About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

Our Tanzania program, founded in 2013, supports more than 100,000 farmers with quality farm supplies, as well as fruit trees. Our team in Tanzania is headquartered in Iringa and supported by three smaller offices Mbeya and Njombe in the southern highlands, and Moshi in the north where the team is focused on expanding our services to new clients. One Acre Fund works in select areas in the Iringa and Mbeya regions, with a growing presence in the country’s north.

About the Role

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for building market systems that work for smallholder farmers?
This is a senior role at the heart of OAF Tanzania's commercial ambition. You will define and lead the organisation's market access strategy and portfolio, deciding which value chains to prioritise, shaping the commercial model for each, and building the partnerships needed to make them viable.
You will lead a team delivering both farmer-facing and commercial workstreams, bringing together strategy, commercial design, field delivery, and partner execution into a coherent and scalable portfolio.
This is not a hands-on field role, but it demands enough operational depth to guide execution effectively and ensure that every moving part connects. You will need to move comfortably between high-level strategic thinking and the practical realities of delivery.
If you are ready to shape how smallholder farmers access markets at scale, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Market Access Portfolio Strategy & Prioritization

• Strategic Roadmap: Define the multi-year strategy across priority value chains (e.g., cashew and avocado) with clear sequencing and resourcing.
• Opportunity Assessment: Evaluate and recommend whether to invest, partner, pilot, or scale specific value chains based on commercial viability and farmer impact.
• Risk-Adjusted Execution: Translate country-level goals into a focused portfolio that balances realistic growth with proactive risk management.

Value Chain Development

• Model Design: Develop commercially sound models for processing and aggregation, determining the best delivery approach (direct vs. partner-led) for the context.
• Partnership Management: Lead the identification, negotiation, and performance management of strategic commercial partners and third-party processors
• Program Alignment: Oversee farmer-facing delivery to ensure field operations align with both commercial requirements and farmer inclusion goals.

Performance, Analysis & Risk Management

• Business Case Ownership: Drive financial analysis, growth plans, and data-backed recommendations for scaling or exiting specific workstreams.
• Performance Tracking: Implement practical systems to monitor supply, sales, partner performance, and tangible outcomes for farmers.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify operational, commercial, and regulatory risks early to implement sensible mitigation strategies.

Leadership: Team, Cross-Functional & Representation

• Team & Operating Model: Build and lead a high-performing team with clear role accountability across HQ coordination and field delivery.
• Cross-Functional Synergy: Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, and Government Relations to ensure seamless end-to-end execution of department goals.
• External Representation: Serve as the primary liaison for buyers, government stakeholders, and donors while advising country leadership on capital and talent allocation.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, economics, agribusiness, agriculture, supply chain, or a related field.
• You have at least 5 years of experience in agribusiness, market access, value chain development, or commercial agriculture — including leading teams and driving strategy through to execution.
• You have strong commercial instincts and numerical fluency . You can build or interrogate financial models, read margins and costs, and make sound decisions from data.
• You have the ability to operate at multiple levels. Equally comfortable setting a multi-year strategy, managing a team, and getting into operational detail when needed.
• You have a practical understanding of how value chains work from farmer aggregation and quality compliance through to processing, buyers, and export dynamics
• You have experience negotiating and managing external partners. I.e., processors, exporters, buyers, or service providers — and holding them accountable to agreed terms and performance.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Tanzania

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Contract Duration

2 Years

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Tanzania.

Application Deadline

05 August 2026. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

About Imagine Worldwide

All children have immense potential, but hundreds of millions don’t have access to the learning they need. Imagine Worldwide believes that every child should be empowered with the basic right to literacy and numeracy. We provide an innovative education technology solution and implementation model to the global literacy/numeracy learning crisis using the onebillion application and various toolkits and systems to support implementation. Our model is massively scalable, evidence-based, and can deliver foundational learning to millions of the most marginalized children.

Imagine Worldwide partners with governments, organizations, and communities to provide child-directed, tablet-based learning that is accessible, effective, and affordable. We are incorporated in California (United States) as a nonprofit organization, but operate in Sub-Saharan Africa through locally-registered entities in Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania. Learn more on our website.

