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 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 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 Quality Assurance Manager will work closely with Imagine’s Director of Technical Services and local implementing partners to fulfill several areas of responsibility. The first area is quality assurance of the learning software - Learning Content Provider’s software for Android and iOS which is in multiple languages, with a primary focus on Swahili and English. The QA Manager will work with our partner Learning Content Provider and global technology team to test new child-facing activities locally, providing feedback to help improve and iterate with them. They will be required to source, manage and support a team of adhoc testers during major software releases. The second area of quality assurance is targeted A/B experiments conducted on learners as test new or improved versions of the software, and collecting data before rolling out across all schools. The other area of responsibility is quality assurance of the data collection and monitoring systems installed in schools that provide oversight of our programs. This includes testing for and identifying failure points in the system and troubleshooting. The Quality Assurance Manager’s responsibilities will include - but will not be limited to the following:-

Key Responsibilities

Technology Quality Assurance 

• Design, implement, conduct and oversee testing and quality assurance processes for Learning Content Provider’s software or any other software on an ongoing basis as well as during major software updates 
• Setup and manage Imagine test labs in the office and various schools to support the quality assurance work and provide a showcase to funders and external stakeholders 
• Functional testing of software including assessment of: 

○ onecourse learning units (4000 per localisation) o for content errors, incorrect graphics or poor pronunciation and other unexpected behaviours 

○ User experience and journey across adaptive learning sessions, correctness of adaptive algorithm outputs, navigation and menus of the software 

○ Configuration and settings in terms of user profiles, switching languages, OTA update process, and other advanced settings 

○ Data outputs from the software in terms of analytic data correctness 

• Source and manage a team of testers on an adhoc basis before major software releases: ○ Ensure testers are adequately trained to conduct tests 

○ Ensuring quality of issue reporting 

○ Manage division of labour across testers 

○ Tracking individual tester performance.

● Acting as a main local liaison with Learning Content Provider.

A/B Experimentation 

• Design, implement and conduct testing processes for customized versions of software on learners in schools, against defined objectives 
• Data collection and compilation from experiments to inform further decision-making and improvements 
• Contribute to ideation and problem solving to enhance the learner experience and improve learning outcomes
• Testing device performance for various scenarios related to software updates
• Supporting global analytics team with collection of logs and related data from devices being used during program implementation

Data Quality Assurance 

• Design, implement and conduct testing processes for data quality of data obtained from tablets, monitoring systems and other tools used to support the program 
• Develop and implement strategies to ascertain data accuracy, completeness, timeliness, consistency, and integrity 
• Develop and implement strategies to conduct data validation and cleansing where required 

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field: Technology, Data Science, Quality Assurance ● A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Technology, Software and Data Management ● Good knowledge of computer hardware and software 
• Experience of both iOS and Android operating systems 
• Experience of using Github issues or similar to report and triage bugs 
• Mac OS experience is beneficial 

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Swahili
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills 
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural environments and teams 
• Strong organization skills and superior attention to detail 
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines 
• Ability to proactively manage and resolve conflicts 
• Ability to prioritize and display a high level of adaptability/flexibility while handling job responsibility 

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 Quality Assurance Manager 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.

About Imagine Worldwide Tanzania

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, launching 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 Director of Government Partnerships will play an instrumental role in carrying out Imagine’s mission, to design, deliver and scale tablet-based learning solutions that enable children to become literate and numerate in Tanzania, and secondly institutionalizing the program within the government for long-term sustainability. The Director 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 and Imagine’s Head of Government Partnerships, to manage Imagine’s path to the national adoption of our edtech program, in Tanzania. 

