Overview

Job Title: Finance Officer – Volunteer

Work location: Kasulu Office, Kigoma

The type of contract: Full time Volunteer, 40 hours per week.

The expected starting date: September 1, 2025

The Salary: Non- salaried volunteer post, Only the monthly communication allowance.

Mydia-Tz

 

 

Who are we?

https://mydia-tz.org/ Mydia-tz is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to give Tanzanian youth the tools they need to make a difference in their country via health, livelihoods, and education. Enhancing and promoting high living standards for Tanzanian youth is our primary objective.

Our mission is to make sure that young people’s voices are heard on all decision-making platforms by bringing together initiatives to improve youth through the promotion of inclusive and high-quality education, health (WASH, SRHRs), and livelihoods (entrepreneurship and vocational skills) for sustainable development.

 

Our Opportunities for Volunteering:

Like every other country, Mydia-tz leverages human capital to achieve its objectives and achieve true progress. Every effort made by each individual is greatly valued at Mydia-Tz. We are currently accepting applications from eligible and experienced individuals to serve as Mydia-Tz’s volunteer Programs & Grants Coordinator AND Finance Officer. Project planning and management, social sciences, and accounting, finance, commerce, or allied subjects are the preferred fields of study.

Officer of Volunteer Finance.

Tasks and Accountabilities:

  • The Finance Officer will report to the Head of Finance and Administration and be responsible for all aspects of bookkeeping and accounts, procurement support, asset tracking and control, effective financial reporting processing in a timely, accurate, relevant, and informative manner, as well as general administration or operations duties.
  • To support daily accounting transactions by keeping financial records and ensuring compliance with accounting rules.
  • To ensure budget planning, preparation, modification, and implementation.
  • Create/ prepare payment requests and ensuring they are sent to the proper parties for evaluation and approval.
  • To establish and maintaining internal control systems, and ensuring that accounting standards are met.
  • Make sure that all staff comply with government financial and tax regulations.
  • Create/ prepare financial reports and ensuring their timely submission to management and donors.
  • To ensure donor compliance with all grant/funded initiatives, including reporting criteria, forms, and timelines.
  • To represent Mydia-Tz at external financial management events, workshops, and networks.

 

Job Qualifications, Competencies/Attributes:
The volunteer Finance Officer is required to have, but not limited to, the following characteristics:

  • A university diploma or degree in accounting, finance, commerce, or business administration.
  • A Master’s Degree is an added benefit.
  • Competencies and Attributes for all positions.
  • A proven experience handling organizational or project budgets.
  • A minimum of 2 (two) years of volunteer experience in a similar role, preferably with NGOs/INGOs.
  • Superb writing abilities, time management, and excellent attention to detail.
  • Computer literacy, with a focus on Microsoft software such as Word and Excel.
  • The excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrated team building, organizing, and communication abilities (both written and oral).
  • The innovative, adaptable, disciplined, goal-oriented, and open to learning.

 

 

The Office Offer:

This is a voluntary position, and successful candidates will work physically at the office full-time. The office will only provide office space, minimal working equipment, internet, and a monthly communication allowance, in accordance with Mydia-Tz standards.

Take Note: Mydia-Tz is a tiny organization that collaborates with several stakeholders on a volunteer basis. While we appreciate our volunteers’ persistent efforts, the organization is unable to provide wages or allowances other than communication allowance owing to funding limits, unless the staff is directly engaged on a funded project.

 

Our preferences:
Preference would be given to those with experience/skills in financial and administrative/operations management and who currently reside in Kasulu town, Kigoma Region, Tanzania.

The Qualified young ladies under 35 years old and those with impairments are invited to apply.

 

How to submit an application:

All applications (cover letter and CV ONLY) submitted via email or hand delivery should be directed to:

The Executive Director,

Manluku Youth Development Initiatives – Tanzania (Mydia-Tz)

P.O. Box 416,

Kasulu, Kigoma — Tanzania,

Email address: info@mydia-tz.org.

For additional information on Mydia-Tz, please visit https://mydia-tz.org/ or call 0282810523 (business hours only, Monday through Friday).

Submit your application on or before August 12, 2025, COB.