About the Role

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Manager plays a critical role in ensuring Imagine Worldwide delivers measurable learning impact to children through data-driven decision-making, accountability, and knowledge sharing. This position helps shape how evidence informs scaling decisions and long-term sustainability through government partnerships.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership and coordinate with implementing partners and education sector stakeholders (e.g., Ministry of Education and decentralized structures) to ensure high-quality program planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and knowledge management.

The MEAL Manager will join a highly committed and collaborative team dedicated to helping every child reach their full potential. 

Key Responsibilities

The MEAL Manager will work closely with Imagine’s Program Director and local implementing partners to ensure effective monitoring and execution of program activities in Tanzania. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Evidence-Based Program Improvement

• Provide technical leadership for the implementation and continuous improvement of Imagine’s MEAL tools, systems, and methodologies.
• Support rigorous evidence generation to inform scale, nationwide adoption, and institutionalization within government systems.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative data to generate lessons learned and apply them to improve program implementation.

Capacity Building & Staff Support

• Build capacity of Imagine and partner staff in setting and using MEAL plans, tools, and strategies.
• Supervise and provide technical oversight to MEAL staff, enumerators, or consultants engaged in research and data collection.

Data Management & Quality Assurance

• Oversee and manage quality data collection to monitor program activities against quality benchmarks.
• Conduct and supervise surveys, assessments, and impact evaluations.

Communication, Reporting & Dissemination

• Collaborate with program and communications teams to document and disseminate impact stories.
• Support the preparation and submission of timely, comprehensive reports for donors and stakeholders.
• Plan learning events (e.g., learning summits, reflection sessions) and contribute to donor engagement.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Development Studies, Social Sciences, Education).
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation in development programs, including working with diverse partners and stakeholders.
• Experience working on programs with a significant technology or digital learning component is preferred.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong project and data management skills.
• Fluency in English  and Swahili (written and spoken);
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and training skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data visualization/reporting tools.
• Experience developing and tracking KPIs for education or child-focused programming.
• Familiarity with digital data tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, CommCare, Power BI, Tableau, DHIS2)
• Experience managing multi-site and multi-partner projects.
• Proven ability to influence partners and adapt plans to changing needs.
• Understanding of evaluation methodologies and data-driven decision-making.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with mobile data collection tools and digital learning analytics.
• Experience in designing and supporting knowledge management frameworks.

Qualities

•  Passion for Imagine’s mission and vision 
•  Demonstrated commitment to equity in educational access and outcomes
• Passion for project management
• Demonstrated ability to think independently and solve problems
• Collaborative team player; clear and proactive communicator
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment

Location

Candidates must be based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Compensation & Benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis

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Imagine Worldwide is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Position Overview 

Educate!, the largest youth skills service provider in East Africa, is seeking a Product Owner to join our ambitious and cross-functional Technology team. We are looking for a product professional who is excited and passionate about solving consumer-facing problems, developing product roadmaps, and executing those plans to bring value to end-users. The ideal hire will help the product team meet and exceed its goals by translating strategic business initiatives into technology products. The Product Owner will be part of a new and growing Technology team and will provide support to the product, delivery and M&E teams.

In this role you will have a chance to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to understand requirements for the tech products/solutions, develop product roadmaps and project-manage the entire tech product/solution development cycle. 

The ideal hire is passionate about working with data to drive improvements in user experience and excited to work with simpler technology tools such as USSD, SMS, WhatsApp through Telerivet, Echomobile, Textit etc. that are easily accessible to youths who don’t have access to smartphones. You’ll join a motivated, passionate, overachieving international team with a vision to design solutions that will impact millions of youth annually across Africa.

You are the right fit for this role if you:

• Are a master coordinator and exceptional project manager
• Are analytical and data-driven
• Possess a broad understanding of the tech product development process
• Have independently driven the design of technology products in a team, with a strong focus on the end-user
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills

What You’ll Do🌟 

Requirements gathering: Translating Product strategy into product development specifics

• Gather all information from cross-functional teams to translate strategy into clear product specifics.
• Assist business stakeholders to define and refine their requests
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to define the relevant personas, user journeys, and functional requirements.
• Drive decision-making with internal partners
• Translate requirements into product designs
• Develop and own a product strategy that is clearly articulated, easily understood, and delivers meaningful value to our customers and business over time
• Identify areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently develop these modifications

User-focused/Customer-centered product design

We need our Product Owner to build processes and practices to continuously gather and address usability issues with our technology products.

