The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme the UN organization that pro-motes volunteerism to support peace and development worldwide. Volunteerism can transform the pace and nature of development and it benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peace and development by advo-cating for volunteerism globally, encouraging partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing volunteers.

In most cultures volunteerism is deeply embedded in long-established, ancient tradi-tions of sharing and support within the communities. In this context, UN Volunteers take part in various forms of volunteerism and play a role in development and peace together with co-workers, host agencies and local communities
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In all assignments, UN Volunteers promote volunteerism through their action and conduct. Engaging in volunteer activity can effectively and positively enrich their understanding of local and social realities, as well as create a bridge between them-selves and the people in their host community. This will make the time they spend as UN Volunteers even more rewarding and productive.

Background
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the UN Inter-Agency Operations Committee and direct supervision of UNICEF’s Chief of Operations,  the Operation Associate (UN House) shall ensures execution of transparent and efficient financial, procurement and administrative/logistics services and processes in the UN Common Service Center Unit. The Operation Associate (UN House) promotes a client-focused, quality and results-oriented approach in the Unit.

The Operation Associate shall supervise security and support staff of the UN Common Service Center. S/He works in close collaboration with the operations staff in all UN agencies’ staff for administrative/logistics issues and information exchange.

The National UN Administrative Associate will undertake the following tasks:

Summary of Key Functions:

• Support to administrative and logistical services;
• Support to office maintenance and assets management;
• Ensures implementation of operational strategies, focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Full compliance of administrative activities with UN rules, regulations, policies and strategies.
• Provision of inputs to the Common Services administrative business processes mapping and implementation of the internal standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Provision of inputs to preparation of administrative team results-oriented work plans.
• Ensures effective and efficient functioning of the Registry/Reception, focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Contacts with visitors and staff, arrangement of appointments and meetings, when required taking minutes.
• Maintenance of office Petty Cash account (record petty cash expenditures and replenishment), maintain office inventory, ensure timely requests for office supplies, collect profoma invoices from office vendors & other service providers, liaise with relevant UN agency to facilitate timely payments, support financial forecast for the sub-office
• Compilation and preparation of the UN briefing and presentation materials, background information and documentation for meetings and new arrivals.
• Arranges for and/or attends meetings on a day-to-day administrative matters, participates in discussions of new or revised procedures and practices, interprets and assess the impact of changes, and makes recommendations for follow-up action.
• Participate in the One UN common services meetings and serve as focal point in the field office for the Administrative and operational activities.
• Translation of simple correspondences, when needed.
• Ensures effective administrative and logistical support, focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Preparation of all necessary documentation, implementation of follow-up actions.
• Administrative and logistical support to conferences, workshops, retreats taking place in the UN House premises.
• Assistance in arrangement of vehicle transportation, regular vehicle maintenance and insurance.
• Custodian for management of office stationery supplies including maintenance of stock list of stationery, distribution of stationery as required by staff and keeping a log of distribution.
• Extraction of data from various sources..
•  Provides support to office maintenance and assets management, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Maintenance of records on assets management, preparation of reports.
• Maintenance of files and records relevant to office maintenance and utilities.
• Liaising with Landlord on office issues

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:

·      Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD);

·    Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;

·      Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;

·       Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;

·       Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;

·        Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Competencies
Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates commitment to UN mission, vision and values;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Functional Competencies:

• Knowledge Management and Learning
• Shares knowledge and experience.
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
• Development and Operational Effectiveness
• Ability to perform a variety of standard specialized and non-specialized tasks and work processes that are fully documented, researched, recorded and reported.
• Ability to review a variety of data, identify and adjust discrepancies, identify and resolve operational problems.
• Ability to perform work of confidential nature and handle a large volume of work.
• Good knowledge of administrative rules and regulations.
• Strong IT skills, knowledge of ERP based system would be an asset.
• Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new systems.
• Leadership and Self-Management
• Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure

Education:
Completion of Secondary education; thorough knowledge of modern office operational procedures and standards; training in business and management field at certificate level.
Experience:

At least 6 years of relevant experience in administration or office support service. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).
Experience in handling of web-based management systems is desirable but not a requirement.

