Jobs Opportunities at Roam to Read Tanzania-Nafasi za kazi room to read Tanzania

Jobs Opportunities at Roam to Read Tanzania-Nafasi za kazi room to read Tanzania

Literacy Facilitator, Literacy Field Tanzania – Remote

• Position Overview
The Literacy Facilitator is responsible for supporting and coaching teachers, librarians, and principals to adopt new ways of working with children to increase their literacy skills and habit of reading. The Literacy Facilitator will report to the Program Officer Literacy Field. The Literacy Facilitator has no direct reports.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Implementation, Training, and Monitoring
• Serves as the technical resource in the schools on applying literacy skills and the habit of reading techniques in the classroom or library.
• Through the Program Officer, Literacy Field, coordinates closely with the Instructional Design and Teacher Support Unit to ensure they are successfully implementing the program design and able to provide feedback on how well it is working.
• Regularly observes, demonstrates and coaches Grade 1 and 2 teachers in delivering the instructional component of the Literacy Program.
• Regularly observes, demonstrates and coaches all primary grade teachers and librarians in the implementation of the library period and reading activities.
• Supports Grade 1 and 2 teachers in effective use of ongoing student tracking assessments to inform instruction.
• Conducts and analyzes data related to formative student assessments to inform support for Grade 1 and 2 teachers.
• Regularly provides an update to the principal on progress and coaches him/her on ways to support teachers and ensure longer term sustainability of literacy outcomes within the school.
• Attends and participates in teacher and librarian training’s related to the Literacy program.
• Participates in literacy events, parent meeting and other community activities.
• Participates in regular review meetings and any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
• Supports donor visits through demonstration projects and presentation, as needed.

Planning, Reporting and Documentation
• Conducts ongoing planning, documentation, and reporting of school visits.
• Documents best practices and lessons learned and shares with the Program Officer, Literacy Field.

Qualifications and Experience:
Required:
• University degree in Education, preferably with a major in Language/Linguistics
• 1-2 years of related work experience
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), internet and related applications
• Good command of English (both written and oral)
• Good interpersonal skills and a team player
• Ability to monitor progress of program implementation
• Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative
• Desire and ability to spend 90% of time traveling and visiting school sites to provide coaching and monitor progress of program implementation
• Experience working with young children
• Experience working with schools and teachers
• Experience with reading, literacy or learning improvement programs

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

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Senior Social Mobilizer, GEP Tanzania – Remote

Position Overview
The senior social mobilizer is responsible for the implementation, coordination development and reporting of the Girls’ Education program in the respective school (s). She would serve as the first point of contact for the school, parents and scholars. The senior social mobilizer will report to the Program Officer – Girls Education. This position will be field based in one of the government schools and/or at the field office where required. The position will also involve regular interaction with school administrators, parents, School Management Committee members, teachers and scholars.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Program and Financial Management
• Develop a thorough understanding of Room to Read’s Girls’ Education program design
• Responsible for ongoing implementation of the Girls’ Education program under her jurisdiction, ensuring timely, efficient and well-coordinated implementation, adhering to the program and budget guidelines
• Responsible for managing relationships with school, community and respond to issues that may arise in these relationships.
• Assist the Girls Education Program officer in organizing and planning for and facilitating events, life skills camps, field trips and other educational based forums.
• Facilitating life skills education sessions, and children club meetings
• Conducting group and individual mentoring sessions
• Conduct periodic meetings with community members, parents, community leaders, head of schools and teachers.
• Ensure effective utilization of program budget through proper planning and tracking of planned activities.

