THE LEGAL SERVICES FACILITY IS AN INDEPENDENT BASKET FUND
SUPPORTED BY DANIDA AND UKAID
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Legal Services Facility (LSF) offers a fast growing, high performance working environment which provides support for the enhancement of legal aid and legal empowerment in Tanzania, with emphasis on the protection of women's rights. Through 47 implementing partners, the LSF presently funds in all districts of Tanzania the setting up or improvement of basic legal aid services.
SUPPORTED BY DANIDA AND UKAID
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Legal Services Facility (LSF) offers a fast growing, high performance working environment which provides support for the enhancement of legal aid and legal empowerment in Tanzania, with emphasis on the protection of women's rights. Through 47 implementing partners, the LSF presently funds in all districts of Tanzania the setting up or improvement of basic legal aid services.
Additionally the fund is involved in and supports capacity development of legal aid providers, advocacy for recognition of paralegals through legal aid legislation, innovative approaches to legal aid and increasing awareness about the importance of legal aid and legal empowerment in the development process.
The LSF is an equal opportunity employer and invites both women and men, who think they fulfil the requirements and who are willing to go the extra mile, to apply.
OPERATIONS AND LEARNING MANAGER
The O&L Mamager will oversee the implementation of LSF strategies developed, will contribute to the formulation of medium term results and their measurement, will oversee an extensive pilot project and will execute other managerial tasks. The position is based at the LSF office in Dar es Salaam and reports to the CEO/Fund Manager. Candidates need to be at least available for the period from 1 October 2014 to 31 December 2015.
The position in particular includes:
• Formulation of essential result components in grant making and grant management;
• Effective improvement and implementation of a more comprehensive Monitoring and Results System that includes outcome mapping and qualitative data sourcing and recording;
• Conceptualising and implementing legal empowerment;
• Conceptualising and implementing the development of the LSF and implementing partners towards increasingly becoming learning organisations;
• Substantially contribute to LSF reporting and dissemination of lessons learned;
• Maintaining and building networks and develop and maintain communication.
Additionally, the position will oversee a pilot project that is implemented in different parts of the country by 4 partners. The pilot is to provide essential learning components for the LSF program as regards the dynamics between paralegal service delivery and local government authorities, including law and order and justice systems. The pilot will also be instrumental toward institutionalising learning within the LSF and within the partner organisations for national scale implementation of a legal empowerment approach.
All tasks are to be implemented in close cooperation with the Fund Manager and other team members in the LSF.
Requirements:
General Qualifications:
• Masters in law, social sciences or similar, from a recognised university;
• More than 10 years' experience working in increasingly senior positions in international development programmes, preferably in legal sector reform, legal empowerment, paralegal operations, results management and organisational learning.
Specific Qualifications
• Extensive experience in management and running of grant making programs targeting CSOs, preferably in the legal sector;
• Extensive experience from Eastern Africa, in particular Tanzania;
• Extensive experience working with NGOs and CSOs as well as (local) governments;
• Good knowledge of international standard M&E systems (including outcome mapping);
• Good knowledge of communication/dissemination/PR. Excellent (report) writing skills;
• Knowledge of HRBA and processes of change is considered an advantage.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili
How to apply ?
If you think you are qualified for and interested in the above positions, then please send, or, preferably, hand deliver in an envelope on which the position for which you apply is written and which at least contains:
your printed and signed application letter, CV, copies of certificates and the names of three referees to the address below:
Fund Manager
Legal Services Facility
Bima Street, Nyati Rd, Mikocheni B
P.O.Box 31480
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel: 0222 781061
There is no need for candidates, who have applied earlier for this position, to present their application again.
The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 29 September 2014 at 4:00 p.m. 3
SOURCE DAILY NEWS OF 22 SEPTEMBER 2014.
The LSF is an equal opportunity employer and invites both women and men, who think they fulfil the requirements and who are willing to go the extra mile, to apply.
OPERATIONS AND LEARNING MANAGER
The O&L Mamager will oversee the implementation of LSF strategies developed, will contribute to the formulation of medium term results and their measurement, will oversee an extensive pilot project and will execute other managerial tasks. The position is based at the LSF office in Dar es Salaam and reports to the CEO/Fund Manager. Candidates need to be at least available for the period from 1 October 2014 to 31 December 2015.
The position in particular includes:
• Formulation of essential result components in grant making and grant management;
• Effective improvement and implementation of a more comprehensive Monitoring and Results System that includes outcome mapping and qualitative data sourcing and recording;
• Conceptualising and implementing legal empowerment;
• Conceptualising and implementing the development of the LSF and implementing partners towards increasingly becoming learning organisations;
• Substantially contribute to LSF reporting and dissemination of lessons learned;
• Maintaining and building networks and develop and maintain communication.
Additionally, the position will oversee a pilot project that is implemented in different parts of the country by 4 partners. The pilot is to provide essential learning components for the LSF program as regards the dynamics between paralegal service delivery and local government authorities, including law and order and justice systems. The pilot will also be instrumental toward institutionalising learning within the LSF and within the partner organisations for national scale implementation of a legal empowerment approach.
All tasks are to be implemented in close cooperation with the Fund Manager and other team members in the LSF.
Requirements:
General Qualifications:
• Masters in law, social sciences or similar, from a recognised university;
• More than 10 years' experience working in increasingly senior positions in international development programmes, preferably in legal sector reform, legal empowerment, paralegal operations, results management and organisational learning.
Specific Qualifications
• Extensive experience in management and running of grant making programs targeting CSOs, preferably in the legal sector;
• Extensive experience from Eastern Africa, in particular Tanzania;
• Extensive experience working with NGOs and CSOs as well as (local) governments;
• Good knowledge of international standard M&E systems (including outcome mapping);
• Good knowledge of communication/dissemination/PR. Excellent (report) writing skills;
• Knowledge of HRBA and processes of change is considered an advantage.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili
How to apply ?
If you think you are qualified for and interested in the above positions, then please send, or, preferably, hand deliver in an envelope on which the position for which you apply is written and which at least contains:
your printed and signed application letter, CV, copies of certificates and the names of three referees to the address below:
Fund Manager
Legal Services Facility
Bima Street, Nyati Rd, Mikocheni B
P.O.Box 31480
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel: 0222 781061
There is no need for candidates, who have applied earlier for this position, to present their application again.
The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 29 September 2014 at 4:00 p.m. 3
SOURCE DAILY NEWS OF 22 SEPTEMBER 2014.
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