Organization overview

SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania is a local non-governmental organization established affiliated 60 years to SOS Children’s Villages International, a worldwide childcare and protection organization that provides orphaned and destitute children with a permanent family home and educational opportunities. Currently SOS Children’s Villages International has Children’s Villages and other projects in 135 countries around the world. Globally, it runs the SOS Children’s Village Programme which has two main arms, i.e. Family Like Care based at SOS Children’s Villages and Family Strengthening Programmes supporting families in local communities. SOS Children’s Villages has been working in Tanzania since 1991. Our programs are currently working in Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Iringa, Dodoma, and Mtwara.

Job Summary

Leads the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the family strengthening programme activities in the respective location, in accordance with the organisational standards and strategies.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead FSP strategy development and coordination of the National Family Strengthening Programme, ensuring alignment with SOS Children’s Villages Programme Policy, national legislation, child protection frameworks, and gender equality policy.
• Provide technical guidance and capacity building to Family Strengthening Programme Coordinators and programme teams on planning, budgeting, implementation, reporting, and effective use of organisation-sensitive resources.
• Support proposal development, donor alignment, joint monitoring, and funding applications for family strengthening and community organisational values programmes.
• Represent SOS Children’s Villages in networks and forums for children’s providers, represent family strengthening and gender equality.
• Document, analyse, and disseminate lessons learned, good practices, research findings, and policy updates.
• Ensure accurate documentation, database management, legal frameworks related to family and child protection standards, while upholding child protection, gender, and community development.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Abilities, and Behavioural Competences

• University degree in social sciences, community development studies. A master’s degree is an added advantage.
• Minimum 5-7 years working experience as Coordinator or senior in implementing social programmes out of which three years in managerial position.
• Good knowledge and understanding of national and international child rights legislation, child protection frameworks, and gender-responsive approaches.
• Strong understanding of national and international child rights policies.

• Lead FSP strategy development and coordination of the National Family Strengthening Programme, ensuring alignment with SOS Children’s Villages Programme Policy, national legislation, child protection frameworks, and gender equality policy.
• Provide technical guidance and capacity building to Family Strengthening Programme Coordinators and programme teams on planning, budgeting, implementation, reporting, and effective use of organisation-sensitive resources.
• Support proposal development, donor alignment, joint monitoring, and funding applications for family strengthening and community organisational values programmes.
• Represent SOS Children’s Villages in networks and forums for children’s providers, represent family strengthening and gender equality.
• Document, analyse, and disseminate lessons learned, good practices, research findings, and policy updates.
• Ensure accurate documentation, database management, legal frameworks related to family and child protection standards, while upholding child protection, gender, and community development.

• Good knowledge and understanding of national and international child rights legislation, child protection frameworks, and gender-responsive approaches.
• Strong understanding of national and international child rights policies.

• University degree in social sciences, community development studies. A master’s degree is an added advantage.