Reporting and Documentation
• Timely submission of Monthly Program Report and Quarterly Progress Report in desired format to program officer.
• Support collecting accurate data and assist the program officer to enter data into the in online Global Solution Database (GSD)
• Maintaining and timely update of all field level records
• Collecting and documenting case studies and success stories to share the impact of GEP intervention at the School level
• Collect and documents reports from assigned Social Mobilizer’s and share with Program officer
• When needed, Participate in program technical meetings and disseminate the lesson learnt to other Social Mobilizers
• Participate in any other activities as assigned by the Program Officer or Field Operations Manager which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization

Qualification & Experience:
• Bachelor Degree in education / social sciences or equivalent
• 3-4 years of relevant experience in the education sector
• Experience in facilitating life skills, mentoring and coaching
• Working knowledge and understanding of project management
• Strong planning and project implementation skills
• Ability to work in remote area
• Proven track record of achieving results
• Proven ability to work effectively with schools and communities
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and a team player
• Knowledge on one or more of thematic areas- Life Skills/ gender/learning psychology- is preferred

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

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Field Operations Manager Tanzania – Remote

Position Overview
The Field Operations Manager (FOM) is responsible for Room to Read Tanzania’s field operations in a designated geographical area (Districts). The Field Operations Manager is primarily responsible for ensuring the timely and effective implementation of programs operations in the field, including implementation, spending, hiring, local procurement, inventory management, distribution and logistical support. The position is required to take initiative for project planning and management, improving work approaches, collaboration, partnerships, selection of projects sites, and ensuring adequate staff to work at the field level. S/he will work to strengthen coordination and collaboration within teams and across all Country Office program teams, maintaining and ensuring constructive communication, building team morale within individual teams and contributing to a positive working environment. S/he will report to the Program Operations Director and will have various positions reporting to him/her. The Field Operations Manager directly manages and supervises the Literacy Program Officers, Senior School Infrastructure Associate, and Girls’ Education Program (“GEP”) Program Officers.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Management and Coordination
• Ensures efficient and effective coordination across all elements of the Literacy Program and Girls’ Education Program.
• Supervises and oversees the work of the field staff and is responsible for optimizing their productivity through effective management and leadership techniques (i.e., coaching/advising).
• Ensures staff are consistently complying and adhering to policies, procedures and guidelines articulated in the Country Office handbooks, and facilitates the dissemination of information to all staff members to promote transparency.
• Supports staff through consultation with Country Office level technical team to regularly assess staff capacity building needs.
• Ensures the performance management process is well-planned and conducted in a timely for all field staff. This includes setting performance goals, conducting progress check-ins, providing feedback, conducting year-end appraisals, and making recommendations for staff development and career advancement.
• Collaborates with Human Resources to handle recruitment and training of staff according to need and all other HR initiatives.
• Leads and facilitates field staff one on one, bi-weekly or monthly staff meetings to review progress against plans, find solutions to problems, share lessons learned, exchange expertise across programs, and to motivate, feedback and encourage teamwork.
• Ensures that field staff are aware of and understand the programs’ goals and objectives, working approaches and methodology, and have all necessary information related to annual plans, targets, and implementation calendars.
• Supervises fund disbursement, reviews and approves the field monthly financial expenses in accordance with financial and purchasing policy and procedures.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the Program Operations Director or Country Director.
Program Implementation and Monitoring
• Leads, coordinates and reports the implementation and achievement of the Country Office program targets in the region, while ensuring high impact for children, quality and cost-effectiveness in accordance with the strategy, policies and guidelines of Room to Read.
• Conducts regular field visits to monitor and verify the programs’ progress and impact, understand the challenges and needs of stakeholders (e.g., Room to Read staff, Social Mobilizers, Field Facilitators, communities, children, etc…), and the appropriate Room to Read solutions.
• Oversees the implementation of the global Family & Community Engagement (“F&CE”) strategy in the region, including coordinating site selection activities, ensuring schools are advancing along the Family and Community Engagement strategy continuum, as appropriate, and supervising the regular support provided to schools by field staff.
• Identifies training needs, coordinate development and delivery of technical training to field staff.
Planning, Reporting and Documentation
• Develops the field office annual and long-term plans, and budgets appropriately to meet the goals and objectives of the Room to Read Country Office.
• Coordinates the timely completion of annual planning.
• Prepares monthly and quarterly implementation updates and budget forecasting.
• Develops quarterly report for distributing to partners, if applicable.
• Facilitates development/ completion of donor reports and quality pictures as required.
• Facilitate documentation of best practices and lessons learned.

