Social Change & Development Officer – SCDO

1. Social Change & Development Officer –SCDO 1 (Full Time)
Location: Turiani - Morogoro, Tanzania
Job Description: The GWEP Social change and development officer will be responsible for day to day implementation of program activities to ensure realization of program outcomes.

Report to: Program Coordinator, Turiani –Morogoro, Tanzania

Key Responsibilities:
1. Ensure support is given to VSL members to develop profitable IGAs, including advice on branding, packaging and value addition;
2. Support and or train VSL members to advocate for women's rights to land;
3. Facilitate IG women and male counterparts sensitization on women's rights;
4. Give support to IG women, men and boys for collective action initiatives for the fulfillment of women's rights (including IG women's participation in local-level decision-making processes);
5. Coordinate spaces/forums for accommodating interactions and dialogues between IG and duty bearers established;
6. Ogranise ( in collaboration with CBTs) for members of VSL groups to be trained to track public resources;
7. Ensure that duty bearers at local and national level are sensitized on women's rights;
8. Prepare narrative reports (activity based reports, weekly, monthly, case studies, quotaly e.t.c) and all other reports as guided by PC;
9. Monitor and evaluate all project activities and ensure that all relevant data collected and reported correctly;
10. Any other duties that may be assigned by the Program coodinator.

Education and Experience
Essential:
• Degree level education.
• Two to five years of work experience in areas relating to women empowerment.
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written English.
• Proven report writing skills
• Computer literacy
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Desirable:
• Good working knowledge of local language.
• Knowledge of VSL
Valid motorbike driving licence.

TO APPLY: 

Interested candidates for the above positions should submit an application letter indicating the position applied for, a copy of their CV, and names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three referees. 

Applications should be submitted by Monday, 15th September, 2014 to WECA through e-mail wecamvomero_tz@yahoo.co.uk or through P.O. Box 32 Turiani Morogoro, Tanzania.

 

Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.