• Lead ideation for the needs identified- creating designs based on requirements and strategy
• Construct systems and processes to gather data on how users actually experience it on a day-to-day basis
• Own process of integrating  customer feedback into products

Market Research and User Testing

• Research and analyze the users and the roadmap for the product
• Plan, prepare and conduct research on potential solutions
• Collect quantitative product data and metrics through market research
• Test and evaluated new designs/products
• Research and analyze the way our data can be used and then drive improvements in user experience.

Project Management

• Build and execute an actionable roadmap that empowers developers to realize the product strategy
• Providing vision and direction to the development team and stakeholders to achieve the product vision
• Collaborate closely with Design, Programs, and M&E teams to drive the execution of the product development team
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
• Lead the planning of product release plans and set the expectation for the delivery of new  functionalities
• Developer management: oversee development of product features either through external consultants or development
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
• Develop quality assurance procedures

Who You Are 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, is nice to have or any other Technology related course, and a minimum of 3 years of work experience.
• Experience building both web and mobile applications with offline capabilities.
• Possess a broad understanding of the tech product development process; and have created product roadmaps, user journey maps and has experience with backlog grooming and prioritization.
• Experienced with using qualitative and quantitative data (especially from A/B tests) to make product decisions.
• Experience working with a startup is a plus.
• Experience working with program delivery and data collection platforms such as USSD, SMS, WhatsApp etc.
• Basic knowledge of MySQL & Postgres databases, JIRA or any other project management tool and Figma.
• Fits our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below); Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here

What We Offer 

• A vibrant, mission-driven environment with a supportive and fun team. 
• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Learning & growth opportunities  

Application Process: Rolling basis, interviews happening soon!

Terms 

• Location is Da res Salaam, Tanzania

Position Overview

Educate!, the largest youth skills service provider in East Africa, is seeking a dynamic, strategic, and high-performing Policy Design and Learning Specialist to support education system reform and drive impactful program design at scale. As we continue to strengthen our influence across government systems and expand our reach to more youth, this role requires a professional who can combine strategic thinking, technical expertise in education, and strong stakeholder engagement.

The Policy Design and Learning Specialist will be responsible for shaping and refining program design, supporting policy alignment, and driving continuous learning to improve outcomes. This includes collaborating closely with government partners, supporting teacher training and capacity building efforts, contributing to advocacy initiatives, and ensuring programs are responsive, relevant, and impactful for students and youth.

This role demands someone who is proactive, adaptable, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to navigate complex systems, influence stakeholders, and translate insights into action. As we scale, this role is critical in ensuring our programs remain effective, aligned with national priorities, and deliver sustained impact.

What You’ll Do🌟

Government Workshop Co-Design and Coordination- 35%

• Lead the design of innovative and high quality materials for all government engagement workshops, including strategy documents, workshop agendas, concept notes, facilitation guides, education system analyses, talking points for policymakers, benchmarking reports and policy briefs.
• Participate in and support the design and facilitation of government engagement workshops, such as multi-stakeholder dialogues, learning experiences and co-design workshops, to influence government policy.
• Lead retrospective sessions post-workshops to assess what went well, what didn’t, and how future workshops can be improved.
• Develop clear next steps and action plans from workshop outcomes to inform and
• enhance future designs and materials.
• Establish a robust feedback loop to continually refine and elevate the quality and impact of materials and workshop designs.
• Provide a leadership role in quality assurance, ensuring that all materials are thoroughly vetted and meet the highest standards of accuracy, clarity, and effectiveness.

Digital Learning Design and Technology Systems- 30%

• Build and manage structured learning journeys on the LMS. Take approved curriculum content and translate it into a sequenced digital experience: organizing modules, setting progression logic, defining milestones, and configuring the platform so teachers move through content in an order that builds knowledge and skills incrementally. You own the learning architecture inside the platform, not just the content sitting in it.
• Apply instructional design principles to make LMS content accessible and actionable for teachers with varying subject knowledge. Use Tanzanian-context examples and activities that address diverse learning styles and backgrounds.
• Monitor LMS and virtual learning data, including usage, completion rates, drop-off points, and assessment performance, to identify gaps and inform improvements in content, sequencing, and platform configuration.
• Design and build structured learning journeys within platforms ensuring clear sequencing, milestones, and progression logic.
• Pull, analyze and translate data and reports from LMS and digital or virtual learning spaces to inform design decisions
• Design feature mock-ups, dashboards, and visual representations of design briefs to guide technical and product teams in developing data systems and platform features.
• Coordinate with technical and product teams to ensure platform features support effective learning, data tracking, and teacher engagement.