External Coordination and Networking
• Attends to donor affairs including hosting donor and project site visits in collaboration with programs staff including providing feedback for the same.
• Meets regularly with local government representatives, NGO partners, school administrators and parent groups.
• Promotes and protects the reputation of Room to Read in external settings, ensuring that the organization’s experience and expertise is well communicated and consistently presented, and that we are looked upon as a professional Education organization.
• Liaises with NGO Partner and Government Agencies, especially at provincial and district education levels. This includes periodic meetings with partners to exchange information and updating programs’ work progresses.
School Infrastructure
• Supports the School Infrastructure Program Associate to create and review designs periodically for new classroom blocks, criteria and standards for repair and renovation of existing rooms, and internal designs for child-friendly furniture and classroom layouts in collaboration with Regional Office (RO) and Global Office (GO) School Infrastructure technical team and Country Office (CO) Literacy and Girls’ Education teams.
• In collaboration with the Literacy Director, Programs Operations Director, Country Director, and Regional and Global Office staff, annually reviews and improves the School Infrastructure program design, including community engagement strategies, community orientation agendas, and community-based construction trainings.

Qualifications and Experience:
Required:
• Master’s Degree in Education Administration, Social Science, Project Management, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ related work experience, with experience in leadership and management roles
• Strong planning, budgeting/financial management, administrative, supervisory, coaching and program development skills
• Good knowledge and understanding of education issues, including teaching methodologies and community involvement in schools
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to stay in the field and travel to designated project sites
• Computer literate (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Workshop/training and facilitation skills
• Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people
• Proven track record of achieving results
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative

Preferred:
• Prior experience working with schools, teachers, administrators and government officials
• Prior experience in a fast-paced, growth-oriented global or regional organization
• Report writing experience
• Effectiveness in working or volunteering in a non-profit organization that is focused on maintaining high quality work and low overhead
• A valid driving license would also be preferred though not a must.

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

TO APPLY CLICK HERE

Officer, Instructional Design and Teacher Support Tanzania – Main – Dar Es Salaam

Position Overview
The Officer, Instructional Design and Teacher Support (IDTS), is part of the Country Office Literacy Program technical team. S/he is responsible for supporting Room to Read’s program design and training curriculum related to grade 1 and 2 literacy instruction, primary grade library management and reading activities. In collaboration with the Global Literacy Team, Officer IDTS is also responsible for providing technical assistance, support and supervision on all aspects of the program design, including professional development to school and Room to Read staff about reading and writing instruction and library management activities. This position will report directly to the IDTS Manager.
Duties & Responsibilities:

Technical and Coordination support
• Support the IDTS manager in the contextualization of Professional Development Materials through translation, review and proof reading of materials.
• Supports, mentor and builds capacity of the Literacy Program Officers on the Instructional Design & Teacher Support, to continue developing their skills in understanding literacy instruction and library management from both a theoretical and practical perspective.
• Provides technical assistance to developing manuals and training modules.
• Collaborates with the Quality Reading Materials (QRM) unit through library visit and document the utilization of materials and ensure reading materials are appropriate and enhance the literacy and library experience.
• Support in the plans for internal conferences and meetings for staff.
• Participates in any other activities, which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
Program Design, Implementation, Training, and Monitoring
• To collect, collate and analysis of the pedagogical challenges on delivery of lessons and library functionality.
• With guidance from the IDTS Manager, support Room to Read’s approach to teacher and librarian professional support to improve students’ literacy skills and habit of reading, adapted as needed based on research, monitoring and evaluation data.
• Support in the design and conduct of training’s for teachers, librarians, and principals as well as building the capacity of Room to Read staff or partner staff to conduct the training’s.
• Ensures global guidelines are being adhered to and adapted as needed through timely follow up and advise the technical team.
• Support on the researches and recommends improvements to Room to Read literacy program to more efficiently and effectively manage the program in their country.
Planning, Reporting and Documentation
• Participate in the preparations and attend the quarterly review meetings.
• In collaboration with the Field Operations Manager, analyses annual program goals and budgets to ensure alignment with organizational strategies and priorities.
• Collaborates with the Field Operations Manager on developing and providing oversight of the implementation calendar, budget, annual planning, quarterly reporting, and overall tracking of program implementation and spending.
• Prepares and review program reports and responds as necessary to the IDTS Manager.
External Coordination and Networking
• Collaborates with the local government to build support for the program and identify ways to supplement and augment the government curriculum.
• Liaises with other NGOs running similar programs to identify areas of knowledge sharing and possible collaboration in the field while consulting the IDTS Manager

