Deadline of this Job: 29 January 2023
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Job summary
CARE Tanzania in collaboration with KAZI YETU and Tanzania Smallholder Tea Development Agency (TASHTDA) aims to support women farmers, to acquire knowledge, access, and control of productive resources for increased productivity, income, and autonomy, to leverage the accumulated capital and revolving credit held by VSLAs. Improving productivity requires capital to access agricultural inputs, technologies, tools, machines and for farm management and all these have been the major struggle of the farmers to support their investment. CARE will apply an innovative Collective Investment Model, whereby VSLAs will mobilize and pull together capital and utilize different platforms to incentivize women famers to invest and leverage their own capital to address key constraints, increasing market access and potential for women own agri-business. CARE’s VSLA approach is supported by Chomoka, an innovative digital platform that was launched in Tanzania.
Her Money, Her Life project is hiring the Project Coordinator-Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) to support the project teams on effective monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on the projects delivery as well as promote learning and adaptive management process for the project. The MEAL Coordinator will work closely with HMHL project, Kazi Yetu project implementation partner and MEAL team to develop MEAL tools for HMHL project. S/he will be responsible for developing, testing, training and implementing a variety of data collection and management approaches, including through mobile data collection tools. S/he will support and ensure that Alliance technical staff, partners, community beneficiaries and other stakeholders provide timely, accurate and reliable qualitative and quantitative data and analysis to the project. S/he will review, verify, compile and analyse HMHL project results for adaptive management, lessons learned, success stories, donor reports and other communications materials, such as learning briefs and presentations.
The positions will report directly to the Senior Project Manager for “Her Money, Her Life” project.
Key responsibilities:
• Provide technical support to HMHL project staff, partners and other relevant stakeholders to ensure robust MEAL implementation in line with project MEAL frameworks and systems.
• Conduct routine monitoring of the project progress to ensure relevant data are reliably/accurately collected and appropriately documented.
• Work with project staff to design and implement program monitoring and evaluation tasks, including baseline survey, internal outcome monitoring, mid-term reviews, final evaluation, and specific studies for the project.
• Report through CARE’s reporting systems, ensuring compliance with donor reporting requirements.
• Facilitate Mid-Year review, annual reflections and community reflection meetings with technical team and other stakeholders to share project progress, challenges, capture lessons learned and identify areas for improvement and adaptive management.
• Carry out on annual basis internal Data Quality Assessment as per standards to identify the major strength and weakness of HMHL MEEL system for improvement.
• Work with the project team to ensure CARE-Kazi Yetu feedback and grievance mechanisms are in place and communicated in an integrated way to beneficiaries to support CARE’s accountability to communities.
• Carry out regular field visits to the project sites for data collection, review, and verification when required.
Education qualifications:
• A minimum of bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in Project Planning and Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Agriculture/Agri-business Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences/Development Studies or similar field, A Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
Experience and skills:
• At least 4-6 years’ experience in data management.
• Good experience in data collection, analysis and reporting are fundamental.
• Experience in data quality assurance review and verification, data analysis, and reporting.
• Previous working experience in project monitoring and evaluation, ideally for non-governmental organizations engaged in Agriculture, specifically Tea Value Chain or related.
• Experience in designing and carrying out qualitative and quantitative research (instrument and sampling design, carrying out household surveys, conducting interviews, focus group discussion)
Technical competencies:
• Strong knowledge of computer programs, with familiarity in using Microsoft Office suite applications (particularly Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), use of mobile data collection software like ODK, statistical packages tools for both qualitative and quantitative data like SPSS, Anova, Stata etc.
• Ability to write reports, effectively present information, and prepare presentations.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including native Kiswahili and strong English language skills.
• Ability to organize and conduct training in relevant disciplines.
• Strong analytical skills, including analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data in programs with experience in application of statistical packages.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills required to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Willing to travel extensively within areas of operations and outside areas of operations as required
Deadline of this Job: 10 February 2023
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About Laterite
Laterite is a data, research and analytics firm specialized in complex development challenges. We work with universities, global think tanks, international NGOs, multilateral donor organizations, and government ministries and agencies. Our clients include, for example, the World Bank, USAID, TechnoServe, Promundo, the Mastercard Foundation, and several UN agencies.
We currently have offices in the Netherlands, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The team brings together more than 80 full time local and international staff, as well as 1,000+ enumerators across all countries. We are proud to be a culturally diverse organization, and we welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our team. Learn more: www.laterite.com
We work in socio-economic development research projects. We believe that impact is a long-term endeavour that requires being embedded in the local context. Delivering high-quality research requires building local teams and data collection systems, knowing the country, and establishing close working relationships.
