JOBS FOR ROJECT COORDINATOR ROOM TO READ TANZANIA

NAFASI YA KAZI YA PROJECT COORDINATOR ROOM TO READ TANZANIA – OCTOBER 2017

Organization Profile.

Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Working in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments, we develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond.

We are non-governmental, non-religious and work with many local NGOs and community based organizations to implement our programs. We currently work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, and Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Vietnam— countries with a desperate lack of resources to educate their children. Since our inception, Room to Read’s worldwide team has impacted over 7.8 million children by constructing more than 1,600 schools, establishing over 15,000 libraries, publishing 874 new children’s book titles in 27 local languages, and reaching over 20,000 girls through our Girls’ Education program.

With funding from USAID, and in partnership with Research Triangle Institute (RTI), Room to Read is working with government to implement Reading and Writing material development for Tusome Pamoja Project. The project is contributing to the national effort to improve learning outcomes by focusing investments in four regions of Tanzania Mainland (Ruvuma, Mtwara, Morogoro and Iringa) and all regions in Zanzibar, consisting of 34 districts; and reaching 1.4 million Tanzanian children in Standards (Stds) 1-4. Room to Read is providing technical assistance to the project to develop instructional and learning materials for reading and writing for standards 1- 4 to implement the 3Rs strategy for improving reading, writing, and arithmetic learning in early grades. It develops, design and publish Kiswahili teaching and learning materials for early grade reading and writing. The Tusome Pamoja continues the US Government’s (USG’s) support to the Government of Tanzania’s (GOT’s) efforts to implement this educational reform on a national scale. To ensure that project materials are of high quality and contextualized, we are looking for competent, self- driven, knowledgeable individuals to fill the Project Coordinator position, to drive mission of Tusome Pamoja Project.

Project Coordinator (12 Months contract).

Position Overview The Project Coordinator will support Room to Read’s technical staff on the USAID funded program, Tusome Pamoja. The Project Coordinator is responsible for administrative operation of the office including day to day logistic arrangement, office management, and consultant management. This position will perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks, providing support in daily office needs and support in Room to Read’s general administrative activities that includes making travel and meeting arrangements and coordinating consultant task orders, contracts, and payments.

This is a full-time opportunity. The Project Coordinator will report to the TPP Materials Development Specialist. The Project Coordinator has no direct reports. Some local travel required. This position is based at the Tusome Pamoja office in Dar es Salaam.

Roles & Responsibilities

Office Administration

• Manage Room to Read’s legal compliances, navigating procedures for expansion and complying with all governmental standards, requirements, and regulations
• Oversee administrative and operational matters in compliance with Regional and Global Office policies
• Maintain third party contracts, agreements, policies, etc.
• Organize all program related travel and/or transportation needs. Assist with technical staff visa coordination. Ensure appropriate level of compliance by all staff for adopting and following administrative policies and procedures.
• Procure office supplies and other necessary project elements in compliance with Room to Read policies and procedures.
• Participate in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization

Consultant Management Prepare consultant contracts in line with Room to Read policies and procedures.

• Prepare consultant task orders as needed for project work in compliance with Room to Read policies and procedures.
• Coordinate consultant invoices for payment, track payments, and coordinate advances as needed.
• Organize meetings and travel needs for consultants.

Project Deliverables

• Assist technical staff in the preparation and execution of project deliverables.
• Assist with final materials development and printing.
• Coordinate quality assurance reviews of project deliverables.

Qualifications and Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum of five years’ experience in an administrative position especially in procurement management.
• Experience in successful completion of a wide range of procurement activities especially large procurements that involve public bidding,
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and local language.

Preferred:

• Experience in publishing.
• Strong planning, supervisory, and management skills
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong negotiation skills.

Application Procedure: Please send a cover letter and resume by email, with Project Coordinator in the subject line, to tz.info@roomtoread.org or send by post or hand to the

Human Resources Manager,
Room to Read Tanzania,
Plot no.14, Senga Street,
Rose Garden Road,
Mikocheni A,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania.

If you do not hear from Room to Read within one month of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Please note that late applications will not be considered and correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only.

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. CLOSING DATE 27th October, 2017

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2017