Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Reports to: Regional Program Manager
Position type: Fixed-term, Full time
Project: Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership in Tanzania (RWVL)
Funding Partner: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Language requirements: Fluent in English and Swahili
Eligibility: Must be legally able to work in Tanzania
ABOUT CUSO INTERNATIONAL
Cuso International is an international cooperation and development organization that works to create economic and social opportunities for marginalized groups. Together with our partners, we are focused on efforts to advance gender equality and social inclusion, improve economic resilience, and deliver progress on climate action. We believe that by sharing skills, we can build better futures.
Cuso International presently supports programs implemented in Africa, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Find out more at www.cusointernational.org
CONTEXT
The Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program was initiated in 2017 as a key component of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP). It aims to support local women’s rights organizations (WROs), vulnerable population groups, and feminist networks working toward gender equality and the rights of women and girls. The Renewed WVL Program continues to address the global funding gap for women’s organizations, particularly those operating in crisis-affected regions and facing intersecting forms of discrimination. In Tanzania, the project seeks to support Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs), Young Feminist Organizations (YFOs) and vulnerable group organizations to promote the enjoyment of human rights by women and girls in all their diversity and the advancement of gender equality in Tanzania. The implementation model includes collaboration with local and regional partners, with financial and technical support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC). It emphasizes feminist grant-making, capacity-building, and policy advocacy to enhance gender equality and human rights in Tanzania.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management, coordination, and execution of the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership in Tanzania project, ensuring its successful implementation in compliance with Cuso International policies, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) requirements, and local laws. This role will work closely with strategic implementing partners (WFT-Tanzania, Msichana Initiative Organization, and Tanzania Health Forum Initiatives (THFI), local stakeholders, and government agencies to advance gender equality and women’s rights in Tanzania.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES
Project Management & Implementation:
- Lead the annual planning and implementation of project activities in alignment with GAC guidelines and Cuso International policies.
- Develop and oversee the Project Implementation Plan (PIP), ensuring integration of gender equality, environmental sustainability, and human rights approaches.
- Ensure the timely execution of project deliverables, tracking progress against milestones and reporting outcomes to Cuso International and GAC.
- Develop and implement a communication strategy to ensure timely and transparent information sharing among all stakeholders, including Cuso International, Strategic Implementing Partners (SIPs), and downstream organization.
Financial & Budget Management:
- Manage the project budget, ensuring efficient allocation and utilization of resources per the SIP annual work plans (AWP) and donor financial guidelines.
- Work closely with the Senior Finance Manager in Tanzania to monitor project expenditures, ensuring compliance with Cuso International’s financial policies.
- Support financial tracking and budget forecasting, ensuring cost-effectiveness and alignment with donor funding agreements.
Stakeholder & Partnership Coordination:
- Lead engagement with Strategic Implementing Partners (SIPs), fostering collaboration and ensuring effective coordination among WFT-Tanzania, Msichana Initiative, and Tanzania Health Forum Initiatives (THFI).
- Manage and support RWVL’s project partners to ensure they can provide their full and positive contribution to the project and can meet their contractual obligations to Cuso International.
- Maintain strong relationships with local women’s rights organizations (WROs), Young Feminist Organizations (YFOs), and vulnerable populations groups to support gender-transformative initiatives.
- Coordinate with government stakeholders to align project activities with national policies and frameworks on gender equality.
- Facilitate the coordination of the project steering committee and/or other related advisory committees
Reporting, Compliance, and Monitoring:
- Ensure timely and high-quality donor reporting, including financial and narrative reports as per GAC requirements.
- Oversee Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) activities, ensuring data-driven decision-making and project improvement.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies to address challenges affecting project implementation.
Gender Equality & Human Rights Integration:
- Ensure that all project activities integrate Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+), feminist principles, and human rights-based approaches.
- Provide technical assistance and capacity-building support to partners on gender equality, feminist leadership, and intersectional approaches.
- Analyze and maintain strong understanding of feminist movement in Tanzania, with focus on advancing GE agendas, prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) and women’s rights and leadership
- Seek out and actively participate in national and regional networks, coalitions, alliances, meetings, forums, debates or any other events pertaining to the RWVL project and where it is possible to champion/represent RWVL with international donors, other agencies, relevant government officials and partner
Team Leadership & Capacity Building:
- Provide leadership, supervision, and mentorship to the local project team, ensuring a culture of accountability and results-driven performance.
- Facilitate training and capacity-strengthening sessions for project staff and partners, ensuring effective program delivery.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education:
- Master’s degree in international development, Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Project Management, or a related field.
Knowledge:
- An excellent understanding and experience working in GE and social inclusion in Tanzania with specific focus on the women’s movement in Tanzania, prevention of GBV, advocacy and campaigning and gender policies and programs
- Knowledge of Tanzania’s policy and legal framework on gender equality and women’s rights.
- Familiarity with MEAL frameworks, feminist approaches, and intersectionality principles.
Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in managing international development projects, preferably in gender equality, women’s rights, and leadership.
- Demonstrated experience managing donor-funded projects, particularly Global Affairs Canada (GAC) projects.
- Strong knowledge of financial management, compliance, and donor reporting requirements.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement and partnership management with civil society organizations, government, and multilateral agencies.
- Excellent project planning, budgeting, and risk management skills.
Abilities, skills, and competencies:
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to negotiate, resolve conflicts, coach, mobilize and develop positive relationships with others internally and externally
- Proven commitment to promoting gender equality, women’s rights and empowerment
- Fluency in English and Swahili (written and spoken).
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package in line with Cuso International policies.
- Opportunities for professional development and training.
- A dynamic work environment with meaningful impact on women’s rights and leadership in Tanzania.
HOW TO APPLY
Cuso is committed to creating and fostering an inclusive culture. We strive to actively celebrate diversity, advance our equitable practices, and drive greater inclusion. We offer a comprehensive employee benefits package and insurance, generous days of paid time off, including vacation, personal days, and sick days, and more.
Please click the “Apply for This Job” button to submit your application no later than April 06, 2025, at 11:59 PM (EST). Expressions of interest should be sent in English. Your résumé and one-page cover letter should demonstrate how you meet all the essential and any desirable qualifications. Please note that a confirmation email will be generated once you submit your application, but it may be directed to your spam or junk folders of your email inbox.
Cuso International is committed to the integrity of our volunteers, interns, staff, managers, board members and subcontractors in preventing sexual violence in the way we operate. This is done through a defined framework, code of conduct, values and guiding principles, as well as Cooperation Canada’s Leaders’ Pledge.
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