Background and Purpose

The Royal Danish Embassy in Dar es Salaam is seeking to recruit two Programme Officers to support Denmark’s Strategic Sector Cooperation.

We are looking for candidates who are flexible, detail-oriented, diligent and team players, with experience from the relevant sector.

Building on Denmark’s long-standing partnerships with Tanzanian authorities, civil society, universities and private sector, the Embassy of Denmark is exploring the opportunity to establish two individual technical cooperation projects between: a) the Danish and Tanzanian Health Ministries, and b) the Danish and Tanzanian Tax Agencies.

The aim is to establish alliances that can contribute to shared expertise and experiences, as well as knowledge exchange.

The candidates will support the analytical work required in the feasibility phase of the projects and support the process to design a future project in close collaboration between Tanzanian and Danish ministries and agencies.

About the Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC)

Denmark has for the past decade been running sector cooperation projects in a number of countries globally. These two will, however, be the first of their kind in Tanzania.

The expectation is to build long-term strategic partnerships between public authorities in Denmark and their counterparts in Tanzania based on years of more traditional development cooperation.

Through the SSC projects, the ambition is to facilitate direct government-to-government cooperation in important strategic sectors.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Analyse and report on political, social and economic developments of relevance to the sector
• Arrange, participate and report on meetings with relevant local and international stakeholders
• Prepare visits by Danish delegations to Tanzania and vice versa
• Support the Sector Counsellors by obtaining and keeping an overview of relevant stakeholders and developments within the sectors
• Participate in work aimed to support Danish companies’ activities in Tanzania in close collaboration with trade colleagues
• Support adherence to administrative procedures
• Produce content for social media and public diplomacy
• Ensure active Danish representation in relevant coordination mechanisms

You will report to the Danish Sector Counsellor and work in close collaboration with both Tanzanian and Danish partners.

Required Qualifications

• Relevant academic Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Good analytical skills and interest in relevant policy areas
• Willingness and ability to take on practical/logistical tasks with attention to detail
• Flexible and a team player: strong interest in and willingness to share knowledge with – and learn from – colleagues
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and efficiently
• Computer literacy and MS Office skills
• Fluency in English

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in relevant policy areas, e.g. in a government body, think tank, research organization or implementing agency

We Offer

• An exciting, inter-cultural and dynamic work environment with a wide range of diverse tasks
• Great opportunities for further development of your professional and personal competences
• A large degree of self-dependence
• Competitive salary and benefit package

• Analyse and report on political, social and economic developments of relevance to the sector
• Arrange, participate and report on meetings with relevant local and international stakeholders
• Prepare visits by Danish delegations to Tanzania and vice versa
• Support the Sector Counsellors by obtaining and keeping an overview of relevant stakeholders and developments within the sectors
• Participate in work aimed to support Danish companies’ activities in Tanzania in close collaboration with trade colleagues
• Support adherence to administrative procedures
• Produce content for social media and public diplomacy
• Ensure active Danish representation in relevant coordination mechanisms

• Good analytical skills
• Willingness and ability to take on practical/logistical tasks with attention to detail
• Flexible and a team player
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and efficiently
• Computer literacy and MS Office skills
• Fluency in English

• Relevant academic Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Interest in relevant policy areas
• Previous experience of working in relevant policy areas, e.g. in a government body, think tank, research organization or implementing agency (Desired)