Vacancy title:
Impact Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Media, Communications & Writing]

Jobs at:
VisionFund

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, October 7 2025

Duty Station:
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 26 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

VisionFund Tanzania Microfinance Bank Ltd (VFT MFB) formerly known as SEDA is a fast growing and reputable Micro Finance Bank (MFB), has a loan book of more than TZs. 44 billion and more than 60,000 customer base, more that 5,000 of them being small holder farmers. VFT-MFB is seeking to employ a dynamic and committed Tanzanian young men & women who have passion for people’s economic development to fill in the vacant position detailed here below;

The role of the Impact Officer is to support the MFI Senior Management team to understand and, in line with Our Livelihoods Promise strategy; Leveraging The Strategic Partnerships to Broaden and Deepen our Impact. The office-holder shall implement, manage, evaluate and report social impact projects, programs and strategies with the standards promoted by VisionFund International to ensure the fulfillment of the mission and social objectives of the MFI. VFI highly encourages all MFIs to dedicate at least one full-time staff for this role.

Main Responsibilities; –    

1. Strategy and Planning
   • Identifying, Onboarding and Managing Strategic Partners for Impacts; both local and international
   • Contribute to the SMT development of the impact strategy for the MFI
   • Contribute to the SMT development of annual business plans
   • Create detailed operating plans for the MFI to achieve its impact goals

1. Monitoring and Evaluation
   • Oversee the implementation of the Client Impact Survey two times per year.
   • Analyze the results of the Client Impact Survey to identify client needs.
   • Engage with SMT to provide evidence of client needs and make recommendations for suitable operational changes.
   • For MFIs that use PPI to measure change to poverty levels over time (very few MFIs): Oversee the implementation and management of PPI to assist the MFI to track the progress of clients on the poverty ladder over time.
   • Monitor the quality of the outreach data collected and stored in the core banking system (# children, women, rural, agriculture, jobs impacted)

1. Training and Coaching
   • Provide orientation training to all new staff and managers in the MFI
   • Regularly review impact performance with all staff (SMT and field staff) to ensure full understanding and so that data is used for better decision-making
   • Advise Operations managers, branch managers and loan officers in their development of activity plans that will improve impact and achieve impact goals
   • Provide technical advice to the MFI (and potentially VF GC) to design products and services that have specific social impact
   • Take lead role in maintaining a culture in the MFI of high-quality client service, and a focus on child well-being
2. Client Focus
   • Provide technical advice to P&C and Operations regarding Client Protection training for new employees and the regular conduct of refresher trainings
   • With Operations, conduct discussions with client focus groups and community leaders (as appropriate to context) to gain insights into client needs and feedback about products and services
   • Spend sufficient time interacting with loan officers and clients to understand their needs and their challenges, as well as the aspirations they have for their children.

1. Required skills, knowledge, and competencies

List education, knowledge & skills, licenses preferred, and all experiences required to perform  this position in a fully competent manner; –

Education and Experience: General Criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Communication, Marketing, Public Relations or similar. · Intermediate Excel (formulas, pivot tables)
• Advanced English Level
• With experience on implementing the Universal Standards for Social and Environmental Performance management (USSEPM)
• Minimum 5 years in NGOs or institutions with social programs with the following activities (or similar): fundraising, social responsibility, preparation of results, reports and communication campaigns.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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