Job type: Full-time
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About the Position
Dexis is seeking a Local Capacity Strengthening (LCS) Advisor to support the anticipated USAID/Tanzania “Strengthening the Capacity of Local Organizations” project. This four-year activity will be a Task Order under the Compliance and Capacity Support for Diverse Partnerships (CCSDP) IDIQ, which aims to ensure that new, nontraditional, and local partners and governments have the capabilities and resources to serve as prime partners for USAID programming along with ensuring that USAID Missions and Operating Units (M/OUs) are equipped to work with more local and diverse partners. The LCS Advisor position will be full-time and based in Dar es Salaam for the duration of the project. This position is intended for local Tanzanian personnel only. This position is contingent on task order award and funding.
Responsibilities
The Local Capacity Strengthening (LCS) Advisor will lead the overall strategic direction, management, and execution of the USAID project in Tanzania. The LCS Advisor will lead the project’s effort to engage and support new and under-utilized partners among the Tanzanian private sector and civil society, in furtherance of USAID’s localization goals. Specifically, the LCS Advisor will implement creative solutions to shift power to local actors and promote USAID-readiness among potential partners to ultimately enable a larger portion of funding directly to local partners through effective capacity building.
- Lead and deliver organizational capacity building activities, i.e. training, workshops, and other learning and networking opportunities, aimed at improving Tanzanian partners’ readiness to submit proposals for and implement USAID grants and contracts.
- Facilitate strong working relationships with new and under-utilized partners among the Tanzanian private sector and civil society.
- Support the partners to strengthen their internal capacities across priority organizational and technical areas, so that they improve their performance in implementing USAID programs.
- Support USAID principles of locally led development.
- Ensure USAID capacity strengthening strategies and approaches are evidence-based and aligned with global best practices.
- Coordinate with technical and support offices for integration of capacity strengthening activity planning, implementation and reporting and participate in relevant technical working groups and knowledge exchange activities related to capacity strengthening at local or global levels. eapUSyB Dmw3yr
- Promote gender inclusion and the participation of marginalized groups throughout the project, ensuring that all capacity-building efforts are inclusive and equitable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in areas such as project management, business administration, education, capacity and organizational development or other related areas, with at least six (6) years of relevant work experience providing capacity strengthening support to local institutions or other organizations.
- Skills in facilitating collaborative dialogues and processes with multi-sector stakeholders.
- Experience providing capacity strengthening support to government staff through training, coaching, mentoring, or other approaches.
- Experience and skills in managing teams, including consultants, to implement complex capacity strengthening programs.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and ability to translate data into action.
- Ability to communicate project results to wide audiences through written and verbal reports, presentations and/or other forms of communication.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in written form at a technical professional level in English.
- Local nationals encouraged to apply.
This position will be hired locally and host country nationals are encouraged to apply. Dexis is committed to offering a fair and competitive compensation package. Salaries will be developed based on market research, a Local Compensation Plan (LCP) if available, an approved budget for the position, and the candidate’s relevant experience and qualifications. Employee benefits will be aligned to what is legal and customary in country and approved by our client.
Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” – that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?
If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!
Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.
As part of a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, Dexis provides healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.
If you are hired for a position that is paid from the Dexis home office, you will be required to submit proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine unless you qualify for a legally recognized medical or religious exception to the vaccine requirement. This does not apply to AL, AZ, FL, KS, MT, NH, ND, or TX residents.
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