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Lyra in Africa - Head of Operations

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Lyra in Africa

Head of Operations

November, 2021

www.lyrainafrica.or.tz

 Lyra in Africa Organization (Lyra) is a registered Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organization based in Iringa. Lyra’s mission is to create vibrant communities by improving education and income opportunities for girls and women across rural Tanzania. Lyra seeks to recruit a dedicated, self-motivated and highly organised individual for a new position of Head of Operations, which is recruited on a fixed term contract till June 2022 (renewable).

Role: Head of Operations


Location: Iringa, Tanzania


Preferred start date: December, 2021

Contract: Full time until the 30th June 2022 (Renewable)

Reports to: National Director

Supervisory Responsibilities: Direct supervisor for all Lyra program leads

Travel: Frequent travel to Lyra field locations will be required

Languages: Excellent English, both written and spoken, as well as a knowledge of Swahili an advantage

As a member of Lyra’s Senior Management Team, the Head of Operations will provide leadership and management of Lyra programs with an enhanced focus on digital learning, partner engagement, safeguarding, risk and compliance. The Head of Operations will act as the Deputy to the National Director and will be a full and active member of the Lyra senior management team.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • In collaboration with each Lyra program team, the Head of Operations will be responsible for planning, integrating, coordinating and monitoring day to day operations to ensure all services are delivered to a high quality standard and in an efficient manner.

  • Lead the implementation of the Lyra Digital Learning Program

  • Collaborate with programming team leads, finance and Lyra Senior Management 
Team, to ensure appropriate project expenditures are in line with financial plans and 
proper stewardship of material sources. 


  • Lead the process for the preparation and monitoring of annual budget plans and grant 
budgets to ensure they reflect maximum operational efficiency and budgetary compliance. Set and provide technical oversight of internal processes for approving expenses, monitoring spending, and making budget adjustments in line with operational and programmatic needs with donor requirements.

  • Anticipate, identify and address challenges that affect the proper stewardship, risk and optimal utilisation of program assets and resources (financial, human, and material).

  • Manage all Lyra Program team leads and effectively manage and grow talent. Manage team dynamics and staff well being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports. Monitor and assess performance to ensure adequate capacity for successful support of high quality programs.

  • Oversee compliance with NGO and donor requirements and local laws and regulations through periodic systems checks, and review of Lyra’s policies and procedures. Act as lead contact and responder to issues that emerge from internal and external audits and provide recommendations and guidance to implement improvements 


  • Lead on the process of Monitoring - evaluation and learning 


  • Ensure implementation of the Organization safeguarding policy and procedures by all 
organisation stakeholders including staff, contractors, consultants, etc.

  • As part of the Senior Management Team, contribute towards fundraising activities for 
the Organization Budget

  • Act as the Deputy for the National Director

  • Excellent strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions. 


  • Strong relations management abilities. Ability to work collaboratively in an instinctively inclusive manner 


  • Strong team leadership and management experience 


  • Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented

  • Knowledge and experience of multiple public donors’ regulations, including FCDO, highly preferred. 


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.

  • Knowledge of procurement and office administration/management issues. 


  • Proficient in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems. 


  • Demonstrated commitment to respect, equity, diversity and inclusion, including gender equality. 


  • Strong understanding and commitment to safeguarding 


  • Experience of working in the NGO sector with a strong understanding of the local legal requirements within Tanzania 


Basic Qualifications

  • Strong project management skills and experience 


  • Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a management position with progressive responsibilities.

  • Additional experience may substitute for some education; additional education may substitute for some experience.

  • Understanding of financial systems, including budgeting and budget/expense analysis experience. 


Applications:
 Please send a one-page application letter together with your CV of not more than two pages to: info@lyrainafrica.org


Deadline: 19th of November, 2021

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Lyra is an equal opportunity employer. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Lyra in Africa - Community Development Officer

Are you our new Community Development Officer? Find out below…

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS NOW CLOSED

Lyra in Africa

Community Development Officer

November, 2021

www.lyrainafrica.or.tz

Lyra in Africa Organization (Lyra) is a registered Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organization based in Iringa. Lyra’s mission is to create vibrant communities by improving education and income opportunities for girls and women across rural Tanzania. Our main task is to give girls safety from abuse so that they can complete their studies and increase their access to secondary education and economic opportunities. Safeguarding and the wellbeing on those Lyra supports, underpins all the work that Lyra does, and we are committed to continually strengthen this area.

