Career Opportunities: Programme Officer (PO) at BRAC Tanzania – 138 positions

Requisition ID 1788 – Posted 09/18/2026 – Education – Junior Level (0 to 5 years)

Career with BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is part of a leading development organization that started its operations in 2006 in Tanzania, focusing on thematic areas of Agriculture, Youth and Women Empowerment, Food Security and Livelihood

About the Programme

The MasterCard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) is implementing an initiative that will create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women in 9.5 million People across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individual to fill up the following position.

Programme Officer (PO), AIM – 138 positions

Reporting to the AIM Branch Manager, the Programme Officer (PO) is responsible for the implementation of direct field-level programme activities across the three programmatic pillars: Social Empowerment, Economic Empowerment (Livelihood and Education pathways) and an Enabling Environment for AGYW. Under the four-PO branch model, the PO carries a defined portfolio of three neighbouring club spaces — approximately 300 participants, 9 mentor-led groups and 3 EA groups, 6 VSLA groups, 1 intervention school and up to 210 livelihood participants — and is accountable for meeting the SOP V3.0 visit and follow-up standards within that portfolio. The PO leads participant selection and club set-up and is in charge of the day-to-day management and supervision of the clubs, including mentor selection, training, onboarding and continuous follow-up. The PO is also responsible for livelihood option selection, asset purchase and distribution, cost-sharing instalment collection, VSLA formation and follow-up, transition to microfinance, selection and support of education pathway participants, and school-level follow-up. Because Cohort 3 activities continue until June/July 2027 while Cohort 5 preparation begins in October 2026, the PO may be assigned to complete Cohort 3 activities in existing communities or to start up Cohort 5 in new communities, and must be able to move between the two as directed. The PO keeps all related programme documents, enters and maintains quality data in the BInsight MIS, and prepares the required programmatic reports. The role keeps close working relations with regional technical persons, BRAC microfinance counterparts and key community stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Social Empowerment Pillar

• Lead the AIM programme community-level inception activities, including community and participant selection, club selection and setup, club launching, participant enrolment activities, mentor selection, training and onboarding, community mobilization, linkage services, and value chain mapping.
• Lead the implementation and supervision of activities in assigned clubs as per programme design, activity plan, and budget
• Conduct household (HH) and other surveys, as per programme requirement
• Form and manage AIM safe spaces/clubs as per programme target in selected communities
• Ensure achievement of club-level programme targets as per implementation guideline and report any operational/management issues to AIM-BM
• Follow-up closely with participants to minimize attrition and prepare monthly attendance reports and bi-monthly drop-out reports
• Ensure manual and digital attendance collection by the mentors

AIM Livelihoods Pathway

• Conduct participant-wise livelihood option selection, organize livelihood technical training, entrepreneurship training and other need base training/refreshers
• Provide enterprise development support, and coordinate all market development and facilitation activities in the community
• Ensure assets/inputs transfer and other livelihood-related activities
• Conduct participant follow-up through initial/immediate home visits after receiving livelihood assets, home visits, and group visits to ensure the asset safety and growth, increase household income, and confidence building
• Collect the livelihood shared cost portion installments from the livelihood participants and deposit them accordingly to the branch office.
• Form and follow-up VSLAs to create a savings culture to the participants and to serve few other programme activities by leveraging this platform based on the programme design.
• Help with conditional cash transfers of assets and cost recovery of such assets
• Ensure a minimum 80% of transition to formal microfinance institutions for AIM livelihood participants

Education Pathway

• Select participants for AIM – Education, mobilize, and support the set-up of a peer mentor study circle.
• Ensure education-related support to the eligible participants
• Support and follow-up activities of ongoing peer-mentor study circle
• Support with distribution or provision of school-related costs (in-kind or cash) and monitoring use of resources, as well as school attendance of AIM education participants
• Support in creating linkages between enabling environment activities and school management activities
• Support identifying out of school very young adolescent (VYAs) & adolescent girls (AGs) who are interested in completing their education
• Support in conducting household (HH) and other surveys, as per programme requirement

Enabling Environment Pillar

• Formation of the youth development committee (YDC), training, meetings and other community-level activities/meetings as per programme design.
• Conduct local level service providers mapping and support Branch managers to establish a rapport with relevant service providers mapped.
• Support in GBV and SRH referrals and other relevant referrals of AGYW to relevant service providers.
• Support to ensure gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) related activities.
• Support in identifying AIM youth and mobilising for AIM community dialogues and action planning.

