• Manage the project planning, implementation, day-to-day management, quality assurance and reporting requirements of the Project including budget management
• Provide overall technical support to 8 Field Facilitators with 15 Field Assistants across 16 districts covering 4 regions of Geita, Mwanza, Simuyu and Mara regions
• Form 156 youth learning groups of 3,648 youths and received market-driven skills training linked to the market
• Establish business partnership with 70 private companies across the project implementation sites to engage youth learning groups into learning by doing
• Strengthen working relationships with 15 local government authorities (LGAs) and other implementing partners where the project is implemented through sharing quarterly reports and periodic organizing sector base multi-stakeholders’ platforms
• Engage and managed several consultants to assist with aspects of project implementation
• Prepare high-quality narrative and financial reports as per the project plan on timely manner

• Identified opportunities for growth of ERD programming portfolio by regularly
assessing refugee and local community needs, designing short- and long-term
interventions to meet those needs, and worked with internal colleagues and external stakeholders to identify and seize funding opportunities to launch new ERD programs;
• Drafted narrative proposals, budget, log frames, work plans, and other funding application documents in collaboration with the IRC’s Grants Unit;
• Led the shaping and drafting of the country office’s ERD strategy in collaboration with the Deputy Director of Programs and ERD Technical Advisors in IRC headquarters;
• Ensured alignment of current and future ERD programming with the IRC’s global strategic plan and relevant theories of change;
• Led all start-up activities for new ERD grants and activities, including recruitment, SOPs, assessments, and project kick-off meetings, in collaboration with Field Coordinators and other internal colleagues;
• Overseen the design and implementation of current and future ERD programs in: entrepreneurship development, emergency cash and voucher programming, vocational and business skill training, establishing VSLAs, value chain strengthening, and wage employment promotion;
• Prepared high-quality IRC and donor reports as per agreed-upon schedules (monthly, quarterly and/or annually) on grant activities, indicators and achievements;
• Provided technical direction and managerial oversight of ERD staff and provide advice and guidance to staff across other sectors on integrated programming inclusive of ERD activities.

• Line manager for nine local implementing partners.
• Ensured CRS and 8 Implementing Partner staff receive the necessary training, guidance and technical support to implement, monitor and report the project
• Identified technical needs and gaps in the project and ensure those needs and gaps are fulfilled through internal or external expertise
• Provided technical leadership to partners in implementing the activities.
• Provided administrative and financial support to partners in managing resources.
• In collaboration with supervisor liaise with grantee for effective implementation of the project
• Ensured implementing partners receive resources in a timely manner
• Ensured 18,000 farmers acquire the necessary inputs (sacks) and training in a timely manner
• Ensured implementing partners submit the necessary report to CRS in a timely manner

• Helped Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in Tanzania make progress on its ongoing commitment to become a more sustainable and socially responsible company.
• Coordinated the delivery of the corporate sustainability program and makes recommendations to senior leadership to execute strategies to enhance our approach to sustainability initiatives.
• Build and maintain comprehensive knowledge of sustainability initiatives and programs across the Company.
• In collaboration with senior leadership, developed appropriate goals, metrics and process for measuring the Company’s performance with respect to Sustainability including safety, health, environmental, community engagement and government relations objectives.
• Collected and analyzed company-wide data on sustainability initiatives and programs and collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to provide senior management with relevant analysis and recommendations on sustainability programs and reporting.
• Partnered with the Communications Manager to produce the annual Sustainability Report; benchmark the Company’s performance against its peers and identified and recommended improvement.
• Assisted the Corporate Communications department in communicating and promoting sustainability initiatives and programs; participate in the development of a sustainability communication strategy.
• Provided technical and management support for tobacco farms general management, Environmental, Community Relations and Government Relations staff
• Developed regular updates, presentations and reports for senior management