3 New Various Jobs at Mercy Corps Tanzania May 2024

About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible.
To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse,
and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse
backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and
have long term impact.

Program / Department Summary
Mercy
Corps was established in Tanzania on 9th June 2011 and registered under
Non- Governmental Act, 2002 and issued with registration number
00NGO/00004646 by Registrar of NGO’s. Since its establishment, the
organization implemented number of programs ranging from food and
security, livelihood, and peacebuilding includes AgriFin which worked to
address the inclusion gap for smallholder farmers (SHF) who lack access
to affordable, accessible, demand-driven financial products and
services that drive higher productivity and income for farm families.

CREATE
– Collective Resilience Against Extremism- aimed to mitigate the
drivers, enablers, and narratives of violent extremism in Tanzania
through support to policy initiatives, engaging local and national
government, local civil society organizations and communities in
preventing violent extremism; REDP2 – Rural Electrification and
Densification Project, Phase 2A- aimed to improve the livelihoods of
rural entrepreneurs through the provision of business skills training
and the stimulation of productive uses of energy; and, GRUNDFOS – a
Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience In Least Developed Regions
in Tanzania, with the aim of improving food security and agricultural
resilience of small holder farmers by promoting the uptake of the
Grundfos Small-Scale Solar Irrigation (SSSI) pumps and providing
targeted business development support services.

And currently,
DREAMS -Delivering Resilient Enterprise and Market Systems aiming at
addressing the entrenched and extreme poverty among naturalized
Tanzanians and their host communities in Western Tanzania resulting from
protracted displacement and limited livelihood opportunities in
settlements.

Monitoring, evaluation & Learning Specialist – DREAMS Tanzania.
Monitoring, evaluation & Learning Specialist – DREAMS Tanzania at Mercy Corps May, 2024
Position Description
Location Dar es salaam
Position Status Full-time
Current Team Member: New Position

Program Summary
The Delivering Resilient Enterprises and Market Systems (DREAMS)
program is a collaboration between three leading organizations in the
field of global poverty alleviation: Village Enterprise, Mercy Corps,
and dignity kwanza. The DREAMS program aims to improve the well-being of
150,000 women, children, and men over the course of the four years.
Targeting naturalized Tanzanians and host community members in the West
Tanzania, our innovative approach will layer two evidence-based models[1]
– poverty graduation and market systems development – to achieve
increased household income, savings, and assets: improved food security
and wellbeing.

General Position Summary
The MEL
Specialist will contribute to the quality assurance of program
implementation and ensure that the program is meeting its deliverables,
as well as developing tools and reports to demonstrate the impact and
results of program implementation. S/he will develop and maintain data
management systems. The MEL Specialist is
responsible for supporting Mercy Corps staff to regularly collect,
enter, verify, and analyze data and work with the MEL team to make
timely adjustments to measure the impact of Mercy Corps’ programs and to
ensure M&E data is accurately incorporated into all organizational
reports and information products. S/he will ensure the collection and
analysis of useful, timely and actionable information for managers and
decision-makers, and contribute to the frequent review, reflection and
key learning processes to improve performance.

Essential Job Responsibilities:
Monitoring and Evaluation

• Work
  with DREAMS TZ program teams, Consortium and Local Implementing Partner
  Organization including Private sector Partners M&E Officers to
  integrate M&E into ongoing program planning and implementation
  systems and ensure adherence to Mercy Corps M&E minimum standards;
• Assist
  with the development of appropriate monitoring, tracking and reporting
  systems, tools and templates that enhance monitoring of project outputs
  and quality, generate quality evidence on project impact and promote and
  ensure use of data for decision-making processes;
• Assist the
  program team to develop and promote the use of standard indicators,
  tools and forms (as appropriate) and M&E practices across the
  project and coordinate the collection of information required for
  country-level management;
• Coordinate assessments and evaluations;
• Ensure
  that monitoring plans are developed for the program and ensure that
  regular monitoring visits are conducted by MEL staff to the different
  project locations, ensure that minimum standards are being met, and that
  reports are shared with the program teams;
• Work with Local
  partner organizations, Private Sector partner staffs and program team to
  gather success stories and anecdotal evidence of program impact to
  share for outreach and with donors.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Work as part of a broader team to design, facilitate and support data
  collection and analysis systems including baseline, annual, and end line
  surveys, regular monitoring, data collection and analysis, feedback and
  reporting;
• Generate data reports (tables/graphs/reports) from
  the database at regular intervals, ensuring reports/information are
  available for program implementation staff as required;
• Facilitate data analysis with program implementation team as requested;
• Conduct
  regular field visits to ensure all elements of the data system are
  being utilized effectively, assessing and identifying breakdowns and
  areas that require clarifications and improvements;
• Coordinate
  with field team and partners to implement system corrections and
  adjustments, solving operational issues and documenting actions taken
  and next steps;
• Work with program teams to ensure data analysis
  and reports are integrated into programmatic decision making to improve
  impact of the program;
• Contribute to monthly reports and other ad hoc reports to meet donor and internal requirements;
• Report program achievements on TOLA, Activity Info, and other relevant reporting mechanisms.

