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Social Entrepreneurship Officer (Location Tanzania)

Volunteer Coordinator at Tanzanian Children Fund (TCF)

• -Starting early June 2024
• If you love a challenge, working with children, and are looking to make a difference, we need you!

The Tanzanian Children’s Fund (TCF) works to eliminate poverty and improve the lives of marginalized children and families in the Oldeani area of northern Tanzania. With a budget of approximately $3 million USD, our goal is to ensure that all children and families in this region have the opportunity to lead healthy, secure, and fulfilling lives. Through four programmatic areas – a children’s home (Rift Valley Children’s Village), a health clinic, educational partnerships with local schools, and an economic opportunity program – we endeavor to provide a community of 10,000 with all the tools, systems and opportunities they need to find a path out of generational poverty.

We are looking for a mature, organized and flexible individual with excellent interpersonal skills to manage our volunteer program at the Rift Valley Children’s Village (RVCV) in rural Tanzania. RVCV operates in partnership with the Tanzanian Children’s Fund and is home to more than 100 children. RVCV is located in a remote village in Karatu District, adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

This full-time position will offer you the opportunity to make an important difference in the lives of the RVCV children by helping our volunteers have a positive impact on the village and a meaningful experience during their stay.

The Volunteer Coordinator is a member of the senior staff and reports to the Managing Director of Programs and Operations. The duties of the Volunteer Coordinator include, but are not limited to:

Volunteer Program Management

• Pre-arrival & Recruitment:
  • Scheduling and preparing volunteers for their trip through regular communication beginning with pre-arrival information through the volunteer’s departure
    • Responding to all email inquiries regarding the volunteer program
    • Assisting with in country travel arrangements, including transport, hotels, safaris, etc. as needed for volunteers and visitors
    • Applying for Work and Residence Permits for qualifying volunteers and foreign staff; assisting volunteers and visitors completing online permit applications
  • Maintaining a detailed volunteer calendar of arrivals, departures, housing arrangements, etc.
  • Liaising with the U.S. office on volunteer and visitor trip details
  • Collaborate with U.S. office staff and RVCF Sponsorship and Communications Coordinator to manage volunteer postings online and partnerships with volunteer placement organizations to aid in the recruitment of volunteers
• Volunteer Management:
  • Daily management of volunteers; determining, scheduling and supervising volunteer job duties; providing support, counsel and training to volunteers as needed
    • Meeting and greeting all volunteers along with overnight visitors as requested
    • Conducting volunteer program orientation as well as coordinating with RVCV Senior Staff to set up other department’s volunteer orientations
    • Conducting weekly group meetings with the volunteers to discuss plans, problems and concerns
    • Creating and maintaining files (hard copy and electronic file) on all volunteers
    • Scheduling days off for long-term volunteers and Sundays off for all volunteers and foreign staff
  • Communicating with the Managing Director and U.S. Director on volunteer/staff relations
• Volunteer Departure and Continued Connection:
  • Connecting the Volunteer Alumni representative with volunteers once they have completed their time at RVCV

Children’s Programs

• Staff the RVCV Early Childhood Care and Education Program (ECCE) with volunteers in collaboration with the ECCE Lead to ensure program vitality
• Assist in coordinating weekly activities with the Social Work Team for kids, weekend activities, holiday events, and activities for the children during school breaks
• Overseeing volunteers during classes, activities, playtimes, evening events
• Collaborate with the Director of Child Welfare and Social Work team on kid-related issues reported by volunteers and visitors

Resource Management

• Determining the most needed items at RVCV and communicating these needs through our supply request process
• Keeping the library, ECCE center, and all materials for ECCE classes and activities stocked and organized
• Organizing and maintaining volunteer resources and materials in the Volunteer House
• Coordinating with the Volunteer House cooks on meal planning

Qualifications:

• Must love kids! Experience or training in teaching or childhood development is helpful but not required
• Candidate must be outgoing, friendly, easygoing, and patient with all types of personalities coming from all walks of life, as well as open-minded to different experiences and cultures
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask
• Initiative driven and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Team oriented and collaborative
• Ability to thrive living in a very beautiful but rural setting in Africa
• Experience living abroad for six months or more is helpful but not required
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Strict minimum commitment of 1 year required; 2 year commitment preferred
• Sense of humor and positive attitude

Package:

• This is a paid position, with a competitive monthly stipend
• Relocation and airfare allowance for applicable candidates
• Room and board including private apartment, all meals, work internet, local phone, and housekeeping support; transport to town as needed.
• Health insurance for term of service
• One month annual leave per year of commitment
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• JOB TITLE: Business Analyst
• COMPANY NAME: Knauf Gypsum Tanzania Limited
• LOCATION: Kinondoni
• JOB TYPE: Full-time

ABOUT US:

Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Sales Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us.

We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone’s contribution equally and weask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.

Knauf Gypsum Tanzania Limited is proud to be part of the Knauf Group. We have a 9-year heritage in Gypsum manufacturing and have big plans for the future. Our global reach in 90 countries continues to grow and we are looking for passionate, ambitious people to help us achieve our goals. We are all led by the same core values and believe in the powerful potential of large companies to have a positive impact on the world. We are now looking for another team mate to join us in HQ Office as a Business Analyst.

As a Business Analyst at Knauf Gypsum Tanzania Limited, you will play a crucial role of translating raw data into actionable insights and help the company make informed decisions that will help achieve its strategic objectives.

What you’ll be doing:

1. Analyze and review reports on sales data, such as sales trends, and provide proactive recommendations.
2. Work closely with the sales team in providing data-backed recommendations to support effective decision making.
3. Provide input in budgeting and forecasting for sales and business planning.
4. Perform strategic analysis and prepare financial models to support strategic planning activities.
5. Use detailed financial, economic, and mathematical models to predict the outcomes of changes in topline to the overall ousiness performance.
6. Drive revenue and profitability growth through; market/competitors’ analysis, pricing and profitability analysis, and SKUs analysis.

What we’d love for you to have:

We are interested in you as a person: your attitude, behavior and values. As long as you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don’t already have, we’d love to speak to you. If you have qualification and experience in the following areas:

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• Experience in financial, economic, and statistical analysis and/or modeling.
• Advanced proficiency with SAP software, data analysis and visualization tools e.g., Tableau, Power Bl, and Microsoft 365 apps/services (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive).
• Strong analytical skills and a passion for data-driven decision making.
• Ability/self-driven approach to proactively identify opportunities that might help the business grow.

: Detail-oriented with strong organizational skils and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

We’ll provide:

• A competitive salary, health insurance cover and a year end-performance benefit.

How To Apply:

Apply Via https://careersemea.knauf.com/jobs/3926016-business-analvst before 24* April 2024.

N.B: To enhance the diversity and inclusivity of our team, we strongly encourage women to apply. We believe in equal opportunity and value the unique perspectives and contributions that women bring to our workplace. Join us in making tomorrow a home for all of us.