Programme Officer Intern at BRAC Tanzania

Organization: BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania
Programme: AIM
Location: Kyela, Mbeya
Duration: 3 to 6 Months
Application Deadline: 16 October 2026

TERMS OF REFERENCE

ABOUT BRAC MAENDELEO TANZANIA

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is part of a leading development organisation that started its operations in 2006 in Tanzania, focusing on thematic areas of:

• Agriculture
• Youth and Women Empowerment
• Food Security
• 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
• 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.

OBJECTIVE

This internship is intended to provide the Programme Officer Intern with practical, hands-on experience in the implementation of the AIM Programme.

The intern will support the delivery and follow-up of AIM programme activities, including:

• VSLA formation
• Livelihood asset support
• Participant follow-up
• Education monitoring
• Transition to formal financial services

The intern will also gain practical skills in:

• Community engagement
• Programme implementation
• Monitoring
• Coordination

RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall supervision of the Senior Branch Manager, the Programme Officer Intern is expected to:

• 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.
• Conduct participant follow-up through initial/immediate home visits after receiving livelihood assets, home visits, and group visits to ensure:
  • Asset safety and growth
  • Increased household income
  • Confidence building
• Deliver the education follow-up standards for the assigned intervention school, including:
  • Quarterly attendance verification
  • Monthly peer-mentor study circle (PLC) follow-up
  • An annual home visit for each education participant.
• Prepare and follow a monthly work plan that routes visits efficiently within a compact catchment, including:
  • About 16 home visits in a morning
  • Approximately 20 minutes per visit
  • VSLA visits on Tuesday to Thursday mornings in weeks 1 and 3
  • Afternoon home visits close to the VSLA visited
  • Friday afternoons reserved for the weekly branch meeting
  • One Friday morning a month reserved for the school visit
• Achieve at least 90% completion of due home visits each month.
• Alert the Branch Manager immediately where:
  • The portfolio exceeds 210 livelihood participants, or
  • Completion falls below the required level
• This will allow the portfolio to be rebalanced.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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 and encourage others to do so.

REQUIREMENTS

• Graduate or Diploma in:
  • Social Studies
  • Community Development
  • Gender and Development
  • Human Resources
  • Business Administration
  • Other related subjects
• At least 1 year of experience in the international development sector, including experience working with marginalised communities to implement community development programmes, including:
  • Education
  • Microfinance
  • Livelihood
  • Agricultural and food security
  • Girls' and women's empowerment programmes
  • 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, is an added advantage.
• Experience with cash or asset transfers is an added advantage.
• Experience with cost recovery or instalment collection is an added advantage.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should send:

• CV
• Details of three references
• Cover letter

Applications should be sent to:

Email: [email protected]

Application Deadline: 16 October 2026