Job overview

The School of St Jude is looking for a qualified and passionate Officer – Applications to join one of the largest charities of its kind in Africa. This opportunity is ideal for someone passionate about systems, innovation and improving how people interact with technology.

The role involves exploring user needs, supporting enterprise applications and helping teams get the most out of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Proactive problem-solvers with a keen interest in digital tools and process improvement are encouraged to apply.

About The School of St Jude

The School of St Jude is a pioneering leader in charitable education within Africa. Every year, it provides 1,800 students with free, quality education, supports hundreds of graduates in accessing higher education and provides more than 20,000 government-school students with quality teachers.

St Jude’s is funded by generous supporters from around the world, making possible its mission of giving bright, poor Tanzanian students a free, quality education.

Ideal candidate profile

The ideal candidate is:

• A strategic, detail-oriented thinker who enjoys making systems work better.
• Interested in finance and business processes, with a desire to understand how systems support decision-making and service delivery.
• Curious about how enterprise systems, including ERPs, support core operational functions such as accounting, human resources, procurement and reporting.
• Passionate about improving user experience, conducting user research and gathering feedback during testing and rollout.
• Comfortable exploring and working with data flows, including the basics of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes.
• Eager to learn, adaptable and motivated by solving real-world problems, even if not yet an expert.
• A strong communicator who can connect with both technical teams and end users.
• Organized, proactive and excited to develop in a role that blends finance systems, user engagement and innovation.

Key responsibilities

• Support the use and optimization of the organization’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, ensuring it meets evolving organizational needs.
• Act as a bridge between end users and technical teams by capturing requirements and translating them into meaningful actions.
• Help coordinate and execute system enhancements and finance-related projects.
• Assist in data integration and reporting efforts, including ETL processes through which data is moved, cleaned and analyzed.
• Conduct and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure systems are fit for purpose.
• Engage users across departments to gather insights, identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
• Contribute to reporting, data-quality checks, training materials and user documentation.

Qualifications, skills and experience

Candidates should have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in IT and Finance or IT and Accounting.
• A background or demonstrated interest in Accounting, Business Systems or Finance.
• A strong understanding of supporting system setup, reporting, reconciliations and automation.
• Exposure to, or willingness to learn about, ERP systems and their role in managing organizational data and workflows.
• Comfort supporting, or learning about, ETL pipelines and how data moves between systems for reporting or integration purposes.
• Experience working with data, whether in Excel, SQL, reporting dashboards or basic scripting.
• Strong documentation, communication and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Basic experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), gathering feedback and supporting system adoption.
• An interest in project work, including helping to track progress, coordinate tasks and bring improvements to life.

Why join The School of St Jude?

The School of St Jude offers:

• The opportunity to use your talents and expertise to fight poverty through education and make a positive impact in Tanzania.
• A flexible and supportive community of international and local employees.
• Ample opportunities for career progression and development.
• Mid-morning tea and lunch during working days.

• Support the use and optimization of the organization’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, ensuring it meets evolving organizational needs.
• Act as a bridge between end users and technical teams by capturing requirements and translating them into meaningful actions.
• Help coordinate and execute system enhancements and finance-related projects.
• Assist in data integration and reporting efforts, including ETL processes through which data is moved, cleaned and analyzed.
• Conduct and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure systems are fit for purpose.
• Engage users across departments to gather insights, identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
• Contribute to reporting, data-quality checks, training materials and user documentation.

• A strong understanding of supporting system setup, reporting, reconciliations and automation.
• Exposure to, or willingness to learn about, ERP systems and their role in managing organizational data and workflows.
• Comfort supporting, or learning about, ETL pipelines and how data moves between systems for reporting or integration purposes.
• Experience working with data, whether in Excel, SQL, reporting dashboards or basic scripting.
• Strong documentation, communication and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Basic experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), gathering feedback and supporting system adoption.
• An interest in project work, including helping to track progress, coordinate tasks and bring improvements to life.

• A Bachelor’s degree in IT and Finance or IT and Accounting.
• A background or demonstrated interest in Accounting, Business Systems or Finance.