Project Assistant at SIGHTSAVERS Tanzania

Project Assistant NTDs

Job LocationsTZ-Dar es SalaamPosted Date4 days ago(18/10/2023 14:09)

Job ID 2023-1224 # of Openings 1 Category Programmes

Overview

Location: Ruangwa District Council, Lindi Region, Tanzania Contract: Fixed Term Contract one year Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply

The Project Assistant is responsible for supporting the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programme in Tanzania. Working with internal and external partners to ensure programme accountabilities are clear and embraced. This role supports the full lifecycle of the programme from planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting to documentation and advocacy.

We are looking for someone who has similar experience in an international development role to join the team in Tanzania on a one-year fixed term contract. If you have strong attention to detail, excellent time management with programme knowledge in this sector then we would like to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Principal accountabilities

Supporting the planning and implementation of International Trachoma Initiatives (ITI’s), the Avoidable Blindness Fund and Trachoma Programme activities
Supporting the review of reporting timelines for both donors and country office
Advocating Sightsavers to partners regarding the current initiatives underway
Facilitating meetings with partners to advocate and disseminate shared learnings
Support project partners with budgets, forecasts, timely financial returns
Proactively share relevant case studies, interesting news stories, participate in advocacy work

Skills and Experience

Knowledge, skills and experience

Understanding of government systems particularly the health sector through the Ministry of Health and local government authorities
Monitoring and evaluation
Report writing
Administrative support
Strong communication and time management
Fluent English both written and spoken
Previous experience working with budgets, forecasts and reports
Strong IT with knowledge of global ICT systems desirable
Next Steps
The Programme Assistant is a highly involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Closing date: 31 October 2023. Depending on the response we reserve the right to close this role early.

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 6 November 2023. This will be a virtual interview lasting up to one hour.

As an equal opportunity Employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader therefore qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

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