As part of this commitment, Lyra seeks to recruit a dedicated, self-motivated and highly organised individual for a Community Development Officer position.

Role: Community Development Officer (CDO)

Location: Iringa, Tanzania


Preferred start date: December 2021


Duration: Seven months up to 30th June 2022, renewable subject to funding availability Reports to: National Director

Travel: Frequent travel to Lyra field locations will be required

Key Roles:


I: Community Development:

1.        Coordinate all community development activities in the areas where Lyra works. 


2.        Coordinate Community participation in the design, planning, implementation, 
management, and evaluation of all Lyra projects. 


3.        Stakeholder Engagement: The CDO will, together with the Lyra team, prepare a 
stakeholder engagement plan, and actively engage with Lyra key Community Stakeholders. 


4.        Community Participation: To motivate and ensure the community members devise 
strategies to participate in agreed joint projects to ensure long term sustainability. 


5.        Training: Provide training to Lyra staff as well as different stakeholder groups on:

·  Communicative methods of community and independent work 


·   Safeguarding and Child Protection 


·   Monitoring: The CDO will work with the project teams to monitor all Lyra’s programs 
progress based on established indicators and will lead in demonstrating program 
accountability and learning in the communities. 


6.        Data: The CDO will collect, and document village, ward, district and regional statistics for 
project planning and reporting 


II: Community Safeguarding:

1. Training: Provision of regular training to Lyra staff, volunteers, interns, consultants, partners, contractors, and Board members on aspects of safeguarding and child protection, to ensure compliance and to build awareness and understanding of how they are the safeguarding front of Lyra.

2.        Capacity Building: of downstream partners and contractors/suppliers to comply with and implement aspects of Lyra’s safeguarding policy. 


3.        Policy: Regular reviews and update of the Lyra Safeguarding Policy and Procedures in line 
with the Tanzanian laws and best practice. 


4.        Safeguarding Tools: Review current tools and design appropriate and innovative youth- 
friendly tools (in Kiswahili) to improve community awareness of Lyra’s approach to 
Safeguarding and how to report. 


5.        Develop key safeguarding messages in Kiswahili, to share with communities that Lyra 
works with through the Lyra SMS database. 


6.        Strengthen the systems of how feedback is received and dealt with from Lyra beneficiaries, 
such as through the Lyra suggestions boxes and Whistleblowing Line. 


7.        Monitoring: Maintaining quality and confidential records, files and logs of safeguarding cases, and carrying out regular spot checks in the field to ensure that Lyra’s safeguarding 
policies and procedures are being upheld. 


III: Reporting:

Prepare and report weekly, monthly and quarterly on community development work and safeguarding.

You may occasionally be required to work on weekends and/or public holidays, for which time off in lieu will be granted

Skills and experience essential

·      Minimum three years of relevant technical and practical knowledge and experience on community development and child and young people’s safeguarding 


·      Graduate level degree in community development, social sciences, social work, psychology, or relevant field of study, or equivalent work experience 


·      Experience working with young people in Tanzania 


·       Experience in developing and implementing organisational child protection or 
safeguarding policies and procedures 


·      Culturally aware and respectful - sensitive about the cultures in which we operate

·      Safeguarding experience and knowledge of local context 


·       Knowledge, skills and experience in participatory methods and community development.

·      Competent in excel and word and other relevant online tools for this role 


·      Ability to work independently as well as part of a geographically dispersed team

·      Commitment to Lyra’s mission and values 


·       Fluent written and spoken English and Kiswahili 


NB: Lyra in Africa is an equal opportunity employer. Due to the interactive nature required of the role, female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply


Please send your CV (not more than 2 pages) to info@lyrainafrica.org. Deadline: 12 November 2021. 
Only successful candidates will be contacted. 