Database Management

• Develop
  and manage a program database that improves Mercy Corps’ ability to
  inform program implementation, analyze data, and represent impact to key
  stakeholders;
• Contribute to understanding of and support for
  mobile data collection hardware and software, including tools such as
  Commcare, Tableau, PowerBI etc;
• Build Capacity of partners
  Organization, Private Sector partners and program staff to utilize the
  database to analyze program information and results;
• Design,
  adapt and maintain the database in conjunction with the Partners
  organizations MEL team to match strategic program or implementation
  changes;
• Review data being collected in order to locate and fix problems with data entry or integrity;
• Document database contents, protocols and update manuals for smooth functioning of the data management system;
• Manage regular synchronizations of data;
• Troubleshoot front and back end issues with the database, including any synchronization issues with field-level data entry.

Accountability

• Coordinate
  with the team to build systems that promote beneficiary accountability
  by ensuring that communities participate in initial assessments and
  program design;
• Coordinate with program teams to ensure that
  communities are informed about our programs and what we do, are aware of
  their entitlements, are comfortable to give feedback and that feedback
  is used to improve the quality of our programs
• Ensure that Mercy
  Corps’ Community Feedback and Accountability Mechanism is clearly
  communicated to project beneficiaries, and that the hotline numbers are
  visible to end beneficiaries throughout the program.
• Ensure all activities are gender sensitive and follow Mercy Corps’ Gender Equity Policy;
• Apply Do No Harm standards to ensure activities do not have detrimental effects on vulnerable communities;
• Conduct
  himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as
  to bring credit to Mercy Corps and not jeopardize its humanitarian
  mission;
• Other assigned tasks, as necessary.

Organizational Learning
As
part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our
understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient
and relevant to the communities they serve – we expect all team members
to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy
Corps as well as themselves.

Supervisory Responsibility: MEL Officers and MEL Assistant.
Accountability

• Reports Directly To: Program Manager
• Works
  Directly With: Local Partner Organizations’ MEL Officer, DREAMS program
  Officers, Field Operations Team and Private Sector Partners M&E
  staff, including other program stakeholders.

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Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, Quantitative economics, Economics, social sciences or related field.
• At
  least 3 – 4 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of
  Humanitarian or development programs or in the fields of research.
• Good understanding and skills at data management.
• Experience authoring Excel forms for mobile data collection (This will be tested)
• Experience
  managing different aspects of assessments as a lead, right from tools
  design, data collection, processing, analysis and report writing
  (Writing samples will be requested).
• Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of MS Office applications and G suite.
• Proficiency in at least one statistical software (Stata, R, SPSS) in handling large data sets (Stata will be preferred)
• Demonstrated
  attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and
  work independently and cooperatively with team members.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English and Swahili.
• Strong team coordination, listening, and consensus building skills.

Program Officer/Mso- DREAMS Tanzania
Program Officer/Mso- DREAMS Tanzania at Mercy Corps May 2024
Position Description
Location: Tabora and Katavi
Position Status: Full-time, Regular
Reports to: Deputy Team Lead
Current Team Member: New Position

Program / Department Summary
The
Delivering Resilient Enterprises and Market Systems (DREAMS) program is a
collaboration between three leading organizations in the field of
global poverty alleviation: Village Enterprise, Mercy Corps, and Dignity
Kwanza. The DREAMS program aims to improve the well-being of 150,000
women, children, and men over the course of the four years. Targeting
naturalized Tanzanians and host community members in the West Tanzania,
our innovative approach will layer two evidence-based models which are
poverty graduation and market systems development – to achieve increased
household income, savings, and assets; improved food security and
wellbeing.