Policy, Standards & Systems Design - 20%

• Develop and maintain curriculum frameworks, policy guidelines, assessment standards, teacher orientation materials, and training curricula that align with government reforms and evidence from program implementation.
• Develop policy and curriculum frameworks that translate government education reform priorities into actionable implementation guidelines for schools and teachers. This includes drafting scope and sequence documents, syllabi, teacher orientation frameworks, training curricula, and assessment standards that can be adopted or adapted by ministry partners.
• Lead engagement with government and stakeholders through technical working groups, co-design sessions, and review meetings to ensure materials remain aligned with national standards and priorities.
• Turn program evidence into design decisions. Use data from classroom observations, teacher feedback, assessment results, and partner evaluations to identify gaps in existing frameworks and drive targeted revisions to policy documents, technical standards, and curriculum architecture.
• Design process management: Own and manage the end-to-end content design process by maintaining a central design tracker,deliverables, timelines and review stages, ensuring version control and quality assurance, and coordinating feedback loops to deliver high-quality outputs on time.

Curriculum Content Development & Co-Design - 15%

• Design and develop subject-specific curriculum materials including lesson plans, learner guides, textbooks, workbooks, teacher guides, and digital content aligned with Tanzanian standards (NECTA, TIE) and Educate!’s instructional approach.
• Develop content from both scratch and existing drafts, adapting to project needs (e.g., full textbooks, term lesson plans, teacher facilitation guides, or digital modules) while ensuring clarity, usability, and coherence.
• Facilitate structured co-design processes with government stakeholders, subject experts, and teachers to co-create, test, and refine materials. This includes leading working sessions, synthesizing feedback, and making clear decisions to ensure both quality and stakeholder ownership.
• Design project-based formative assessments aligned with PBA methodology, including student tasks, rubrics, and teacher guidance, to evaluate learners’ understanding and application of subject content.

Who You Are 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

You bring a strong user-centric mindset, using feedback to design relevant solutions that meet user needs. You have experience driving behavior change in collaboration with government partners and building strong relationships across teams and senior stakeholders. You are a decisive and adaptable problem-solver, able to navigate complex environments, secure buy-in, and lead effective implementation. You hold a relevant degree and align with Educate!’s cultural tenets, Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here

Terms

The location is in Dar es salaam, Tanzania with frequent travel to program locations. 

What We Offer 

• A vibrant, mission-driven environment with a supportive and fun team. 
• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Learning & growth opportunities  

Application Process: Rolling basis, interviews happening soon!

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.

To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

About the Role

The Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion (GYSI) Lead will be responsible for incorporating gender-responsive, youth-inclusive and socially inclusive approaches to the One Acre Fund Tanzania (OAFTz) program, ensuring that they address the needs and challenges of women, youth and marginalized groups. This person will ensure that the social dimensions in access, awareness and equity are effectively addressed across all activity components and at all levels throughout implementation. The GYSI Lead will be responsible for developing and implementing the gender and youth strategies that ensure the inclusion of women, youth and marginalised groups in the OATz program.

Responsibilities

Gender, Youth and Social inclusion Assessment and Strategy

• Lead the collection, analysis and utilization of information from a wide variety of sources to inform the program’s gender, youth and social inclusion approaches.
• Ensure the use of participatory and collaborative problem-solving approaches to develop strategies and action plans for gender and youth integration and promotion of social inclusion for marginalized groups within the program plans, Theory of Change (ToC) processes, monitoring and learning plans and implementation guides.
• Contribute to refined period formative research and data collection, and related program strategies to ensure gender and youth integration
• Make recommendations to reach youth & women through both traditional and non-traditional channels.

