Program Assistant at BRAC Tanzania

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

Program Assistant will be responsible for the overall implementation of social empowerment related components of the program including supporting social and economic empowerment training, building awareness about social and health related issues such as Gender based Violence (GBV), safe birth, contraception, disaster preparedness, sustainable livelihood. The PA will also plan and organize advocacy initiatives at the community level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the AIM program inception activities including community mobilization and participant selection, club selection and setup, mentor selection and onboarding, community mobilization, mapping and establishing social empowerment linkages for participants
• Lead the implementation and supervision of social and economic empowerment activities in assigned clubs as per program design, activity plan and budget
• Organize and support Youth Development Committees in the target communities
• Ensure achievement of club-level program targets as per Implementation Guideline and report any operational/management issues to BM
• Coordinate closely with the Technical Sector Specialists (TSS) to seek technical guidance and knowledge; provide support to TSS as needed
• Guide and supervise mentor activities under the social empowerment component and develop their capacity by providing regular coaching, mentoring and training
• 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.
• Support BM with all branch level procurement and logistics and other tasks, as required
• Ensure cash flow by submitting cash requisition timely for smooth day to day operations
• Organize and facilitate social empowerment trainings for participants; provide support to connect program participants with broader linkage services
• Follow-up closely with participants to minimize attrition and prepare monthly attendance reports and bi-monthly drop-out reports
• Prepare MIS and financial reports and other reports and ensure timely submission
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the project goals on safeguarding implementation and act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing 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 the same.

Coordination and Planning Support:

• Support communication with key stakeholders (government and non-government) and collect relevant training materials that can be used to develop/strengthen/ contextualize BRAC’s training materials.
• Support coordination with a range of stakeholders, including government entities, INGOs, CSOs, YDC members, service providers, to support delivery of intervention.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation
• Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing 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 and encourage others to do the same
• Understand, implement, and promote BRAC's safeguarding policies and standards.
• Ensure all audit activities reflect safeguarding considerations.
• Report safeguarding concerns as per protocol and encourage others to do the same

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Educational & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree/ Diploma in Social studies, Community development, Gender and Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, and other related subjects
• At least 1 years’ experience in the international development sector, including experience working with marginalized communities to implement community development programs including microfinance, livelihood, agricultural and food security, and/or girl’s and women’s empowerment programs
• Ability to spend extended periods of time in the field and travel within the country
• Proficient in using mobile devices, and computers, particularly with Microsoft Office
• Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and demonstrated ability to build

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

Employment type: Contractual

Salary: Negotiable

Job Location: Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Dodoma, Tabora, Tanga, Mwanza, Mbeya, Iringa Region

Please note that this recruitment is intended for pool development to support future replacement needs.If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

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.

Internal candidates need to apply with their latest CV including all job assignments in detail with BRAC PIN and email to [email protected] 

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: 17 July 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.  

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer