JOB
OPPORTUNITIES AT PCI
TITLE:sociate
Technical Advisor, Africa Women Empowered Programs at PCI Tanzania
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Code: 605-566
Job
Description
The
Associate Technical Advisor (ATA), Africa programs will lead Women Empowered
(WE) Initiative technical assistance and program quality activities; provide
strategic direction and program management support; and support monitoring,
evaluation, research and learning for the Africa region’s Women Empowered (WE)
Initiative programs.
The WE
ATA will serve the Africa region, based in Musoma, Tanzania. This position will
report to the WE Initiative Acting Director, working closely with members of
the PCI Tanzania and regional program teams as well as PCI Headquarters WE and
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) associates on regional activities.
Key
Duties & Responsibilities:
Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building
Provide
remote and in person technical assistance to implementing field teams in the
region (including Botswana, Burundi, Malawi, and Zambia) through regular check
ins; delivery of trainings; review of project plans; and review and analysis of
program reports and data
Support
management, planning, implementation, assessments and reporting on portfolio of
WE programming in Tanzania, including roll out and pilot testing of new mobile
app.
Provide
strategic direction to programs in the region, contributing to the development
and implementation of specific strategies and methodologies in the following
technical areas:
Program
Expansion
Wealth
Generation Pathways (Business skills training, entrepreneurship and workforce
development)
Gender
Equity Mainstreaming and Male Engagement
Youth
engagement (urban and rural)
Urban WE
implementation
Facilitate
Africa regional working groups as needed, track working group objectives and
deliverables, and lead the development and monitoring of the groups’ work plan
Contribute
to the expansion of the WE initiative in the region through partnership
identification, networking, presenting WE at relevant conferences or meetings
with stakeholders, and other expansion planning activities.
Participate
in resource development at all phases, including proposal development.
Participate
in regular program quality calls with PCI headquarters technical staff.
Supervises
interns/fellows.
In
partnership with Program Team managers and coordinators, identify opportunities
to strengthen PCI WE staff, and design and evaluate WE staff capacity building
programs.
Program
Quality Management
Support
program teams and management in the development, use and documentation of
project management plans
Ensure
maintenance of established WE programs, supporting the development and
monitoring of program work plans.
Ensure
program quality, pursue technical innovations and promote synergies between WE
and PCI’s other social and economic development projects.
Provide
technical assistance to regional field staff to identify and optimize the use
of internal WE program data, technical strategies and existing best practices,
lessons learned and research across key sectors.
Lead the
review of all WE reports and ensure the highest quality in regional country
programs.
Contribute
to the design and implementation of assessments and studies to inform WE
programmatic decision-making, project designs and institutional learning.
Facilitate
the process of documenting lessons learned, challenges, and opportunities to
improve field practice of WE in the region.
Continually
improve the WE methodology, manuals and training materials based on best
practices and lessons learned in the field.
Monitoring,
Learning and Evaluation
In
coordination with M&E leads, provide ongoing support to in-country
WE-related M&E activities, including in the review of the WE M&E plans,
studies, surveys, assessments, and evaluations.
Work
with program and M&E teams to carry out regular data quality assessments
(DQA) of WE program data; develop strategies and refresher trainings to address
deficiencies found during DQA.
Produce
and disseminate high quality WE case studies, success stories, best practices
and lessons learned that are supported with an evidence-base, beneficiary
testimonials, impact/comparative data and other relevant information.
Assist
M&E teams in maintaining effective management information systems (MIS) for
WE Program activities, including the VSLA industry standard online MIS (SAVIX).
Support
in the development, validation and field testing of PCI’s evaluation and impact
measurement tools.
Required
Qualifications:
Advanced
Degree in International Development, Social Studies, Development Economics,
Public Health, or related field, or BA and commensurate relevant work
experience at international or national levels.
Four
years of professional experience including 2 years in international
development.
Experience
providing direct project support and training related to economic capacity
building, savings groups, income generating work, as well as business skills
training and partnership building preferred.
Knowledge
and experience in research design, data collection, and analysis.
Written
and spoken Fluency in English.
Strong
research and writing skills in English.
Ability
to take initiative, solve problems, anticipate actions, and to use creative
means to complete tasks.
Ability
to work as an integral part of a team, taking guidance and input from
supervisors and peers.
Strong
time-management skills and ability to work to deadlines.
Demonstrated
cultural sensitivity and commitment to PCI’s core values.
Job
Location: Musoma, , Tanzania
Position
Type: Full-Time/Regular.