Job Overview

E360 Group Tanzania Limited is seeking a high-caliber, experienced Team Leader / Project Director to head large-scale development programs. The Team Leader will provide strategic leadership, program execution oversight, team management, and high-level stakeholder engagement. The role focuses on driving initiatives in Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), Community Microfinance Groups (CMGs), financial inclusion, women’s economic empowerment, and rural livelihood sustainable strategies across Tanzania.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Project Leadership: Direct end-to-end implementation of large-scale development programs, ensuring alignment with donor guidelines, strategic goals, and execution timelines.
• Government & Stakeholder Engagement: Manage high-level relationships and liaison initiatives with Government of Tanzania institutions across national, regional, and district levels.
• Technical Supervision: Oversee program activities focused on VSLAs, CMGs, rural financial inclusion models, gender integration, and resilient rural livelihoods.
• Operations & Compliance: Manage program budgets, multi-disciplinary technical teams, risk mitigation frameworks, and contract compliance across all field implementation zones.
• Reporting & Quality Assurance: Ensure high-quality program reporting, monitoring review compliance, and strategic communications with funding partners and institutional stakeholders.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Minimum Master’s Degree in Rural Development, Development Studies, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Agriculture, or a related discipline.
• Experience: Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in designing, leading, and managing large-scale donor-funded development programs.
• Sector Expertise: Proven technical expertise in VSLAs/CMGs, microfinance linkages, women’s economic empowerment, agricultural value chains, and rural livelihoods.
• Institutional Knowledge: Extensive hands-on experience coordinating with Tanzanian local government authorities (LGAs), regional secretariats, and central government ministries.
• Core Competencies: Exceptional executive leadership, strategic communication, negotiation skills, complex budget management, and multi-cultural team orchestration.

• Direct end-to-end implementation of large-scale development programs, ensuring alignment with donor guidelines, strategic goals, and execution timelines.
• Manage high-level relationships and liaison initiatives with Government of Tanzania institutions across national, regional, and district levels.
• Oversee program activities focused on VSLAs, CMGs, rural financial inclusion models, gender integration, and resilient rural livelihoods.
• Manage program budgets, multi-disciplinary technical teams, risk mitigation frameworks, and contract compliance across all field implementation zones.
• Ensure high-quality program reporting, monitoring review compliance, and strategic communications with funding partners and institutional stakeholders.

• Executive leadership
• Strategic communication
• Negotiation
• Complex budget management
• Multi-cultural team orchestration
• Government and stakeholder engagement
• Program management
• Risk mitigation
• Program reporting and quality assurance
• VSLAs/CMGs
• Microfinance linkages
• Women’s economic empowerment
• Agricultural value chains
• Rural livelihoods

• Minimum Master’s Degree in Rural Development, Development Studies, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Agriculture, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in designing, leading, and managing large-scale donor-funded development programs.
• Proven technical expertise in VSLAs/CMGs, microfinance linkages, women’s economic empowerment, agricultural value chains, and rural livelihoods.
• Extensive hands-on experience coordinating with Tanzanian local government authorities (LGAs), regional secretariats, and central government ministries.