Community Development Officer at Water Mission – July 2025

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Community Development Coordinator, the Community Development Officer is responsible for community development and resolving issues in communities that threaten the success of the safe water project. This full-time position works out in our Kigoma regional office located in Kasulu and requires residency in or near the office. It requires consistent travel to areas where Water Mission Tanzania programs operate in within the jurisdiction of the regional office.

Our culture: The Community Development Officer is responsible for developing a biblical worldview culture that leads to God-honoring excellence in all their work and reinforcing the following: providing accurate data, empowering staff to have the skills and mindset needed to acknowledge mistakes or problems as opportunities to find appropriate solutions, and empowering staff to consistently work for excellence in solutions that are consistent with Water Mission’s mission, vision, values, and standards. The community development officer must be willing to establish residence in Kasulu and be able to work in field settings for up to one week regularly and occasionally for longer periods.

1.0 Duties and Responsibilities

1.1 Mission Driven

• Maintain a strong Christian witness and model servant leadership to colleagues, partners, the communities we serve, and the public.
• Engage and participate in prayer before and after team meetings.
• Lead and participate in biblically based staff devotions.

1.2 Other Duties

• Training (TOT) on WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) using a provided curriculum.
• Teaching WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) in schools and empowering teachers and administrators to carry it out.
• Facilitate training of school health clubs and monitor their performance.
• Resolving issues in communities that threaten the success of the project.
• Project reporting, including taking photographs, recording testimonials, water quality testing, and monitoring projects and assessments.
• Providing support to the communities in activities such as helping set up the Safe Water Committee, developing microfinance, and registering water users.
• Developing WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) curriculum.
• Uploading standard forms to the reporting database.
• Supporting the planning, execution, and reporting of carbon credit monitoring, verification, and validation exercises
• Coordinate donor visits/trips, including taking them to the project sites.
• Community Mobilization and carrying out site assessments for all new requests.
• Providing disaster response support and work in other countries as needed.
• Attending routine check-in meetings with the line manager (Community Development Coordinator) for operational alignments and prioritization.
• Support the preparations of concept notes for various project/donor requirements when needed.
• Assist in interpreting various policies, regulations, guidelines, and other legal issues that impact Community Development activities.
• Reach out and engage with local churches in the areas of WMT intervention to establish church leaders as wash ambassadors