Program Officer

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE Tanzania is part of CARE International, whose vision is to seek a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International is a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. CARE Tanzania and partners contribute to the empowerment of the most marginalized and vulnerable rural women and girls to exercise their rights. JOB SUMMARY The SAGCOT Programme is a public-private partnership intended to improve the incomes, employment opportunities and food security of smallholder farmers in southern Tanzania. This will be done by linking them to internationally competitive supply chains and accelerating commercial agricultural development, in particular by using foreign direct investment attracted by the removal of policy and infrastructural constraints to competitiveness and by facilitated access to land. SAGCOT lies along an existing road, rail and power corridor running from Dar es Salaam west through Iringa to Mbeya and beyond. CARE's involvement with SAGCOTCARE is one of the founding members of Social Feeder Group of SAGCOT Tanzania. The SFG started in 2014 and since then a lot have been done to bring together members and provide platform for discussing social aspects in the corridor. Reporting to Program Coordinator – Ardhi Yetu, the purpose of the Liaison Officer position is to effectively implement the assigned program initiative component activities related to SAGCOT, land rights, and WWF-CARE alliance in collaboration with other team members. She/he is responsible for the implementation of activities on SAGCOT and WWF-CARE alliance within CARE. In consultations with the Ardhi Yetu Program coordinator, Technical Director Unit, Deputy Director Programs and other AYP staff, s/he implements policy and advocacy activities related to SAGCOT and other CARE-WWF alliance initiatives. S/he is expected to maintain effective working relationships with other staff working with other CARE program initiatives, key government partners, NGOs working in the same geographic areas and impact groups. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS Responsibility #1: Contribute to National level SAGCOT Dialogues • Provide liaison between the Social and Environmental Feeder Groups (SFG and EFG) and the Green reference Group (GRG). • Analyze documents and information from GRG, and provide recommendations for discussion and seeking consent in the SFG • Critically analyzing and providing constructive contributions to both social and environmental issues in the SAGCOT investment area • Strengthen capacities of CSOs and CBOs including development of capacity building plan and its implementation, to enhance their engagement in SAGCOT initiatives • In collaboration with CBOs and other NGOs working in the SAGCOT area, foster for coordination of SAGCOT investment in the Corridor • Represent CARE-WWF Alliance in all SAGCOT meetings and activities nationally and regionally as appropriate • Support Advocacy Initiatives through SFG and take lead in preparation and implementation of the SFG advocacy strategy. • Facilitate the development and dissemination of lessons learned and better practices from the Program Initiative to different stakeholders • Prepare quarterly and annual report in collaboration with other AYP team and the WWF-CARE alliance contact person. Responsibility #2 Engaging with Civil Society • Strengthen cohesion of Civil Society Organizations forming SFG and EFG including enhancing active participation in meetings and sharing of information • Creatively look for CSOs to engage in dialogue with private sector and the Government for the purpose of fostering for inclusive, sustainable and responsible investments within the SAGCOT region • Take a lead role in implementing advocacy activities related to SAGCOT Initiatives in the corridor. • Document community based evidences, models and stories that can be scaled up and used at national level advocacy. • Document and disseminate advocacy materials to partners through correspondence, networking, workshops and meetings. • Attend SAGCOT and Green reference Group (GRG) meeting and share information with the Social Feeder group and Environment feeder group • Provide feedback to GRG and the feeder groups on new developments on land based investments in the corridor. • Participate and facilitate reflective learning forums (meetings, workshops, etc) internally and externally with program initiative stakeholders. Responsibility #3: Promote Learning and Coordination of CARE-WWF Alliance work in TZ • Facilitate the linkage between Alliance work in Nachingwea and SAGCOT initiatives including coordinating joint documentation and learning activities. • Contribute to institutional development of the CARE-WWF Alliance, including engagement in program development initiatives. • Facilitate Documentation and learning within the SAGCOT region Responsibility #4: Coordinate and Facilitate Program Initiative and Partner Meetings • Organize, coordinate and/or present at partners and stakeholders meetings. • Organize Program Initiative planning meetings, reflective/learning meetings and advocacy events Job Responsibility #5: Promote Gender Equality • Practice a behavior that is consistent with CARE’s core values and promotion of gender and diversity goals. • Support gender analysis programme as well as mainstreaming in programme activities • Enable identifications of vulnerable farmers especially women and girls in engaging in various programme activities including meetings, leadership positions and as beneficiaries • Develop strategies to assist vulnerable women to participate and benefit from program initiative implementations • Advises the Program Manager on various ways to create awareness to women to participate to various programme initiatives Responsibility #6: Other duties as assigned (including) • When applicable, participate in emergency response and recovery efforts in the event of an emergency in his/her program area. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIRED • Bachelor degree in Social Science, Education, Law, or International Development • 3 years’ experience in policy analysis and advocacy preferably on land rights, gender, and climate change issues • Experience working in an NGO setting, with experience in the areas climate change, land rights, and gender empowerment. • Skills in policy engagement and advocacy. • Ability to analyze and think critically. • Skills in qualitative and quantitative data collection, data management and analysis. • Good writing and communications skills (English and Kiswahili). • Budgeting, planning and finance skills. • Training and facilitation skills • Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, participatory approach and sustainable development. COMPETENCIES • Excellence: Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; successfully completes assignments; sets standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed; ensures interactions and transactions are ethical and convey integrity. • Respect: Behaves in a manner that reflects a true belief in and appreciation for the dignity and potential of all human beings. Gaining other people’s confidence and setting an environment of trust and openness. • Diversity: Promotes, values and respects each individual’s unique qualities, background, race, culture, age, gender, disability, values, lifestyle, perspectives or interests; creates and maintains a work environment that promotes diversity. • Integrity: Maintains social, ethical, and organizational norms; firmly adheres to codes of conduct and ethical principles inherent to CARE. • Planning and Organizing: Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently and effectively in accordance with CARE’s core values. • Communicating with Impact: Diplomatically, logically and clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the recipient / audience and helps them understand and retain their message. • Adaptability: Effectively manages changing environments in the organization; maintains effectiveness when dealing with multiple and conflicting priorities across different cultural settings or during emergency and crisis situations. • Initiating Action: Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes decisive action to achieve goals in times of uncertainty or in fluid contexts; is proactive. • Building Commitment: Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifies one’s own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and individuals involved. • Contribute to Team Success: Actively participates as a member of a team or work unit to move the team/unit toward the completion of shared goals. Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women to apply APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Applications must be received by CARE CoB, 06 May 2016. Only a letter of application and CV without supporting documents such as certificates should be sent by email to The Human Resources Manager TZAHumanResourcesDepartment@care.org Copies may be posted to CARE International in Tanzania, Box 10242, Dar es Salaam

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