Mission and Objectives

Lead and manage all interactions with government entities to ensure alignment, compliance, and strategic collaboration for program implementation, policy influence, and institutionalization

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities of this role include, but will not be limited to, the following:

Collaboration between Imagine Tanzania and MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT:

• Develop government engagement plans, setting clear objectives, and activities;
• Setup regular meetings with different government stakeholders to discuss program progress and resolve any challenges with implementation;
• Support and facilitate functional teams or working groups between IM, MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT and ensure effective joint planning and delivery of activities between the  IM, MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVt personnel to build government capacity;
• Oversee workstreams, assess resource requirements and plan adequately to support government engagement activities;
• Support the Executive Director engagement with MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT officers at different levels to ensure capacity building and ownership of the program;
• Support program implementation governance arrangements and ensure they operate efficiently between the program and the government;
• Collaborate with the  MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT to implement the program with a clear goal of devolving power and ownership to government actors over time.

Institutionalization of the Program:

• Uphold principles of system strengthening where Imagine plays a temporary role in program implementation with a clear goal of driving  MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT full ownership of the program;
• Lead in-country government engagement strategies in liaison with Imagine Worldwide to ensure continued alignment with Government on key program related matters;
• Liaise with  MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT  's policy and planning units to drive integration of program activities in the Ministry's primary operating systems for enhanced support;
• Contribute to designing metrics and criteria to measure, monitor and report on progress towards institutionalization goals;
• Explore critical partnerships within the government education delivery system and secure their alignment and support for the program.

Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate closing with global Imagine Worldwide on government engagements and efforts to manage stakeholders;
• Develop and manage detailed stakeholder mapping of all relevant government stakeholders and categorise each stakeholders potential influence and impact on our programs and the institutionalization thereof;
• Contribute to and maintain systems (equivalent to a customer relationship management system) to manage stakeholder contact information and track engagements and required actions to enable proactive and considered engagements and mitigate against disruptions in relationships with key government stakeholders;
• Develop and implement engagement plans with prioritized stakeholders to solicit support and secure buy-in through meetings, school visits, special events, hosting workshops, making financial and non-financial contributions to government projects, supporting local edtech hubs etc.

Advocacy and Policy Alignment:

• Develop networks and relationships with key stakeholders in  MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT and other relevant ministries whose decisions or influence has a bearing government’s buy-in to the program such as curriculum pedagogy and energy;
• Organise and coordinate itineraries of school tours for government stakeholders, donor visits and special guests;
• Build and maintain local political and industry relationships to support the program;
• Raise Imagine Worldwide local profile and stature with government bodies and other key education stakeholders through thought leadership and proactive engagement;
• Keep abreast of relevant policy developments in Tanzania and conduct research as required to guide country office program roll out activities;
• Lead advocacy for new policies or policy changes required to enable long-term sustainability of our programs; 
• Support local engagements with multilateral organizations such as GPE and World Bank; 
• Support dissemination of project outcomes and learnings with stakeholders.

Program Implementation:

• Lead collaboration with government stakeholders to achieve alignment on the program implementation, management and governance processes; 
• Support ISP’s presence at district levels to direct program monitoring in collaboration with  MoEST, PoRALG and MoEVT and the District Education Offices;
• Leverage government relationships to manage project risks with creative problem-solving and escalations as required.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Advanced degree in political science, education, or social science; 
• A minimum of ten (10) years of working experience in government affairs, preferably in a leadership role within international multicultural organisations (commercial or non-profit).

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Ability to take knowledge and link governments and policy influencers with the technical resources and messages needed.
• Significant experience in government relations, an extensive knowledge of federal politics, legislative process, and administrative actions on education, climate and/or energy.
• Able to identify viable administrative pathways for implementation priorities as well as major challenges, and develop effective, creative strategies to influence government stakeholders.
• Ability to listen, communicate, and develop trusting relationships with internal colleagues and external stakeholders to bring together multiple perspectives into a cohesive effort.
• A skilled internal and external relationship builder, with the ability to construct and maintain strong networks of policy influence within the industry and governing institutions.
• Experience in a global environment working with governments and government agencies; in the policymaking process with a strong record of leading and delivering effective results.
• Sincere commitment to work collaboratively with all constituent groups, including staff, board members, RSPO members, stakeholders and other supporters.
• High energy, maturity, and leadership with the ability to serve as a unifying force and to position communications discussions at both the strategic and tactical levels.

