Action Aid Sponsorship Manager Job Vacancy

ActionAid is in international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries in Africa, Asia, America and Europe, taking sides with poor people to poverty and injustice together.

ActionAid Tanzania is looking for a qualified, experienced and self –motivated person to fill the following post:


Position: Sponsorship Manager
Reporting to: Country Director

Duty station: Dar es Salaam

Purpose of the Job

To manage and co-ordinate all sponsorship fundraising within Action Aid Tanzania and liaise with funding affiaates to ensure sustained child sponsorship income.

Key Responsibilities

• Sustain and increase sponsorship funding income to ActionAid Tanzania
• Manage motivate coach and appraise local sponsorship and supporter care staff for maximum performance.
• Ensure that all sponsorship reports, child messages child profiles photo updates absent transfer letters, supporter queries and so on are produced and mailed on agreed time and are of a quality that meets set international standards
• Participate in and prepare the required logistics for new development Area (DA) appraisal and staff up
• Liaise with DA staff to recruit train, supervise and monitor fieldworkers/volunteers involved in sponsorship activities
• Prepare annual community reports for each DA.
• Liaise with the Funding Affiliates international teams and peers on matters related to child sponsorship and other linked products
• Liaise with the programme and impact assessment functions of Action Aid Tanzania to integrate child sponsorship in programme and various ALPS processes and with finance for funding planning

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in social sciences or its equivalent from a reputable higher learning institution. At least five (5) years relevant experience in fundraising and community development work Good knowledge of NGO functions, management, supporter relations and communication
• Self-motivated, flexible open minded and ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision Understanding of Human Rights based Approaches women and child rights and its implementation on the ground.
• Application must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae copies of relevant certificates and testimonials names and addresses of three referees, one of whom should be from a current employer and a day time telephone contact. A deadline for applications is 8th February 2011.

Address your application to
The Head of human resource and organizational Development Plot No.115 Ngorongoro street
Mikocheni B Area, P.O.Box 21496 Dar es Salaam.

Or
Fax 2700710,

E-Mail : job.Tanzania@actionaid.org