Qualifications and Experience:
Required:
• A first degree in Education or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
• A minimum of three years of professional experience
• Experience with reading/literacy or learning improvement programs
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of teaching methodologies, curriculum and teacher training at primary stage
• Experience with library programming (e.g. book leveling, library management, reading/library activities that instill a habit of reading in children).
• Experience developing educational learning materials for students or teachers at the primary stage
• Experience developing and conducting training programs for teachers
• Experience in developing and implementing programmatic improvements
• Strong planning, supervising, and program development skills
• Understanding of monitoring, evaluation, and process documentation
• Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people and organizations
• Ability and desire to travel frequently to visit school sites
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously

Preferred:
• Experience teaching at the primary stage
• Experience in developing and conducting on-site school support and coaching initiatives for teachers
• Development and use of observation and other monitoring tools and practices to assess progress of primary school interventions
• Effectiveness in working or volunteering in a non-profit organization that is focused on maintaining high quality work and low overhead
• Prior track record of achieving results in a fast-paced, growth-oriented global or regional organization

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

TO APPLY CLICK HERE

Officer, Communications Tanzania – Main – Dar Es Salaam

Position Overview
The person in this role spends the majority of his or her time providing global marketing and awareness, fundraising, and country-specific communications support. This primarily includes providing material development and donor engagement support. It also includes vendor management and reporting, as well as local awareness and public relations.
This person reports directly to country director. The role works in close coordination and is in frequent contact with the global office of Room to Read, headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, to ensure requests are understood and completed, guidelines are followed, and the role is supported with professional development opportunities and global office communications support.

Roles & Responsibilities:
Material Development and Support
• Create content for global office marketing materials. This includes collecting and writing stories about our impact, including photography and video-based stories; providing content for global office website; and supporting global awareness campaign content.
• Create content for unique stewardship materials for donor management.
• Using guidelines provided by global office, create or helping to create country office annual reports, newsletters, brochures/fact sheets, PowerPoint decks and other materials for local stakeholder meetings.

Donor Reporting
• Supports the Country Office by using the guidelines provided by the global office to identify, hire, supervise and train outside vendors (photographers, videographers, printing/design, etc.) to support both global office material development and donor reporting materials (e.g. project-specific photos).
• Review donor reporting photos to ensure high quality and guidelines followed.
• Taking photographs for donor reports.
• Provide language support for donor reports, as needed.

Donor Engagement
• Plan, coordinate and host support for donor visits and corporate employee engagement visits and volunteering.
• Support relationship management for existing corporate donors, including support to special corporate programmatic initiatives in-country and implement any specific public relations needs in country related to the partnership.
• Train country office staff on site visits and messaging (orientation and ongoing capacity building).

Creative Controller (Vendor Relations)
• Responsible for overseeing creative materials produced by the country office. This includes accountability of photo/video collection and quality control for global marketing and donor materials produced within the country office, working in close collaboration with the country director and program operations staff to complete tasks.

• Develop, implement and evaluate local public relations strategy based on local needs and target audience(s).
• Establish and maintain relationships with local journalists and news/media agencies.
• Support local PR/awareness raising opportunities, as needed, at celebrations and events.
• Act as brand custodian and ambassador to country office using global branding guidelines; train staff on message and brand training (new hires).
• Contribute local content on global and local social media feeds per global office. Guidelines. If there is no local social media presence, still contribute content to global office.