 

Lyra in Africa Digital - Digital Learning Mentor

Are you our new Digital Learning Mentor? Find out below…

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS NOW CLOSED

Lyra in Africa

Digital Learning Mentor

Lyra in Africa Organisation (Lyra) is a registered Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organisation based in Iringa, Tanzania. Lyra’s mission is to create vibrant communities by improving education and income opportunities for girls and women across rural Tanzania. Our main task is to give girls safety from abuse so that they can complete their studies and increase their access to secondary education and economic opportunities. Digital Learning (DL) is one of the four pillars of Lyra’s programs.

As part of the program, Lyra seeks to recruit a dedicated and self-motivated individual for a Digital Learning Mentor position (1 Position)

Direct Reporting Line: DL Manager

Location: Iringa region
Salary: Negotiable

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • To coach / train teachers on how to use DL as part of their classroom teaching to ease their day to day work.

  • To ensure that trained teachers are using DL as part of their classroom teaching.

  • Coach/train students how to use the DL platform to search for content, perform quizzes and watch educational videos and other resources in order to increase both group and self-study.

  • Train student leader in each class (Form I-IV) who will be supporting their fellow students to navigate the educational resources.

  • Provide training to Digital Learning Mentor Girls, who will be long term supporters of the DL program.

  • Assist in the Review and update a Coding training guide to be used for successful implementation the Lyra Coding Program in Schools.

  • Collect training data, prepare and submit reports to your line manager at the end of each training programme.

  • Formulate schedules for training programs to all Lyra supported schools and other beneficiaries of our DL program in a cost-effective manner.

  • Assist in preparation and coordination of Lyra Tech Annual event in line with your supervisor.

  • Collect data used for preparation of DL monthly, quarterly and annual report.

  • Prepare case studies/stories using Lyra’s format for capturing case studies/stories.

  • Perform technical work, including where required, software and hardware preparation, installations and troubleshooting.

  • Maintain a database of all Lyra Digital Learning Equipment for tracking.

  • Travel to Lyra schools to conduct hardware and software installations and preventive maintenance.

  • Assist your line manager in preparation of weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.

  •  Provide support needed for coaching, training, data collection and related tasks.

Required Experience & Competence:

  • Experience with at least one coding language: HTML, C++, Python, PHP or similar.

  • Good facilitation skills, with the ability to motivate, direct, and train people (mainly youth) and collaborate and interact with others effectively and productively.

  • Good written and oral communication skills in both Swahili and English.

  • Commitment to excellence and ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment.

  • Adaptability in dealing with change, delays or unexpected events to ensure the general welfare of the DL program.

Required Skills

  • ICT: Includes but not limited to knowledge in hardware (maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, installation, etc), software (application installation, troubleshooting, configuration, etc), Networking (LAN, WiFi, Internet, etc), ICT Training and Support (User Training, Customer Support, Help Desk, etc), Coding Skills (software design, mobile apps design, HTML, JavaScript, C#, PHP etc)

  • Communication: Ability to prepare eye-catching reports, with figures and references. Good presentation and networking skills. Good in both English & Swahili.

Preferred Education Qualification

  • Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or Related Field

Mode of Application:

  • Applicants are invited to submit their details to info@lyrainafrica.org.

Closing date is: 10th October, 2021
Only successful applicants will be contacted.

NB: Lyra in Africa is an equal opportunity employer. Due to the interactive nature required of the role, female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Please send in your application by submitting both a Cover Letter and CV to the info@lyrainafrica.org

We're recruiting!

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS NOW CLOSED

Are you our new Community Safeguarding Officer? Find out below…

Lyra in Africa

Community Safeguarding Officer

Lyra in Africa Organisation (Lyra) is a registered Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organisation based in Iringa. Lyra’s mission is to create vibrant communities by improving education and income opportunities for girls and women across rural Tanzania. Our main task is to give girls safety from abuse so that they can complete their studies and increase their access to secondary education and economic opportunities. Safeguarding underpins all the work that Lyra does, and we are committed to continually strengthen this area.

