Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 26 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Trade & Investment Specialist will work closely with USAID/Tanzania to support effectively generating, implementing, monitoring, and promoting multiple private sector partnerships across the ATI program. This role will serve as a facilitator to ensure seamless coordination between USAID/Tanzania and the ATI team on all ATI partnerships through USAID/Tanzania funding including, but not limited to, supporting grant pipeline generation, proposal review and prospective partner due diligence, regulatory compliance (including environmental), partnership implementation support, and a customized generation of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plans designed to address USAID Performance Plan Report (PPR) and Development Information Solution (DIS) requirements as well as other USAID/Tanzania reporting needs. The Trade & Investment Specialist will also provide relevant ad hoc support to USAID/Tanzania’s Economic Growth Office, and keep his/her USAID Mission Point of Contact (POC) regularly updated on his/her work.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support USAID/Tanzania’s collaboration with and contributions to the ATI program.
On behalf of USAID/Tanzania, contribute to ATI’s partner identification and selection, including:
• Review and contribute to solicitation documents (e.g., ATI’s Tanzania APS Addendum)
• Coordinate the review of concept notes and applications with the ATI team, on behalf of USAID/Tanzania
• Ensure ATI procedures and USAID’s regulatory requirements are consistently followed.
• Ensure clarity and cohesion between USAID/Tanzania and ATI as proposals are reviewed and awarded.
• Maintain a list of stakeholders in government, the private sector, and donor community.

Support ATI activity implementation and ATI partnerships, including:
• Communicate with partners to understand key partnership issues, successes, obstacles, or failures, as requested.
• Take guidance from USAID/Tanzania and/or ATI to help partnerships succeed.
• In collaboration with the ATI Team, provide all needed support for partnership site visits, including but not limited to scheduling meetings; providing logistical support (i.e., providing directions, accommodations, etc.); drafting agendas, talking points, and speeches.
• Under the guidance of and collaboration with the ATI Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team, closely monitor partner progress through quarterly site visits and tracking key results for reporting across all formats, including PPRs, DIS and custom formats.

Collaborate with ATI staff to provide regular updates to USAID/Tanzania, including:
• Create and continuously update a partnership tracker in Microsoft Excel which reflects updated key partnership information.
• Prepare weekly or bi-weekly call agendas including key accomplishments over the prior week and goals for upcoming week.
• Prepare regular PowerPoint presentations for USAID/Tanzania with the updated ATI grant pipeline, status of activity/grant implementation, partner needs, and progress towards targets and goals.
• Provide USAID/Tanzania Economic Growth support and expertise across but not limited to the following sectors: private, financial, MSME, and trade. This will include but is not limited to the following:

• Provide general trade, financial sector, and private sector support as identified and needed by the USAID/Tanzania’s Private Sector and Economic Growth team.
• Provide guidance on the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) to strengthen and expand bilateral trade and investment between the United States and Tanzania.
• Conduct targeted research and provide reports as requested.
• Study the USAID/Tanzania portfolio and recommend synergies between partnerships and existing programming.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Below are the qualifications and experience required for this position:
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, marketing or other commensurate professional degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional work experience
• Strong finance and private sector development skills
• Proven project management and interpersonal skills, including strong experience with client management.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, and oral communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently.
• Solutions-oriented, customer-service motivated team player who is also able to work independently and on own initiative.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving, fluid team setting with multiple stakeholders.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Swahili


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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