Supporting Donor Engagement Team
• Resource Refinement – Simplifying and further refining out Country Office training resources, and potentially testing updated versions with teams in the Country Office.
• Preparing PowerPoint training presentation for all new officers in Site Visits in the Country Office.
• Support upcoming treks.
• Donor Engagement Calendar, Reviewing and refining content and checking to see that information is consistent with Global Office approved Donor visit calendar, and also following up with Global Office to clarify/modify their calendars, along with other coordination and tool-building components.

Qualifications & Experience:
• Degree in a related field (e.g. communications, marketing, public relations etc.)
• 5 years of relevant work experience
• Prior experience in: creating communications materials; project management; is preferred.
• Excellent English oral and written communication skills
• Familiarity with design and photography principles, ideally with experience using software such as Adobe In Design, Photoshop,
• Comfort working both independently and closely with diverse teams and collaborators
• Highly organized: Ability to multitask, manage multiple deliverables/timelines and ensure all deadlines are met
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Outlook
• Experience using social marketing and outreach tools including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
• Attention to detail

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

TO APPLY CLICK HERE

Associate, Administration Tanga

Position Overview
The Associate, Administration (Field Office) will act as the point of contact for all administrative work across all Field Offices. She/he will provide all administrative support and managing queries related to administration; his/her main duties includes providing administration support across all 3 programs and to the all field based employees; managing offices stock, managing offices settings; managing the relationships of the service providers across field office; providing support to collect and submit finance documents to the Field Operations Manager for review and then submission to the Administration Manager who will be based at the Country Office. She/he will be a key contact person for all logistics needs at the field office including planning and managing the distribution of all the materials in to respective schools such as GINKI books, Local Language Published books, GEP materials support, etc. She/he will be directly reporting to the Field Operations Manager with a strong reporting dotted line t
the Administration Manager.

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Assist in providing all required daily administration functions within the field office.
• Assist in soliciting service providers at the field level through receiving purchase requisition, collecting/ receiving all Expressions of Interest
• Maintain trusting working relationship with service suppliers, visitors and colleagues
• Perform receptionist duties when necessary answer, screen and direct calls/message, greet, register and direct guest/visitors, receive,
• Work with Field Operations Manager in coordinating office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance to the organization.
• Organize and maintain office setting
• Support Field Office staff to deliver their transport request to Program Operations Director for approval.
• Provide general support to the office visitors
• Ensure timely collection of invoices and other documents from service providers and verify if in compliant then submit to the finance for payment process.
• Maintain Incoming and Outgoing invoice log book.
• Ensure operational of the office work related requirements by conducting routines checks, identification of the non-functioning, preparing reports on repair needs for review by Field Operations Manager and for approval by Program Operations Director.
• Manage the field office warehouse including the field office stock and inventory management system including submitting the records to both the Field Operations Manager and the Country Administration Manager.
• Maintain reporting on all the books distributed delivery notes and submitting the same to the Field Operations Manager.
• Updating and maintaining office equipment inventory with support from Administration Officer/Manager
• Updating and maintaining office supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, receiving goods/services and verifying receipts of supplies.
• Assist Field Office team to book for meeting venues, arrangement for visitor’s lunch conferences and other required services within Field Office level.
• Work with Program Officers to arrange for transport for book distribution, material support distribution and other activities which requires transport including site survey.
• Equipment allocation and Dispatch important documents.
• Land line and internet connection services and maintenance.
• IT complaint register-wise consultant communication and response to IT related problems
• Support all donor visit requirements.

Qualifications and Experience:
Required:
• University degree in Administration, Procurement management or any other social science related degree.
• Knowledge of office management systems and procedures
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-tasks and prioritizing work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Swahili and English
• Strong planning skills
• Proficient in Ms Office
• At least 2 years of experience in the office administration and support work in the field setting or in a related working environment

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also:
• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

TO APPLY CLICK HERE