Disclaimer
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme which welcomes applications from quaified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality and  culture.




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Standards and Food Safety Coordinator

Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) is an apex private sector member based organization mandated to develop and promote horticulture (flowers, fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs and horticultural seeds) in Tanzania. TAHA’s goal is to improve the growth and competitiveness of horticultural industry in the country for social and economic gains. TAHA is a strong voicing platform, representing farmers at all levels, processors, exporters and service providers in the horticultural industry in Tanzania. Development and enforcement of horticultural standards and food safety guiding framework is a critical in ensuring food safety of consumers. In this regard, TAHA and VECO are collaboratively implementing an Initiative that includes establishing a Standards Coordination Unit, which will be responsible in providing technical coordination in development, review and enforcement of horticulture standards and foods safety frameworks and hence improving farmers and other actors compliance capacity to market requirements. Standards and Food Safety Coordinator will therefore work to coordinate the strengthening of food safety surveillance and risk management systems and compliance to national and market standards for horticulture. The Standards and Food Safety Coordinator shall report to the Technical Manager and be guided by the following terms of references:
Main Duties and Responsibilities

Engage or support formation of viable partnerships, networks and collaborations to effectively promote and create awareness and highlight food safety agenda at regional, national and International levels
Take a lead role in developing and driving multi-stakeholder initiatives that seek to carry out research, create awareness and address food safety problems and risks in horticulture sector.
Guide TAHA members and stakeholders on new, emerging or re-emerging food safety hazards and risks, including the preparation of technical reports, briefs and position statements and appropriate messaging to different target groups and interests.
Contribute to the development of new approaches, tools and training materials related to the collection, analysis and use of food safety intelligence and standards for the prevention and control of food safety risks in horticulture sector
Take lead and technical backstopping roles in the review and or development of national and or local horticulture standards development
Coordinate development of local GAP for horticulture
Promote knowledge sharing at national, regional and international levels
Engage the Government and other Partners in addressing policy gaps as a way of improving standards and food safety systems in the industry.
Develop and implement field activities which contribute to implementation of various industry standards including training, monitoring, evaluation, Audits, etc
Support the promotion and adoption of sustainable environmental production practices in horticulture
Develop and implement capacity building programmes for standards and food safety in the industry.
Act as focal point to international standards institutions including GlobalGap, COLEACP, etc

Minimum Requirements

University degree in Agriculture, Food Safety, International Trade. Master’s Degree majoring Food Safety or related discipline is an advantage
Five years of relevant experience in food safety which included the implementation of food standards and analysis of food safety data/ information at national, regional or international levels
Working knowledge of English and Kiswahili

Interested and suitably qualified individuals should send their applications enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae, photocopies of academic certificate and salary history to the following:

Human Resource and Administration Manager,
Tanzania Horticultural Association,
P.O. Box 16520,
ARUSHA.
Email: [email protected]

Submission deadline is Friday 26th January, 2018.

Illustrators

Location
Other Dar es Salaam District Dar Es Salaam
Description
Industry: NGO
Minimum Qualification: Bachelor
Minimum Experience: 3 years



Length on Contract (12 months)

The illustrators will:

• Illustrate all materials developed by the Curriculum Developers (decodable and leveled texts for grades 1 and 2, student readers for grades 3 and 4, teacher’s guides, and student writing journals).
• Illustrate the pre-primary teaching and learning materials for pre-primary students and teachers (RTI will provide the content)
• Illustrate the required arithmetic materials for the individual student kits (RTI will provide the content);
• Illustrate accompanying teachers’ guides for arithmetic (RTI will provide the content)
• Complete timesheets and submit them to supervisor every month correctly and on time.

Participate in all required Tusome Pamoja meetings, workshops, and reviews.

Application Procedure:

Please send a cover letter and resume by email, with position name in the subject line, to [email protected] or send by post to

Human Resources Manager, 
Room to Read Tanzania, 
Mikocheni A, 
14 Senga Street; off Rose Garden Road
, P. O. Box 105459, 
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.