Portfolio Management and Supervision Standards

• Carry and manage an assigned portfolio of 3 neighbouring club spaces (approximately 300 participants, 9 mentor-led groups and 3 EA groups), 6 VSLA groups, 1 intervention school and up to 210 livelihood participants.
• Deliver the SOP V3.0 follow-up standards within the assigned portfolio: every mentor-led group visited at least monthly, EA group sessions delivered weekly, every VSLA group visited twice a month, and every livelihood participant home-visited monthly.
• Deliver the education follow-up standards for the assigned intervention school: quarterly attendance verification, monthly peer-mentor study circle (PLC) follow-up and an annual home visit for each education participant.
• Prepare and follow a monthly work plan that routes visits efficiently within a compact catchment (about 16 home visits in a morning at 20 minutes per visit, VSLA visits on Tuesday to Thursday mornings in weeks 1 and 3 with afternoon home visits close to the VSLA visited), keeping Friday afternoons for the weekly branch meeting and one Friday morning a month for the school visit.
• Achieve at least 90% completion of due home visits each month, and alert the Branch Manager immediately where the portfolio exceeds 210 livelihood participants or completion falls below that level, so that the portfolio can be rebalanced.
• Enter programme data live in BInsight during visits rather than retrospectively, and work through VSLA small-group coordinators so that instalment collection does not displace participant follow-up time.
• Report monthly, per portfolio, on home visits done against home visits due, group visits held, instalments collected and the overdue rate.
• Cover group and VSLA visits in a colleague’s portfolio when directed by the Branch Manager during absence or peak activity periods.

Cohort Transition and Cohort 5 Preparation

• Complete the remaining Cohort 3 activities in the assigned communities — livelihood asset transfer and post-transfer follow-up, cost-sharing recovery, VSLA follow-up, education support and transition to microfinance — to the agreed quality standards and timeline.
• Support, or take charge of, Cohort 5 start-up in new communities as assigned: community selection and new branch set-up (October 2026); SOP Part 1 training, inception meetings, transect walks and the start of household surveys (November 2026); continuation of household surveys (December 2026 to January 2027); mentor selection and training and club space selection and set-up (January to February 2027); and participant invitation and enrolment (March 2027).
• Sequence and balance Cohort 3 and Cohort 5 activities with the Branch Manager and, where applicable, the Assistant Branch Manager in branches implementing both cohorts between October 2026 and June 2027.
• Shadow and be inducted by experienced Cohort 3 colleagues during the handover period, including group visits, home visits and school visits, before taking independent charge of a portfolio.
• Hand over a complete and documented portfolio — participant lists, mentor records, VSLA and instalment status, school records and up-to-date BInsight data — when reassigned between cohorts or communities.

Procurement, Coordination and Supervisory Support

• Select, train, and supervise AIM club mentors and ensure continued follow-up coaching and mentoring for their capacity improvement
• Help to ensure all branch level procurement and logistics and supply and keep all programme related documents, files, and registers as per design.
• Support with the school improvement planning and execution, follow-up of teacher development activities, and supervision of school-related activities.
• Manage and strengthen management information system (MIS), programme/management data collection, and reporting through manual and digital (BInsight) platforms.
• Ensure internal monitoring within the programme to assess the quality of service delivery, data collection and integrity, and documentation in the clubs.
• Ensure appropriate, timely and accurate data collection against agreed indicators to enable both consolidation of branch internal and external reports.
• Attend monthly coordination meetings organized at the branch level and provide updates on club activities, flagging any issues needing attention from the branch/area manager.
• Ensure cash flow by submitting cash requisition timely for smooth day-to-day project activities
• Prepare and input quality programme data using both relevant manual and the digital programme management information system (BInsight MIS)
• Prepare financial and other reports, as needed, and submit it in time 

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Promote a safeguarding culture within the team and across the organisation in line with Ensure the safety of team members from harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the project goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding to establish a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote, and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place; encourage others to do so.

Educational & Experience Requirements:

• Graduate Degree or Post-secondary Diploma in any relevant discipline
• At least 1 year of experience in the international development sector, including experience working with marginalized communities to implement community development programs, including education, microfinance, livelihood, agricultural and food security, and/or girl’s, women’s empowerment programs and other related programmes/projects
• Experience as an AIM club mentor, or in a comparable community facilitation or group mobilisation role, is an added advantage.
• Experience in managing savings groups (VSLA or equivalent), cash or asset transfers and cost recovery or instalment collection is an added advantage.
• Willingness to be assigned, and where necessary reassigned, between Cohort 3 and Cohort 5 communities within the branch catchment.

Required Competencies:

• Ability to spend extended periods of time in the field and travel within the country
• Computer literacy and Proficient in using mobile devices, and computers, particularly with Microsoft Office
• Experience in use of digital reporting and/or survey platforms (e.g. KoBo, Google forms, SurveyMonkey, CommCare, SurveyCTO etc) are preferable.
• Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and demonstrated ability to build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of BRAC
• Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and demonstrated ability to build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Community mobilization skills, including good communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to plan, route and deliver an independent monthly field work plan covering a portfolio of about 300 participants, and to keep to visit standards without day-to-day supervision.
• Ability to enter and verify data live on a mobile device during field visits, including in the BInsight MIS.
• Ability to prioritise and to escalate early when workload, distance or participant numbers put the visit standards at risk.

Employment type: Contractual

Salary: Negotiable

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly: Qualified candidates from the same region where the position is based are highly encouraged to apply.

External candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary via the respective job application link. The application should clearly indicate the address/region where the candidate is applying, 

Internal candidates are recommended to apply with their latest resume including all job

assignments in detail and a cover letter mentioning core competence and career aspiration with

BRAC PIN and email to recruitment email bimcf.tanzania@brac.or.tz   copying their immediate reporting manager.

Please mention the name of the position and region in the subject bar.

Only complete applications will be accepted and short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 30 September 2026

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation – regardless of age, race, religion, gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure include extensive background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.