African Initiatives:Job Application Form

Position Applied For:Tanzania Country Manager

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Please outline how you meet the professional skills and personal qualities below. Please complete an answer for each essential skill, but if you feel you do not meet any of the desirable skills you may leave that box blank. Please do not write more than the word limit indicated. Thank you.

Professional Skills (Essential)

  1. Post-Graduate degree in relevant discipline (International Development; Gender & Politics; Business Development etc.) (50 words)

  1. Experience of leading and developing a team and managing people (200 words)

  1. Highly developed communication skills to convey information to a range of audiences in a clear, inspiring and confident way to achieve desired outcomes (200 words)

  1. Experience of managing and building relationships with high value supporters (200 words)

  1. Astute networker with proven experience of building a network of contacts to support an organization (200 words)

  1. Experience of managing education, livelihoods and/or disability projects funded by bilateral donors (200 words)

  1. Experience of building organizational and monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity with not-for-profit organizations (200 words)

  1. Excellent report writing skills (200 words)

  1. Proven ability to work effectively under financial targets and deadlines (200 words)

  1. Well-developed ability to control and manage budgets, keeping within financial limits, monitoring and forecasting income and expenditure, identifying possible shortfalls or overspends and taking timely and appropriate action (200 words)

  1. Experience of promoting gender equality, gender analysis, budgeting, gender impact (200 words)

  1. Understanding of Child & Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding and Protection (200 words)

  1. Excellent organizational and time management skills and careful attention to detail to plan own work and the work of others to deliver objectives on time (200 words)

  1. IT proficient with experience in working with Microsoft Office, including Outlook. Excellent electronic communication skills to a level that can allow co-working with colleagues based in UK (200 words)

  1. Knowledge of the issues affecting the provision of education in East Africa (200 words)

  1. Knowledge of fundraising techniques and proposal development (200 words)

  1. Knowledge of gender equality (200 words)

Professional Sills (Desirable)

  1. Knowledge of volunteer management (200 words)

  1. Knowledge of Disability Inclusion (2000 words)

Personal Qualities (Essential)

  1. Strong English & Swahili language skills (Spoken & Written)

  1. Passionate about developing and growing African Initiatives Tanzania Ltd (AITL)

  1. Passionate about equal and inclusive opportunities for marginalised people, especially women and girls

  1. Patient and with a strong collaborative and participatory approach

  1. Willing to travel to the regions in Tanzania, to other East African countries and the UK

  1. Sound track record of demonstrating initiative and creativity to achieve desired outcomes

  1. Confident, dynamic and reliable

  1. A positive and effective communicator

  1. Prepared to deal with unexpected events and changes of plan

Personal Qualities (Desirable)

  1. Spoken Maa

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