Additional Skills 

• Passion for Imagine’s mission and vision
• Demonstrated commitment to equity in educational access and outcomes
• Strong writing and communications skills
• Relationship builder with the flexibility and finesse to ‘manage by influence’
• Team-oriented, collaborative, flexible, adaptable, and comfortable working in an inclusive, low-ego, matrix-management environment
• Self-starter, able to work independently, and enjoys creating and implementing new initiatives.
• Collaborative team player; clear and proactive communicator
• High integrity, conscientious and willing to take responsibility

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 Director of Government Partnerships must be based in Dar es Salem, Tanzania.

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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.

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 Sand

Sand Technologies is a global Physical AI company using data and AI to make critical industries work better. We partner with governments, cities and enterprises to improve how essential systems operate across healthcare, water, energy, telecommunications and infrastructure.

Our work delivers proven real-world impact. We have built AI systems that help manage London’s water supply, supported telecom network planning across hundreds of cities, and developed digital healthcare platforms serving tens of millions of people across Africa. From intelligent command centers to AI-powered infrastructure platforms, we help organizations sense, analyze and act in complex environments.

Our people are ambitious, curious and relentlessly practical. Our teams work alongside clients in the field, solving hard problems and deploying solutions that last. With colleagues across Africa, Europe, the UK and the US, we operate across the full stack - from research and engineering to deployment and capability building.

Our mission is simple: to harness AI to solve humanity’s most pressing challenges.

About the role

Sand is scaling rapidly across Africa, partnering with Ministries of Health to deploy the Health Operating System (HOS) — a decision-support and execution platform that transforms how health systems sense, analyze, and act on data. The HOS is already operational across multiple countries, with plans to expand to 15 countries by end of 2026, supported by 80+ Forward Deployed Engineers.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you are the technical spearhead of our client engagement in Tanzania. Unlike our roaming FDE roles, this is a permanently embedded position. You will be based full-time within the Ministry of Health in Tanzania, becoming a long-term extension of the client's operational team. Your mandate is to build deep institutional relationships, develop comprehensive understanding of the national health system, and deliver sustained value over an extended engagement — not just rapid sprints, but lasting transformation.

This is not staff augmentation. You are an amalgamation of three roles:

1. The Software Engineer — Deep technical acumen to build and deploy production-grade solutions using Sand's product suite
2. The Product Manager — Strategic foresight to understand client problems, influence business objectives, and identify expansion opportunities
3. The Consultant — Client-facing finesse to navigate complex stakeholder relationships, manage scope, and transfer knowledge

Your primary mission is to prove our value fast, delivering functional solutions rapidly using Sand's products, playbooks, and tools, and then maturing those solutions into mission-critical infrastructure that the Ministry depends on daily. Over time, you become the institutional memory of the deployment — the person who understands the data landscape, the stakeholder dynamics, and the operational realities better than anyone.

Who We're Looking For

The Forward Deployed Engineer is a highly ambitious individual. You are someone who is deeply keen on learning — someone who dives in headfirst to solve some of the hardest, most complex problems in global health. You thrive on understanding the technology, understanding the stakeholders, understanding our product suite, and weaving all three together to deliver solutions that change how health systems operate.

This role is not for someone looking for comfort or routine. It is for someone who wants to step outside of their comfort zone, build something they can be proud of, and grow faster than they thought possible. The FDE programme is a career accelerator — an intensive rotation that exposes you to technical depth, strategic thinking, and client leadership in equal measure, all while working on problems that matter for millions of people.