One of Laterite’s key strategic goals is to create a collaborative and rewarding working environment for our staff, where every team member feels engaged, represented, and heard. Laterite is committed to create opportunities for learning and career development within the team and across our offices.
Laterite is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.
What you will do:
We are looking for a new Analyst with an understanding of data analysis and a strong motivation to work in social and economic research with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Our new colleague will:
• Work on research projects – supporting the ethical approval process in Tanzania, design of research instruments and research designs, conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, drafting sections of reports, and keeping clients updated on progress.
• Contribute to data collection planning – coding survey instruments on SurveyCTO, working closely with the field teams to develop training materials and going on field visits to better understand data collection processes.
• Contribute to quality assurance tasks – working closely with the field teams to monitor and clean incoming survey data.
• Contribute to analysis and reporting – together with other research team members working on a project
As part of our Research Team, you will be able to develop skills and experience in:
• Technical research design, including sampling and impact evaluation methodologies.
• Project management and client communication.
• Data analysis, statistical techniques and coding.
• Report writing: drawing insights from data and presenting them in a client-ready, consultancy quality format.
What you will bring:
• A completed Master’s degree in Economics, Public Health, Development or related fields
• One year of professional experience with similar tasks. (We are happy to consider internships, work on dissertations or within an academic research group for this, if you can show us how your experience meets what we are looking for)
• Strong quantitative data analysis skills and proficiency in Stata
• Experience working with ODK-based platforms (e.g., SurveyCTO)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• In addition, we welcome:
o Written and oral communication in Kiswahili
o Previous work experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Tanzania.
o Organizational and interpersonal skills, self-motivation and drive to work in a
o Collaborative environment.
What’s in it for you?
Laterite offers a competitive remuneration package, including medical insurance and 21 days of annual leave. We are also committed to supporting our staff’s learning, providing an annual learning budget of up to $1,000 per person and 10 days of time off for professional learning each year. We also provide remote work options in accordance with Laterite’s remote work policy.
The salary for this role is between TZS 4,480,000 and TZS 5,660,000 net per month. The salary is paid in local currency and is re-adjusted for any devaluation in the currency compared to the US dollar based on the latest exchange rate (USD to local currency) of January 1st each year. The exact salary grade will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience and performance in interviews. Salaries are pegged against the pay matrix, and grades are reviewed every 6 months. There is ample opportunity for growth both in terms of salary scales and roles. Promotions at Laterite are reviewed every 6 months during our performance evaluation.
How to apply
Assessment
The first step is to complete a 30-minute numeracy and literacy assessment for which no special preparation is needed.
Link to the assessment: https://form.jotform.com/223493009450553
Submit application
Successful candidates will then be invited to upload their CV and cover letter via our online application system.
Deadline of this Job: 02 February 2023
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
IITA-TZ2023-R4D-001-NRS-DAR ES SALAAM
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Please visit https://www.iita.org/ for more information about IITA.
IITA works with other CGIAR centres and national partners on the Seed Equal Initiative, which aims to strengthen seed delivery and improve farmer access to new improved varieties. Seed Equal is active across the global tropics, but has a diverse set of activities in Tanzania focusing on vegetatively-propagated crops. IITA also runs a project entitled BASICSII which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and which has a vision of developing and commercializing the cassava seed supply chain from pre-basic seed of officially released varieties to community-level production by farmers.
IITA is looking for a suitably qualified person to fill the vacancy of the Research Associate – Seed Equal Initiative
Duty Station: This is a Nationally Recruited Position, and the incumbent will be based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Core Responsibilities:
As a Research Associate, you will work as part of the Plant and Seed Health for Agriculture (PASHA)team of IITA-Tanzania, and will be responsible for supervising disease diagnostics activities in the molecular biology lab. This will involve ensuring the effective running of the lab, procuring lab consumables, conducting lab work including sample management, nucleic acid extraction, PCR-based diagnostics, LAMP assays and working with team members to expand the range of diagnostics being implemented. Additional tasks will include preparing and running virus diagostics training activities, working with team members on seed health studies, collecting field data from locations in Tanzania and elsewhere if required, and running screenhouse experiments. You will be expected to analyse, report and present results and contribute to the publication of scientific journal articles.
Qualification, Experience and Key Skills
• MSc in biological sciences with a minimum of three years’ experience in working in a molecular biology laboratory.
• Previous experience of working on laboratory diagnostics for viruses affecting root, tuber and banana crops will be a great advantage.
• Excellent communication and writing skills. Fluent English. For successful candidates who show strong research skills and high commitment levels, there will be an opportunity to study for a PhD.
General information:
The initial contract for the position is for two years: renewable subject to performance and availability of funds. The duty station for the position will be IITA in Dar es Salaam. This is a nationally recruited position and IITA offers a competitive remuneration package.