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, Lyra seeks to recruit a dedicated, self-motivated and highly organised individual for a Community Safeguarding Officer position, on a part time basis.

Role: Community Safeguarding Officer

 Location: Iringa, Tanzania 

 Preferred start date: 1st September, 2021

 Contract: Part time until 30th June, 2022

Reports to: National Director

Travel: Frequent travel to Lyra field locations will be required

Closing Date: 3rd of Sept, 2021

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Building Capacity

  • Ensuring that staff, volunteers and new recruits are inducted and trained regularly on all aspects of safeguarding and child protection

  • Ensuring that Lyra’s Board members are trained regularly in safeguarding and their specific governance responsibilities;

  • Building the capacity of downstream partners and contractors/suppliers to comply with and implement aspects of Lyra’s safeguarding policy;

  • Strengthen the Lyra capacity to build awareness and understanding of how they are the safeguarding front of Lyra

2. Strengthening Systems

  • Ensuring that the safeguarding policy and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated in line with Tanzania laws and best practice, and translated into Kiswahili  

  • Mapping, vetting and regularly updating the services and referral pathways provided to survivors of safeguarding incidents in Tanzania;

  • Designing appropriate and innovative youth-friendly new tools and mechanisms, including in local languages and that is easily accessible, to improve community awareness of Lyra’s approach to safeguarding and of how causes for concern can be reported;

  • Develop key safeguarding messages to share with communities that Lyra works with through the Lyra SMS database

  • Strengthen the systems of how feedback is received and dealt with from Lyra beneficiaries, such as through the Lyra suggestions boxes

3. Handling Cases

  • Support the Lyra Safeguarding Officers and investigating team to handle and investigate safeguarding incidents, including:

  • Supporting staff to record safeguarding incidents

  • Supporting survivors to access emergency medical treatment and/or psychosocial support;

  • Recording written statements in interviews;

  • Support the Safeguarding leads in the management of safeguarding cases

  • Review the structure of how Lyra currently handles safeguarding cases, and make recommendations as to the most effective safeguarding structure going forward

4. Monitoring and Compliance

Ensuring that all cases are properly followed up, actioned and closed in line with the global safeguarding policy;

  • Maintaining high quality and confidential records, files and logs of safeguarding cases;

  • Ensuring that the relevant internal staff and Board members are kept fully updated

  • Carrying out regular spot checks in the field and with volunteers, downstream partners and contractors to ensure that Lyra’s safeguarding policies and procedures are being upheld;

  • Ensure that safeguarding training is fully embedded across the team, volunteers and partners, and checks are in place to ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are followed in the day to day work of Lyra

5. Reporting:

  • Reports of safeguarding and child protection activities should be prepared in a weekly / monthly / quarterly basis according to agreed formats and submitted to the National Director

6. Other duties as required

You may occasionally be required to work on weekends and/or public holidays, for which time off in lieu will be granted

Required Experience & Competence:

  • Minimum (5) years of relevant technical and practical knowledge and experience on child and young people’s safeguarding

  • Experience working with young people in Tanzania

  •  Experience in developing and implementing organisational child protection or safeguarding policies and procedures

  •  Culturally aware and respectful - curious and sensitive about the cultures in which we operate

  •  Safeguarding experience and knowledge of local context

  • Knowledge, skills and experience in participatory methods, community development and partnership.

  •  Competent in excel and word and other relevant online packages for this role

  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a geographically dispersed team

  • Commitment to Lyra’s mission and values

  • Fluent written and spoken English and Kiswahili

Desirable

  • Graduate level degree in social sciences, social work, psychology, development or relevant field of study, or equivalent work experience

  • Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual

  • A strong network of connections within Tanzania.

  • Ability to work effectively in multicultural teams with varying expertise, skills and backgrounds

  • Collaborative team player

  • Adaptable - able to work in complex, unfamiliar and changing environments

  • Excellent critical analysis and thinking skills, solution focussed

  • Positive, energetic, can-do attitude

NB: Lyra in Africa is an equal opportunity employer. Due to the interactive nature required of the role, female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Please send in your application by submitting both a Cover Letter and CV to the info@lyrainafrica.org

We're recruiting!

