume work flow without
constant or close supervision and ability and willingness to travel to
program areas and internationally as required.
Excellent training skills in working with adult learners, particularly
at the community level; experience in an appreciative approach a plus.
Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills.
How to Apply:
If you believe you are the ideal person we are looking for, please
submit your application letter describing why you are the right
candidate for this position, a curriculum vitae detailing your
experience and three (3) professional referees from previous and current
place of employment. Please send the application via E mail through the
Apply button below with the heading, Economic Strengthening Advisor Job
Application.
The closing date for applications will be Wednesday 19th July 2017 (only shortlisted candidates will be contacted)
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