Project Assistant
2025-06-13T18:04:35+00:00
Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
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FULL_TIME
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
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Tanzania
Human Services
Admin & Office
2025-06-25T17:00:00+00:00
Tanzania
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The Aga Khan Foundation, in partnership with TGNP supported by Irish Embassy Tanzania, is seeking a dynamic and committed Project Assistant to join the core implementation team of the Tuinuke Pamoja Project, a transformative initiative aimed at promoting gender equality in the Dodoma region.
The Project Assistant will play a key role in supporting the planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities at the grassroots level. This includes working closely with community groups, Local Government Authorities (LGAs), and project stakeholders to strengthen gender equality efforts, promote inclusive participation (including women, youth, and people with disabilities), and ensure timely and quality execution of project initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support identification, engagement, and capacity-building of grassroots groups.
- Facilitate and monitor project activities at the district and community levels.
- Collaborate with LGAs, TGNP, AKF, and stakeholders to drive project impact.
- Assist with data collection, MERL activities, and field visits coordination.
- Promote gender mainstreaming and inclusivity across all project interventions.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful social change while developing your professional skills in community development and gender equality.
The requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- Diploma in Community Development, social studies, Gender, or any other related field.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working in the field to promote gender equality activities through engaging with grassroot groups, community and LGAs and other community structures and resources.
- At least two years’ experience in working with Grassroot Groups, in implementation of gender equality focussed activities.
- Ability in designing community mobilization, sensitization and awareness raising activities for Gender equality.
- Ability to effectively collect and use data.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to prioritize workload.
- Self-motivated, good organization and management skills.
- Ability to work with multiple tasks, demands and deadlines, with a positive and constructive attitude under minimal supervision.
- Able to work independently and within a team.
- Ability and desire to engage with communities and to support grassroot groups to undertake their activities.
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English and Kiswahili.
- Computer literate in MS Word, Excel and Power Point and other relevant applications
- Sound understanding of and sensitivity to the cultural contexts in Dodoma, with the ability to adapt approaches accordingly.
- Good knowledge and understanding of gender and social inclusion issues and experience of delivering programmes that explicitly address inequalities
- Good knowledge and understanding of child and community safe-guarding issues
AKF Is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is Committed to Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children and Vulnerable Adults and Expects all Staff and Partners to Share this Commitment
Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Support identification, engagement, and capacity-building of grassroots groups. Facilitate and monitor project activities at the district and community levels. Collaborate with LGAs, TGNP, AKF, and stakeholders to drive project impact. Assist with data collection, MERL activities, and field visits coordination. Promote gender mainstreaming and inclusivity across all project interventions.
Ability in designing community mobilization, sensitization and awareness raising activities for Gender equality. Ability to effectively collect and use data. Good written and verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to prioritize workload. Self-motivated, good organization and management skills. Ability to work with multiple tasks, demands and deadlines, with a positive and constructive attitude under minimal supervision. Able to work independently and within a team. Ability and desire to engage with communities and to support grassroot groups to undertake their activities. Strong interpersonal and team building skills. Excellent verbal and written communication in English and Kiswahili. Computer literate in MS Word, Excel and Power Point and other relevant applications Sound understanding of and sensitivity to the cultural contexts in Dodoma, with the ability to adapt approaches accordingly. Good knowledge and understanding of gender and social inclusion issues and experience of delivering programmes that explicitly address inequalities Good knowledge and understanding of child and community safe-guarding issues
Diploma in Community Development, social studies, Gender, or any other related field. Minimum 2 years’ experience working in the field to promote gender equality activities through engaging with grassroot groups, community and LGAs and other community structures and resources. At least two years’ experience in working with Grassroot Groups, in implementation of gender equality focussed activities.
JOB-684c68337452e
Vacancy title:
Project Assistant
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Human Services, Category: Admin & Office]
Jobs at:
Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, June 25 2025
Duty Station:
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 13 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
The Aga Khan Foundation, in partnership with TGNP supported by Irish Embassy Tanzania, is seeking a dynamic and committed Project Assistant to join the core implementation team of the Tuinuke Pamoja Project, a transformative initiative aimed at promoting gender equality in the Dodoma region.
The Project Assistant will play a key role in supporting the planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities at the grassroots level. This includes working closely with community groups, Local Government Authorities (LGAs), and project stakeholders to strengthen gender equality efforts, promote inclusive participation (including women, youth, and people with disabilities), and ensure timely and quality execution of project initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support identification, engagement, and capacity-building of grassroots groups.
- Facilitate and monitor project activities at the district and community levels.
- Collaborate with LGAs, TGNP, AKF, and stakeholders to drive project impact.
- Assist with data collection, MERL activities, and field visits coordination.
- Promote gender mainstreaming and inclusivity across all project interventions.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful social change while developing your professional skills in community development and gender equality.
The requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- Diploma in Community Development, social studies, Gender, or any other related field.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working in the field to promote gender equality activities through engaging with grassroot groups, community and LGAs and other community structures and resources.
- At least two years’ experience in working with Grassroot Groups, in implementation of gender equality focussed activities.
- Ability in designing community mobilization, sensitization and awareness raising activities for Gender equality.
- Ability to effectively collect and use data.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to prioritize workload.
- Self-motivated, good organization and management skills.
- Ability to work with multiple tasks, demands and deadlines, with a positive and constructive attitude under minimal supervision.
- Able to work independently and within a team.
- Ability and desire to engage with communities and to support grassroot groups to undertake their activities.
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English and Kiswahili.
- Computer literate in MS Word, Excel and Power Point and other relevant applications
- Sound understanding of and sensitivity to the cultural contexts in Dodoma, with the ability to adapt approaches accordingly.
- Good knowledge and understanding of gender and social inclusion issues and experience of delivering programmes that explicitly address inequalities
- Good knowledge and understanding of child and community safe-guarding issues
AKF Is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is Committed to Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children and Vulnerable Adults and Expects all Staff and Partners to Share this Commitment
Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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