National consultant for DKA/kfb Austria 295 views7 applications

POSITION: LOCAL SUPPORT AND CONSULTANCY FOR A DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY

Organisational Overview

DKA Austria is the development cooperation agency of the Catholic Children’s Movement of Austria (“Katholische Jungschar”). The Catholic Children’s Movement is the largest children’s organisation in Austria. It raises the funds for DKA Austria’s work mainly through the annual Carol Singers’ Campaign with 85,000 children and 30,000 adults participating. DKA Austria supports sustainable development and social change in favour of marginalised communities, groups and people in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceania.

https://www.dka.at/en/

kfb Austria is the Austrian Catholic Women’s Movement (a branch of Catholic Action and of the Lay Movement of the Catholic Church in Austria). Since 1958 thousands of women have been engaged in the promotion of women in the Southern Hemisphere through its Family Fastday Campaign. kfb finances and supports projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia in the field of women empowerment. The major concern of its development cooperation work is the promotion of women and their holistic empowerment toward a self-determined life.

http://www.teilen.at/fft/en/aboutus

DKA Austria and kfb Austria have a joint project office based in Vienna in order to bundle resources and increase effectiveness of our work. In Tanzania DKA/kfb Austria are currently supporting around 20 partner organisations spread across several regions of Tanzania. DKA/kfb Austria works with formally registered non-profit organisations and with church-based organisations. DKA/kfb Austria do not have a local office and therefore we are currently looking for a freelance local consultant to support our work as well as the work of our partner organisations.

Scope of Work

Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects

• Assist DKA Austria/kfb Austria in its monitoring of projects through assessments of reports, liaising with partners and other stakeholders and regular project visits (including reports on the visits)
• Assessing potential new partner organisations and project proposals
• Assisting in monitoring and reviewing DKA/kfb Austria’s country strategy

Support for Partner Organisations

• Local point of contact for project partners for questions, problems etc. and clarification of requirements (e.g. reporting)
• Basic capacity building in the areas of project cycle management and finance (especially for partners at grassroots level)
• Assistance in identifying needs for external support (consultancy, evaluation etc.) and providing contacts
• Promoting networking and knowledge transfer (e.g. establishing links between partner organisations with similar issues / relevant experiences and practice)

Other Organisational Tasks

• Regular communication with DKA/kfb Austria’s project officer for Tanzania based in Vienna, Austria
• Support the preparation of project visits of DKA/kfb Austria staff or other representatives of the organisation, including joint visits to project partners (once per year)
• Close cooperation with DKA Austria consultant based in Kampala, Uganda

Duration of the Consultancy

As from mid of September 2019 or as soon as possible for 3 years. It is planned to start with a pilot phase with 60 to 100 working days within 7 months with selected activities for few partner organisations. Upon delivery of the specified consultancy products the assignment will be extended to all areas of work listed above.

Location of the Consultancy

The consultant is ideally based in Dar es Salaam or Arusha (home-based or in the consultant’s own office). The assignment involves occasional partner visits (between 10 to 30 travel / monitoring visit days within the pilot period of 7 months).

Qualifications and Experience

• Suitable degree in development studies, social sciences, management or any other relevant field
• At least 3 years relevant work experience in Tanzania in or with development and/or church organisations
• Understanding of Tanzanian development sector and of local communities
• Ability to work with a diversity of stakeholders like grassroots organisations, faith based organisations (especially Catholic organisations) as well as big national/regional NGOs
• Knowledge of and experience with participatory planning methods and tools as well as facilitation
• Sound financial skills
• Very good social and communication competences
• Excellent interpersonal and intercultural competences
• Ability to communicate effectively and timely with DKA/kfb in Vienna, as well as partners throughout Tanzania
• Fluent in Kiswahili and advanced knowledge of English both orally and in writing
• Excellent computer skills (relevant software: MS Office, Skype; if you are in addition familiar with accounting software please let us know) and ideally having some knowledge on data backups and how to keep data secure
• Willingness to travel throughout the country and occasionally to other East African countries (please indicate also whether a driving licence is possessed)
• Reliability to meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and self-organised