Do you want to empower girls through enhancing digital literacy? Are you our new Digital Learning Program Officer? Find out below…

Lyra in Africa Digital Learning Program

Digital Learning Program Officer Position

Lyra in Africa Organization (Lyra) is a registered Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organization based in Iringa, Tanzania. Lyra’s mission is to create vibrant communities by improving education and income opportunities for girls and women across rural Tanzania. Our main task is to give girls safety from abuse so that they can complete their studies and increase their access to secondary education and economic opportunities. Digital Learning (DL) is one of the four pillars of Lyra’s programs. Look through our website for more information about Lyra.

As part of the program, Lyra seeks to recruit a dedicated, self-motivated and highly organized individual for a Digital Learning Program Officer position (1 Position).

Direct Reporting Line: National Director

Location: Iringa region

Salary: Negotiable

Roles and Responsibilities:

Digital Learning - Supervision and Support:

  • Coordinate all Lyra's digital learning initiatives

  • Design and implement a coaching/ training guide for the Lyra DL Program for teachers to ensure that they use DL as part of their classroom teaching to ease their day to day work

  • Design and implement a guide for coaching/ training of students on how to use the DL platform to search for content, perform quizzes and watch educational videos and other resources, in order to increase both group and self-study. Additional focus to be given to Hostel Girls

  • Design and implement a guide for training student leaders in each Class (Form I – IV), who will be supporting their fellow students to navigate the educational resources

  • Provide training to Digital Learning Mentor Girls, who will be long term supporters of the DL program

  • Review and update a Coding training guide to be used for successful implementation the Lyra Coding Program in Schools

  • Collect training data, prepare and submit reports to your line manager at the end of each training programme

  • Formulate schedules for training programs to all Lyra supported schools and other beneficiaries of our DL program in a cost-effective manner

  • Prepare and coordinate the Lyra Tech Annual event in line with the Africa Code Week

  • Coordinate participation of Lyra DL team from schools in approved annual tech events, such as the Girls Entrepreneurship Summit in Dar es Salaam

  • Coordinate and write stories using Lyra's format for capturing stories, as will be guided by your line manager

Hostels Specific:

  • Coordinate and ensure collection of data in all Lyra Hostels, to ensure that at all times the organization is aware of the current status of all the Hostels in terms of occupancy, sponsorship, contact details for the Hostel Parents Committee and Matron

  • Update data in the Lyra database for girls provided with food support and monitor their academic performance

Technical:

  • Perform technical work, including where required, software and hardware preparation, installations and troubleshooting

  • Maintain a database of all Lyra Digital Learning Equipment for tracking

  • Travel to Lyra schools to conduct hardware and software installations and preventive maintenance

  • Research and suggest alternative technical solutions to meet technical needs of Lyra schools to increase efficiency of digital learning programs & expand usage by both teachers and students

  • Assist fellow DL team members, including volunteers, digital mentors, teachers and student leaders in technical backstopping, to ensure continued delivery of the DL program

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL):

  • Participate actively in the development and implementation of the MEL plan

  • In collaboration with the Lyra MEL team, contribute to the technical design of MEL methodologies for the DL program

  • Design and Implement regular data collection, storage, analysis and reports

  • Provide support in collection of data by other Lyra staff, volunteers, digital mentors, teachers and, student leaders

  • Ensure quality of data collected through validation and verification

  • Ensure information from MEL activities is properly analysed and written up for reporting and learning

Administration:

  • Coordinate and communicate regularly with your line manager and team

  • Responsible for weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting

  • Ensure all relevant DL team members including volunteers, digital mentors, teachers and student leaders, are adequately trained to provide support needed for coaching, training, data collection, and related tasks

Communication:

  • Producing accurate and timely DL program status reports

  • Manage the image of the organization to clients, partners and other DL stakeholders

  • Design and implement different initiatives which will improve the Lyra DL program

  • Manage communication between Lyra and its partners, clients and other stakeholders

  • Communicate about Lyra programs to the different stakeholders and act as a champion for branding all our programs

Required Experience & Competence:

  • Experience with at least one coding language: HTML, C++, Python, PHP or similar

  • Good facilitation skills, with the ability to motivate, direct, and train people (mainly youth) and collaborate and interact with others effectively and productively

  • Good analytical and quantitative skills with a strong attention to detail

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in both Swahili and English

  • Commitment to excellence and ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment

  • Adaptability in dealing with change, delays or unexpected events to ensure the general welfare of the DL program

Required Skills:

  • ICT: Includes but not limited to knowledge in hardware (maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, installation, etc), software (application installation, troubleshooting, configuration, etc), Networking (LAN, WiFi, Internet, etc), ICT Training and Support (User Training, Customer Support, Help Desk, etc), Coding Skills (software design, mobile apps design, HTML, JavaScript, C#, PHP etc).

  • Communication: Ability to prepare eye-catching reports, with figures and references. Excellent presentation and networking skills. Fluent in both English & Swahili.

Preferred Education Qualification:

  • Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or Related Field

Mode of Application:

Applicants are invited to submit their details through this link: https://forms.gle/NuojqknsUvwnvv5i9

Applications should be sent not later than Sunday 7th February, 2021. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

NB: Lyra in Africa is an equal opportunity employer. Due to the interactive nature required of the role, female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

We're looking for an intern!

Are you passionate about girls’ empowerment, and want to support our important work in rural Tanzania? If yes, then you might be exactly who we’re looking for! Find out more below.

Who we are

Lyra in Africa is a grass roots charity delivering programs in Southern Tanzania. We believe in the power of education to help end poverty. We work to equip youth, focusing on girls to drive systematic change, and create a positive multiplier effect throughout their rural communities.

In 2021, Lyra is taking a refreshed look at its social media platforms, to see how we can provide more engaging content and encourage more supporters. Lyra in Africa is looking for an enthusiastic and tenacious individual who will work directly with the small team in the UK to help us with this social media refresh. We are looking for someone with bags of energy, creative ideas, combined with meticulous attention to detail.

The Lyra in Africa Senior Management team is committed to nurturing future talent and will help the successful individual to build their skills, provide one to one support and feedback to help the individual grow. We will also provide a reference upon completion of the assignment, and share advice of how to step into and build your career in the International Development sector.

Interested? Read on…

Broad deliverables of this assignment

We are looking for someone who can work with us to deliver the following:

  • Work with the Lyra in Africa Senior Management team members to enhance the profile of Lyra across all social media platforms. This will include

    • Creating content that is tailored to the different social media platforms

    • Contributing to strategies to maximize reach and engagement across the social media platforms

    • Support with the engagement on social media through replying to messages

    • Help to craft campaign messages and moments for 2021 and beyond

Whilst we feel it is important to set out the broad deliverables for this assignment, we will work with the right individual to shape the deliverables according to their expertise and areas they want to develop in.

Final few details

This assignment will be home based and can be based anywhere as long as you have access to the internet, a computer and a phone. You will need to speak English and feel at ease communicating in English. This is an intern position, and not paid, but Lyra in Africa will cover reasonable expenses.

Still interested?

Send your CV and one page overview of why you are an excellent fit for this assignment to info@lyrainafrica.org by 12th February 2021.

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DO YOU WANT TO EMPOWER GIRLS IN RURAL TANZANIA?

Lyra in Africa (Lyra) is a registered Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organization based in Iringa, Tanzania. Lyra’s mission is to create vibrant communities by improving education and income opportunities for girls and women across rural Tanzania. We’re currently recruiting for two positions:

Project Officer, Tanzania

Lyra in Africa is expanding the Imarika Kijana Program (Youth Livelihoods Programme), and is now looking for a dedicated, self-motivated and highly organized Project Officer.

Digital Learning Project Officer, Iringa, Tanzania

Lyra works with Rural Ward Secondary Schools in Iringa to leverage learning through provision of Digital Learning Equipment, Offline Educational Resources, and Coding Training to Teachers and Students. We are now recruiting for a Digital Learning Program Officer: dedicated, self-motivated, highly organized, with necessary IT and Coding Skills.