BRAC Tanzania is the local branch of BRAC, a major international development organization. Operating through two main entities, it works to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, particularly focusing on women and youth, through a variety of social and economic programs. This is the country’s largest microfinance institution, providing a range of responsible financial services such as group-based microloans (primarily to women), small enterprise loans, and agrifinance loans to smallholder farmers in rural and hard-to-reach areas. These services are complemented by financial and digital literacy training.

About the Program

The MasterCard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) is implementing an initiative that will create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC International is implementing an integrated and holistic model to address the various life cycles of a young woman living in poverty, ensuring she is able to transition safely from adolescence to adulthood. She will be equipped with the appropriate skills, tools, and access to finance to effectively exercise her agency and build a fulfilling and productive livelihood.

BRAC International is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position in BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania.

Human Resource Officer Job Vacancy at BRAC

Human Resource Officer

• To decentralize Human Resource Operations so as to increase efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery which will increase organization productivity.
• The role contributes to the development of base strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

Recruitment and selection

• Receiving approved manpower requisition from talent acquisition manager to initiate recruitment process.
• Arranging interview for successfully shortlisted candidates.
• To collect all necessary documents from the new staffs and contract issuing
• Probation Reviews and to ensure that all probation reviews are completed within agreed
  Maintenance of staff files
• Appropriate employment background check of the newly recruited staffs.
• Ensure all new staff have the social security& medical registration and supervise the process by making sure that necessary application forms are completed/ filled

Training and Development

• Interview preparation courses
• Assist HR Manager on lead in Training Need Analysis.
• Assisting Training team in preparations organization and evaluation of various training in the

HR Service

• To work closely with Accounts in the matter of payroll preparation. · Managing leave and attendance of regional staffs · Ensuring all staffs have renewed contracts.
• Assisting HR Manager in issuing and processing transfer proposal, transfer orders and resignation letters.
• Handling employee’s relations issues by the consultation with Manager-HR i.e. helping line managers in attending formal disciplinary hearing, helping line managers in issuing show cause as well as documenting all disciplinary operations took place.
• To preserve staff personal files and update whenever necessary. · Assist HR Manager in Managing staff information system software (HRIS) · Ensure all staff are issued with name tags and identity cards.

Human resource strategy

• Periodically organize policy sharing events to the concerned regional staffs.
• To communicate the gaps of various policies and process and the possible solutions to HR
• Assist in Performance management system in terms of staffs objective setting in January, Midterm review and year-end review.
• Support staff development activities including promoting the BRAC Learning Catalogue.Safeguarding Responsibilities:
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation
• Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do the same
• Understand, implement, and promote BRAC’s safeguarding policies and standards.
• Ensure all audit activities reflect safeguarding considerations.
• Report safeguarding concerns as per protocol and encourage others to do the same

Educational &e Experience Requirement:

• Bachelor degree in human resource management/administration, Industrial relation, Laws, or relevant field.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Competencies;

• Proven two years’ experience as HR officer, administrator, or other HR position.
• Knowledge of HR functions (pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development etc.)
• Understanding of labor laws and disciplinary procedures
• Proficient in MS Office; knowledge of HRMS is required

Salary: Negotiable

Job Location: Iringa & Dodoma

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

• Candidate needs to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning preferred location, educational grades, years of experience ,current and expected salary at: bimcf.tanzania@brac.or.tz
• Please mention the name of the position in the subject bar.
• Only complete applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.