Reporting; Project Manager
Roles and Responsibilities:
Job type; Six (6) Months contract with possibility to renew depending on availability of fund and individual performance
• Directly supervise Empowerment Workers (EWs).
• Recruit and train EWs in the village Savings and Loan Groups (VSLG) model and oversee EWs establishing and supporting new groups and supporting inherited VSLGs.
• Ensure that EWs provide facilitation support for VSLGs to ensure that destitute household members (lower saving levels and interest) are able to join VSLGs.
• Ensure that VSLGs establish Community Resource Mobilization Committees to map community resource for social protection.
• Conduct overarching mapping of economic strengthening service providers in implementation areas.
• Work with district level TASAF to ensure USAID Kizazi Kipya for screening and enrollment.
• Roll out household Financial Literacy and Money Management curriculum to EWs and ensure quality roll out to VSLG members.
• Lead the creation of trade networks and learning and sharing cohorts within industry types.
• Train EWs to roll out a self-assessment tool with mature groups; establish relationships with pro-poor financial institutions.
• Serve as the lead for youth related activities including conduct an organizational youth assessment, implementation action items from the assessment, ensuring establishment and high quality support to in and out of school Teen Clubs, and ensuring delivery of youth focused curriculums.
• Provide continuous supportive supervision to EWs to ensure quality economic strengthening programming and to NPEs to ensure quality youth programming.
• Submit timely economic strengthening and youth updates to the Program Coordinator for inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports.
• Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication.
• Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the project coordinator.

Minimum Requirements
Education Qualification
• Diploma in Community Development, Sociology, Economics and related disciplines
• Bachelor ‘s degree preferred

Skills and Experiences
• At least one year experiences of working with rural Communities and Marginalized groups
• Good practical knowledge and experiences of working with groups and people with special needs.
• Good knowledge on issues related to HIV/Aids and Child protection
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills in both English and Kiswahili
• Ability to work under pressure while requiring minimum supervision
• Good knowledge and practical understanding on resources mobilization and fund rising
• Good knowledge on Project write ups, business plans and saving literacy.
• Well informed on various Participation methods and approaches
• Well informed and conversant with computer uses
• Ability and willingness to travel spend up to 50% in rural areas
• Ability to drive Motor bike is added advantage

Mode of application
If you think you’re the right candidate for any post above, please don’t hesitate to forward your application letter showing how you fit for the post applied and updated CV to the following contacts; 1. Email address kimas.masasi@yahoo.com. The chairperson Kimas| P .O. Box 357|Masasi (Mtwara) Tanzania|Mobile:+255757570067 .The application should reach KIMAS Not more than 10th April, 2017 1600Hrs.

Note; KIMAS is an equal and fair opportunity where by every person is respected and judged on the basis of his/her abilities and skills. Therefore, women/girls are highly encouraged to apply.

All application should be posted through post office or email address above.

Only shortlisted candidates will be informed on a date for interview.