Program Implementation

• Provide gender and youth-related technical support on an ongoing basis to team leads and participate in team planning processes and the implementation, including embedding GYSI principles within extension services and field activities.
• Provide technical support on the implementation of the Social Behavior Change Strategy (SBC) and SBC Communication, ensuring messages and delivery channels are tailored to effectively reach and influence women, youth and marginalized groups at community level.
• Identify and document best practices of the program in implementing gender, youth and social inclusion components for organizational learning, specifically capturing successful approaches in farmer outreach, youth engagement, and community-level inclusion.
• Build the capacity of the farmer-facing teams to apply gender responsive, youth-inclusive, and socially inclusive approaches in their direct engagement with farmers.
• Participate in program design, which includes product and service offerings to ensure they are attractive to youth, are women-friendly and socially inclusive, and guide the development of extension materials and methodologies that are accessible and responsive to diverse needs.
• Support the identification and promotion of inclusive communication channels and peer learning networks for effective outreach to all target groups.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

Technical skills: 

• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Google Docs, Sheets, Slides.
• Fluency in Swahili  and English.
• Excellent professional written and verbal communication skills. 

Education & knowledge:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, preferably Sociology, Social Development, Gender Studies, Marketing.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a similar role.
• Ability to conceptualize, plan, guide, and implement work with demonstrated experience in mainstreaming GYSI. 
• Program Implementation

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

City, Country

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off 

Contract Duration

2 years

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Tanzania.

Application Deadline

19 May 2026. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

About Imagine Worldwide

Imagine Worldwide Tanzania (Imagine-TZ) is a non-profit organization affiliated with Imagine Worldwide (IW), a global NGO committed to transforming education through innovative technology. Imagine-TZ seeks to demonstrate that children — when provided with access to personalized, tablet-based learning — can acquire foundational literacy and numeracy skills with minimal adult supervision. By leveraging evidence-based digital learning solutions, IW partners with governments, schools, and communities to expand access to quality education for underserved children across the country.  Literacy and numeracy skills are the basis for a better life and the positive benefits to health, wealth, and social outcomes are multi-generational. However, 9 out of 10 children across Sub-Saharan Africa cannot read and understand a simple text by age 10. Imagine works with partners worldwide to confront this crisis, using data and research to continuously refine and scale its foundational learning solution.

Imagine- TZ has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), the President’s Office - Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG), and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) in Zanzibar to implement a program known as MsingiTek. This program will be rolled out in five regions of mainland (Morogoro, Manyara, Shinyanga, Tabora, and Ruvuma) as well as across 11 districts of Zanzibar. The first phase of the program, launched in May 2025, will reach 533 public primary schools (500 in mainland Tanzania and 33 in Zanzibar) over the course of 15 months. If MsingTek demonstrates improvements in literacy and numeracy outcomes, it will be scaled nationwide in close collaboration with the government. This initiative has the potential to transform the learning journey for millions of children across Tanzania.

About the Role

The Executive Associate will play a supporting role in carrying out Imagine’s mission, to design, test, and scale tablet-based learning solutions that enable children to become literate and numerate. The position offers an international, flexible, learning environment to enhance individual career development and growth. The Executive Associate will join a highly committed and collaborative team that is working together to empower every child, everywhere to achieve their full potential. They will work directly with the Executive Director of Imagine Tanzania, to support Imagine’s growth in our scale countries. 

Over the next six years, Imagine’s goal is to serve more than 10 million children in at least four countries, ultimately achieving three times the typical level of literacy and numeracy outcomes of national education systems in Africa (60% fluency by the age of 10, as opposed to 20%). This all while delivering the program at less than $7 per child per year.

Key Responsibilities

The Executive Associate will work closely with the Executive Director, focusing not only on providing administrative and operational support but also on driving key organizational initiatives in Tanzania. This role involves co-ordinating the country office and supporting operational excellence, conducting research for problem or root-cause analysis, preparing impactful presentations, and managing strategic projects to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Imagine Worldwide's mission delivery. The ideal candidate must be a strong operator with relationship-building skills. The Executive Associate’s responsibilities will include - but will not be limited to - the  following: 