General Position Summary
Reporting to the
DREAMS Team lead, the Program Officer will work at the community level,
in collaboration with local government and private sector structures, to
support implementation of program activities. She/he will provide
technical and operational support to the Program Assistants ensuring
that activities are implemented according to scope and timeline. She/he
will help to ensure the interventions are on time, on scope and on
budget and identify opportunities to operationalize recommendations from
ongoing context analyses.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide
  leadership and daily oversight for planning and implementation of
  activities including; mentorship and support to program assistants in
  the respective areas of implementation.
• Support the Team Lead in
  the development of activity plans, budgeting and reports ensuring that
  established objectives and targets are met.
• Support the Team
  lead in advocacy and maintenance of partnership with the relevant
  departments of community leaders and local government.
• Support
  the Senior MEL Officer and Team Lead in coordinating the needs and
  market assessments and regularly monitoring and evaluation of the
  program activities, in accordance with DREAMS objectives.
• Contribute
  in the development of training curriculum, project tools, and IEC
  materials; facilitate trainings for community level staff as well as
  support with staff capacity building process.
• Supports the
  activities and performance of Local implementing partners; conduct
  routine team meetings, adhere to performance reviews timelines,
  troubleshoot challenges and standardize implementation approaches.
• Identify and document best practices and failures in DREAMS programming and provide timely feedback to the Team Lead
• Ensure
  timely and consistent submission of project reports, success stories
  and other relevant data to the Program Manager (i.e. weekly, monthly and
  quarterly reports)
• Work closely with the implementation and
  technical overall teams to coordinate day to day operations and
  logistics to maximize miss-use of resources and ensure complementary
  programming.
• Communication and coordinate with Program Officers
  and Assistants at the Local partner organizations, as guided by the Team
  Lead and Program Manager.
• Monitoring, Evaluation &
  Reporting Provide ongoing mentorship to Local Partner organizations’
  staff and Private sector Partners staff on data collection processes for
  completeness, accuracy and timely submission.
• Responsible for
  the assigned data collection including gender and age disaggregated
  data, data validation, assuring quality control measures, timely data
  submission and communicating to MEL Specialist.
• Support and
  conduct the Program data collection and entry to regularly update any
  MEL tools for measuring output and impact of social cohesion and
  livelihood activities
• Responsible for drafting timely weekly, monthly, and quarterly progress reports and work plans.
• Influence
  and Representation: Support and coordinate visits from government,
  regional and HQ based staff and external visitors, such as donors and
  media, in collaboration with other Program Officers/Assistants, the Team
  Lead, and Program Manager.
• Support the Team lead in
  coordination and communication of field activities with other NGO and
  local government partners to avoid duplication of services and support
  an enabling environment for livelihood activities.
• Establish and
  maintain a productive working relationship with other NGO and local
  government partners, working in unison to develop complementary joint
  monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management structures where
  possible.

PROGRAM SUPPORT OPERATIONS:
Coordinate
and with support of finance, operations and administration staff to
ensure operational systems are in place to facilitate field activities
including logistics (transport, warehousing and asset management),
procurement, security, administration and human resources.
Accountability to Program Participants

Mercy
Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards
accountability, specifically to our participants and to international
standards guiding international relief and development work while
actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the
design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects. All Mercy Corps
staff are expected to behave ethically and demonstrate highest level of
integrity in their professional and personal life. Mercy Corps has zero
tolerance to any form of fraud, corruption, abuse, harassment or
exploitation. Any breach of our policies or misconduct will lead to
disciplinary action or may lead to termination

Reports Directly To: Deputy Team Lead

Works Directly With:
Program Manager, Senior MEL Officer, Senior Gender Officer, Program
Officers/Assistants, Field Operations Team, Country Operations Manager,
Country HR Manager and Country Finance Manager

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, social sciences, Microfinance, Entrepreneurship, Economics or any other relevant fields.
• At
  least 3 years of related professional experience. Work experience with
  NGOs or Private Sector/For profit business organizations with focus on
  market facilitation, Value chain program interventions, or private
  sector led approaches or interventions preferred.
• A dynamic, “outside-the-box” attitude is required, with proven ability to think and act creatively in challenging environments.
• Demonstrated skills in data collection, verification and documentation
• Excellent reporting, communication and representation skills
• Proven skills in networking, team-building, community consultations and organizational development.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle and he/she should be in possession of a valid driving/riding license or willing to obtain one.
• Strong
  interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills in English is
  required. Fluency in languages used in the Tanzanian settlements-Swahili
  is preferred.
• Knowledge and experience working in settlements settings and polices.

Success Factors
The
successful Program Officer will be bright, energetic, hard-working and
eager to learn. S/he will take a deep personal interest in humanitarian
and development assistance. S/he will be attentive to detail and able to
carry out assigned tasks in a timely manner and according to a very
high standard of quality. S/he will be creative and flexible,
contributing to developing and encouraging new and innovative solutions,
but at the same time will not have any difficulty in adhering to
systems and procedures. S/he will strictly follow all protocols related
to safety and security, and holds self-accountable for making decisions,
managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Mercy
Corps’ values.

Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions
The
position is not accompanied and is based in the West Tanzania travel to
domestic sites. At times evening and weekend work may be required to
meet deadlines and at times of shocks and stresses. Team members are
expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect
local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all
times and in all in-country venues.

Ongoing Learning
In
support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective,
efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team
members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further
their personal and/or professional growth and development.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work
together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with
people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking,
we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and
solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of
trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and
authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and
collaborates to do the best work of their lives.

We recognize
that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to
learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and
inclusive than we are today.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate
discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds,
perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and
have sustained global impact.

We are committed to providing an
environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment
opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate
discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender
expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic
origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military
veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we
work.

Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is
committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with
through our work, whether team members, community members, program
participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are
committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual
exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We
will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or
harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a
safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to
conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and
customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies
and values at all times. Team members are required to complete
mandatory Code of Conduct eLearning courses upon hire and on an annual
basis.

How to Apply:
Application Method:
Interested
applicants are requested to go to the apply section of the link and
submit their updated 3 pages maximum CV (with three professional
referees) and 1 page cover letter addressed to Mercy Corps Country
Coordinator. Be sure to highlight your relevant experience and explain
why you are the ideal candidate for this position. Deadline: 24th May 2024. Please send your CV and Cover Letter to tz-hrrecruitment@mercycorps.org