Salary Grade: 4
Department: Management support
Reports to: Head of Twaweza
Supervises: None, except as assigned by Head
Start Date: 1 May 2011
Overall Responsibility:
Support the Head to effectively undertake his/her responsibilities and tasks. The job is based at Twaweza offices in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Interested? Email a cover letter and curriculum vitae (with contacts of 2-3 referees) to Lorna Fernandes at jobs@twaweza.org. Include two original articles demonstrating your abilities for writing. Please read the full job description here.
Deadline: 15th April 2011
3. Job Title: Uwazi Manager
Reports to: Head of Twaweza
Deadline: 15th April
Job based in Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Uwazi (meaning openness or transparency in Swahili) is the analytical unit of Twaweza, a ten year, large scale East Africa wide initiative to foster information access, citizen and social change. Uwazi's work involves undertaking analysis of citizens agency, budget and social service delivery issues, fostering citizen monitoring of policy in practice (including through the use of a weekly mobile phone survey), and making analytical information more broadly available to key actors (such as media and MPs).
Overall Responsibility
We are looking for a manager to lead a team of 6-8 researchers and analysts for the next three years, and be part of a potentially powerful, evidence based movement for change in East Africa. Someone who is sharp and creative, with a PhD in social sciences, who is good with data and can tell a story with it, who cares about real change, who can identify the right political opportunities for intervening, and who can motivate and lead a team to deliver results that make a difference. The job is based in Dar es Salaam. Involves some travel to Nairobi and Kampala. An internationally competitive salary is offered.
Those interested in the position should email a cover letter and curriculum vitae (with contacts of 2-3 referees) to Lorna Fernandes at jobs@twaweza.org, referencing Manager Uwazi in the subject header. Two original articles demonstrating your abilities for writing and analysis should be included as well.
You can also contact the Head of Twaweza: Rakesh Rajani at rrajani@twaweza.org
Please see the full information.
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