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Job Title: General Accountant

Location: Mbeya

General Overview
The purpose of this position is to ensure accuracy and timeliness of payments and financial reporting to the program are done without delay. The General Accountant is responsible for daily transaction preparation and submitted for review and approved reports in timely manner.
The position holder has to perform balance sheet reconciliations and provides advice and support to staff in the areas of financial management.



Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares asset, liability, and expense account entries by compiling and analyzinqaccount information.
• Post and document financial transactions in QB.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepares payments by scrutinizing and verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
• Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations,
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing account information and trends, as directed by the Senior Accountant and/or Accounting Manager
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Accomplishes the result by performing the duty on a daily basis.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Preparation of the monthly payroll entry for review by Senior Accountant.
• Prepares monthly closing schedules for review by Senior Accountant
• Reconcile bank accounts and clears any discrepancies’ in the balances by researching and analyzing the account information.
• Reconciles petty cash accounts on a monthly basis for review by the Senior Accountant
• Printing the deposit receipts and scanning them to HQ for report submissions.
• Managing time sheets and make follow-up. Where necessary scanned them to HQ.
• Writing checks and sends to the Deputy Country Director / Senior Program Director for Approvals.
• Managing statutory deductions, NSSF, PPF, PAVE Files in Monthly basis. • Undertake other assignments that you will be assigned by the Management Financial Reporting
• Perform account reconciliation on monthly basis ,
• Participate in Monthly Expenses Packages Review and Submission
• Generate and analyze expenditure report Personnel integrity
• Keep all the information related to work as confidential.
• Develop and maintain professional working relationships with all staff

Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting with 7-10 years in a high volume transaction accounting department, or
• CPA with 4 – 7 years experience working in a high volume transaction accounting department or
• CPA with 2-3 year experience working in accounting with an international NGO, health related NGO especially desirable.
• From 2 years’ experience in Big Four Accounting firms
• Deadline – Oriented, Reporting Research Results, SFAS Rules, Time Management and Data Entry Management.
• 1-2 years of QuickBooks Enterprise or similar electronic accounting software experience
• Knowledge of the full accounting cycle.
• Highly proficient in Excel and Word applications
• Highest level of deductive reasoning
• Ability to problem-solve and take initiative to resolve issues
• Ability to communicate both in writing and verbally in English and Swahili
• Exceptional follow-through skills
• Ability to meet deadlines

EVENT MARKETING EXECUTIVE
We are looking for an enthusiastic Marketing Executive to help us in our overall marketing
efforts. You will be an integral part of the development and execution of marketing plans and
reaching the targeted audience through event awareness and promotion.
A Marketing Executive should be a competent professional able to generate creative marketing
ideas and ensure recruiting of a mass population needed for the event. You should also be well-
versed in specialized marketing concepts, principles and tactics.
The goal is to deliver effective marketing programs that will help our reputation and growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Brainstorm and develop ideas for creative marketing campaigns
• Assist in outbound or inbound marketing activities by demonstrating expertise in various areas (content development and optimization, advertising, events planning etc.)
• Creating event awareness and making marketing efforts by expanding an outreach to potential customers
• Plan and execute initiatives to reach the target audience through appropriate channels (social media, e-mail, TV etc.)
• Assist in analyzing marketing data (campaign results, conversion rates, traffic etc.) to help shape future marketing strategies
• Undertake individual tasks of a marketing plan as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• • Proven 2 years experience as marketing specialist or similar role
  • Thorough understanding of marketing elements (including traditional and digital marketing such as SEO/Social media etc.) and market research methods
  • Demonstrable experience in marketing data analytics and tools
  • Solid computer skills, including MS Office, marketing software and applications.
  • Well-organized and detail oriented

TANZANIA HEALTH SUMMIT
P.O. Box 31409
Nyati Street 12, Off-Bima Road
Mikocheni B, Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam

Tel: +255 222 171 555 – Mob: +255 682399 888
Fax: +255 222 217 558 – Email: [email protected] – Web: www.ths.or.tz

• Exceptional communication and writing skills
• Commercial awareness partnered with a creative mind
• BSc/BA in marketing or equivalent

Contacts
An interested individual should email their CV to [email protected]. Before 29th January 2018.

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