Administrative Support

• Work directly with the Executive Director to support key aspects of their work;
• Act as the point of contact for the Executive Director in engagements with Imagine Worldwide, the Government and other external partners. This includes receiving calls and visitors, answering a variety of questions with tact and diplomacy, taking messages, and directing calls appropriately for resolution.
• Prepare impactful presentations for meetings, including gathering documents, drafting documents or presentations, and attending to the logistics of meetings;
• Consolidate notes from meetings and discussions, share action steps, and follow up to resolve issues. 
• Draft, review, and send communications on behalf of the Executive Director. Coordinate work with other staff as needed and play a key role in the coordination of organizational efforts both within and outside Imagine Tanzania;
• Collect and consolidate weekly updates across functions for sharing with Executive Director and the entire organization, and proactively identify and flag areas requiring support or improvement:
• Share weekly updates and monitor engagement and questions. 
• Assist with meeting scheduling and manage calendars in line with the Executive Director preferences:
• Conduct weekly detailed review of their calendar and make adjustments as required to facilitate travel and optimize productivity
• Ensure PTO days are loaded and visible on relevant team calendars to protect their breaks;

Country Board Support

• Lead in the preparation and review board packs for board meetings, including gathering documents, drafting documents or presentations and/or formatting documents to deliver highly professional output.
• Take minutes during board meetings, share action steps and follow up to resolve issues.

Organizational Management

• Consolidate requests and inputs to prepare weekly agenda for management  meetings with support from the Executive Director;
• Manage invitations and communications with management  team on meeting changes;
• Support the Executive to manage information flow across the organization and all digital channels, in a timely and accurate manner;
• Track and manage key strategic projects and initiatives, maintaining project plans, monitoring progress against milestones, identifying risks, and ensuring timely delivery of priorities.
• Drive rigorous follow-up structures to monitor performance vs targets; 
• Lead project management processes across priority initiatives, including project planning, scoping, prioritization, execution, and cross-functional coordination to ensure effective delivery.
• Track progress on strategic initiatives, ensuring clear visibility of priorities, timelines, and follow-ups for the Executive Director and leadership team.
• Prepare concise monthly country reports summarizing key metrics and updates from country teams;
• Adopt a data-driven approach to challenges, delving into analytics to identify key areas for improvement and driving initiative;
• Spearhead interdepartmental strategic initiatives, including the rollout of new systems and processes, or process optimizations;
• Keep the Executive Director advised of time-sensitive and priority issues, ensuring appropriate follow-up.

Travel and Logistics Support

• Co-ordination of all travel and logistics for the Executive Director;
• Manage all flight bookings directly or through a travel agent as required, as well as road trips, transfers, and accommodation;
• Complete pre-flight check-ins, flight, and all travel changes that may arise;
• Lead in planning, organization, and execution of in-person retreats and meetings, including, senior leadership retreats, and organization-wide team retreats.
• Assist with travel bookings and logistics for the senior leadership team, donors, and consultants as required.

Knowledge Management & Productivity Tools Support

• Contribute to maintaining the Imagine ‘Playbook' where we codify the ‘Imagine way’ for team members and partners to leverage;

• Support strategies to drive utilization and adoption of online collaboration and productivity tools for project management and stakeholder management, to enable as much asynchronous work as possible and maximize team productivity;
• Lead and coach team members on the use of online collaboration and productivity tools to enable as much asynchronous work as possible to maximise working hours

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in operations management, project management, or a similar field.
• Strong digital literacy skills using a variety of no-code, artificial intelligence tools, other productivity and collaboration tools.
• Additional work experience is welcome.  

Ideal Candidate Profile

Exceptional project management skills and proven experience that includes: 

• Strong communication skills and ability to write clear and concise reports and synthesise information into compelling presentations in English.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural environments and teams.
• Familiarity with productivity and collaboration tools for task and project management.
• Excellent working knowledge of G Suite, MS Office, Slack etc.
• Exceptional with the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT, GoPilot, Google AI etc.
• Strong aptitude for data analysis and data-driven decision-making
• Strong organizational skills and superior attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to prioritize and display a high level of adaptability/flexibility

Qualities

•  Passion for Imagine’s mission and vision 
•  Demonstrated commitment to equity in educational access and outcomes
• Passion for project management
• Demonstrated ability to think independently and solve problems
• Collaborative team player; clear and proactive communicator
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment

Compensation & Benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Location

The Executive Associate must be based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and will travel frequently within the country.

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Imagine Worldwide is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.