For this permanently embedded role, you also need the maturity and resilience to sustain deep client relationships over months and years — not just weeks. You will become the face of Sand in Malawi, and that requires patience, cultural fluency, and the ability to navigate institutional complexity while maintaining momentum.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as Sand's Permanent Technical Presence in Tanzania

• Embed full-time within the Ministry of Health, becoming a trusted member of the client's extended team
• Develop deep, longitudinal understanding of the national health data landscape, institutional dynamics, and operational priorities
• Build and maintain relationships across all levels of the Ministry — from frontline data officers to senior leadership
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for all Sand activities in-country, coordinating with launchers, country directors, and visiting FDE teams

Drive On-Site Value Delivery

• Rapidly unlock, explore, and integrate client data sources (e.g., DHIS2, SCADA systems, network management platforms, operational databases)
• Understand client problems through prototyping and rapid value delivery — deploying POCs and MVPs using Sand's product components and playbooks
• Transition initial solutions into hardened, production-grade systems that the Ministry relies on daily
• Own the long-term health of deployed solutions — monitoring adoption, troubleshooting issues, and iterating based on user feedback
• Deliver and track value generated through deployment of Sand products

Enable Product-Led Growth

• Lead with Sand's existing product suite — know the products by heart and where each solution is most effective for the domain you're deployed in
• Document learnings, client challenges, and successful solutions as reusable patterns for the broader FDE community
• Drive discovery and expansion by uncovering new opportunities on the ground

Build Local Capacity and Sustainability

• Work alongside Ministry teams to co-create solutions and progressively transfer knowledge, ensuring they can operate and maintain systems independently
• Identify, recruit, and mentor local data engineers, scientists, and analysts to build sustainable in-country capacity
• Develop training materials and documentation tailored to the local context, language, and skill level
• Be the continuity that ensures handover isn't a cliff — you bridge the gap between Sand's deployment and the Ministry's long-term ownership

Feed the Platform Feedback Loop

• Channel field learnings back to improve the core product through structured mechanisms (Technical Deep Dives, Solution Swarms, pattern documentation)
• Turn "gravel roads" into "paved superhighways" — document solution patterns so the next FDE can move faster
• Contribute field feedback that influences 30% of the product roadmap

Requirements — Essential

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, system deployment, or technical leadership
• Proficiency in at least one of: Python, SQL/PostgreSQL, JavaScript — with ability to write production-grade code
• Strong problem-solving skills with a bias toward action and rapid prototyping
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills — comfortable presenting to senior government or corporate stakeholders and translating between technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working with or deploying to government, public sector, or large institutional clients
• Proven ability to lead local technical teams and build capacity
• Willingness to relocate and be permanently based in Tanzania for the duration of the engagement (12-24+ months)
• Language: Local language proficiency is a significant advantage

Requirements — Preferred

• Experience with data integration, ETL pipelines, and working with diverse data sources
• Experience in one or more of Sand's focus domains: health informatics/digital health, water utility operations, telecommunications network operations, or energy systems
• Familiarity with domain-specific platforms (e.g., DHIS2, OpenMRS for health; SCADA, GIS for water/energy; OSS/BSS for telecom)
• Experience with BI and dashboarding tools, particularly Apache Superset
• Experience with data transformation tools such as dbt or Airflow
• Comfort working with data dictionaries, reporting requirements, and identifying common data quality issues
• Knowledge of data security, privacy, and interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR for healthcare, GDPR, local data sovereignty requirements)
• Experience operating in resource-constrained environments (unreliable power, limited connectivity)

Work Environment

This is a permanently embedded role. You will work on-site at the Ministry of Health in Tanzania 4 days per week, with 1 day for focused remote work, internal collaboration, and knowledge sharing with the broader FDE community. You should expect to be based in Zanzania for a minimum of 12-24 months.

You must be self-driven, comfortable operating as Sand's primary technical representative in-country, and disciplined with online collaboration tools to stay connected with the broader Sand team across geographies. Cultural sensitivity, adaptability, and genuine interest in the local context are essential — you are not passing through, you are putting down roots.