BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is hiring!

Senior Officer, Human Resources

Career with BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania, a prominent development organization operating since 2006, focuses on Agriculture, Youth and Women Empowerment, Food Security, and Livelihood initiatives.

About the Programme

In partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, BRAC International (BI) is spearheading an initiative aimed at creating significant positive impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women, reaching 9.5 million people across seven East and West African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The program addresses the urgent need to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, a situation exacerbated by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be deployed to empower AGYW, enabling them to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy.

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is seeking competent, dynamic, and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position:

Position Details

• Position: Senior Officer, Human Resources
• Employment type: Contractual
• Salary: Negotiable
• Job Location: Mwanza

Position Purpose

This role aims to decentralize Human Resource Operations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery, ultimately boosting organizational productivity. The position contributes to the development of base strategies, which are then translated into actionable plans and daily tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate recruitment processes by receiving approved manpower requisitions from hiring managers.
• Arrange interviews for successfully shortlisted candidates.
• Collect all necessary documents from new staff and manage contract issuance.
• Conduct probation reviews and ensure timely completion within agreed timescales.
• Maintain staff files.
• Periodically organize policy-sharing events for concerned regional staff.
• Communicate policy and process gaps and propose solutions to the HR strategy.
• Assist in the Performance Management System, including staff objective setting in January, midterm reviews, and year-end reviews.
• Support staff development activities, including promoting the BRAC Learning Catalogue.
• Assist the Training team in organizing and evaluating various field training sessions.
• Conduct appropriate employment background checks for newly recruited staff.
• Ensure all new staff have social security and medical registration, supervising the completion of necessary application forms.
• Collaborate with the Accounts department for payroll preparation.
• Manage leave and attendance for regional staff.
• Ensure all staff contracts are renewed.
• Assist the Senior Manager, Human Resources in issuing and processing transfer proposals, transfer orders, and resignation letters.
• Handle employee relations issues in consultation with the Senior Manager, Human Resources, including assisting line managers with formal disciplinary hearings, show-cause letters, and documenting disciplinary operations.
• Preserve and update staff personal files as necessary.
• Assist the Senior Manager, Human Resources in managing the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) software.
• Ensure all staff are issued with name tags and identity cards.

Safeguarding Responsibilities

• Ensure the safety of team members from harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve program 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 safeguarding policy issues among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case of any reportable incident, and encourage others to do so.

Educational & Experience Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management/Administration, Industrial Relations, Laws, or a relevant field from a recognized University/Institution.
• Minimum of two years of proven experience as an HR officer, administrator, or in another HR position.
• Knowledge of HR functions (pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development, etc.).
• Understanding of labor laws and disciplinary procedures.
• Proficiency in MS Office; knowledge of HRMS is required.

Required Competencies

• Computer literate.
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Outstanding organizational and time-management abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving and decision-making aptitude.
• Strong ethics and reliability.

Application Instructions

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

• External candidates: Email your CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary via the respective job application link.
• Internal candidates: Apply with your latest CV including all job assignments in detail with BRAC PIN. Put your Supervisor in copy and email to bimcf.tanzania@brac.or.tz.

Please mention the name of the position and AD# BMT 11/2026 in the subject bar.

Only complete applications will be accepted, and short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 11 November 2026

Safeguarding Commitment

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation – regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability status, or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure include extensive background checks and disclosure of criminal records to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.