Ajira Portal: Jinsi ya Kujisajili na Kutuma Maombi ya Kazi

Ajira Portal is an online platform designed to enable job seekers to apply for vacant positions across various government institutions and agencies.

How Can I Register

Registration is by filling username/email, password and repeat password. Then a link will be sent to your email. Open the email and click on the activation link to activate the account, then login to your account.

1: Personal Details

The personal details tab, as shown below will include the applicants names, gender, nationality, date and place of birth etc. The applicant information will be fetched from NIDA once the correct National Identification Number is entered and verified.

A. Personal Information

NIN (NIDA Number)
Full Name (First Name, Middle name and Last Name)
Gender
Date of Birth
Region of Birth
District of Birth
Nationality

B. Other Personal Details

Marital Status – if you are married or not
Government Employment Status – if you have employment yet or not
Disability- state any disability if you have it or not

C. Contact Details

You will be required to fill in relevant contact information including your telephone number, postal and current address, etc. Click save to upload your information into the system.

Country of Residence e.g. TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
Current Resident Region e.g. Dar es Salaam
Current Resident District e.g. Kinondoni
Mobile Number e.g. +255 712 240 240
Postal Address e.g. P.O BOX 61862, Dar es Salaam

2: Academic Qualifications

This tab is used to save your academic certificates that you have scanned in PDF format. These academic qualifications include the following levels; certificate, full technician certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, degree, postgraduate diploma, masters and phd.

Fill in all the required information by following these steps:

Select education level – Select your education level such as certificate, full technician certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, degree, postgraduate diploma, masters and phd
Select the country of study
Select the appropriate ‘Programme Category’ – Choosing the correct category ensures that you will find the programme names associated with a specific category
Select the appropriate ‘Programme Name’- This should be the same as what is written on the specific certificate you are trying to upload. If you can not find your ‘Programme Name’ it is likely that you chose an incorrect category, therefore choose another more related programme category and search through the ‘Programme Name’ again to find the correct name.
Select or type in the institution name.- If the institution name is not available, type in the full name, no abbreviations are allowed. Input the start and finish date

3. Professional Qualification Details

In this tab, applicants with professional qualifications such as CPA, ERB, CCNA, CISA, CISM, Medical Practising licences, Driving license (for drivers), Advocate Practising Licences, etc. will be required to fill in the information associated to the said qualifications including its name, the name of the institution that issued it and attach scanned copy of the certificate in pdf format.

If you have any professionals like CPA varying from certificates to higher levels. It you don’t have any professional just attach you college or university degree certificate. By filling the following:-

Country of Residence
Institution Name
Programme Name
Start Year
End Year
Attach your Professional Certificate (PDF only)

4. Language Proficiency

The applicant is required to fill in the languages that they know and indicate the different level of proficiency for each language. Add your Language Proficiency – tell them your ability on the use of the languages that you know by selecting Language Name and then rate level in the following areas:-

Reading

Very Good
Good
Fair

Writing

Very Good
Good
Fair

Speaking

Very Good
Good
Fair

Select the language you want to fill in then click at level of competency for speaking, reading and writing. Click ‘save’ button to upload changes to the system. Fill in all the necessary information and click ‘save’ button to upload changes to the system

5. Working Experience

Here the applicant will fill in the different experiences they have in the working. The name of the position, the name of the organization and duration must be clearly indicated.

Work Experience

Insttution/Organization
Insttution Address
Job Tite
Duties Retponsibilties
Supervisor Name
Supervisor Telephone Number
Stat Dale
Supervisor Address
Is this your current Date
End Date

6. Training and Workshop

Applicants that have attended training, workshops and/or seminars will fill in information related to them.

Add Training and Workshop

Training Name – Enter training name
Training Institution – Enter training institution
Start Date – Select start date
End Date – Select end date
Training Description – Enter training description
Training Certificate – PDF only, max 2MB

7. Computer Literacy

In this tab, the applicant will need to indicate their computer literacy in particular in the areas of Ms Word, Ms Excel and Ms PowerPoint. This can also be supported by the attachment of certificate of training. Fill in all the necessary information and click ‘save’ button to upload changes to the system.

Add Computer Literacy – Select Computer Skills you have:

MS Word
MS Powerpoint
MS Excel

8. Referees

The applicant needs to identify and fill out information of referees that can verify information given by applicant as well as behaviour of the applicant. Fill in all the necessary information and click ‘save’ button to upload changes to the system.

Add your referees information

Name
Institution/Organization
Title
Phone Number

Note: make sure that all information entered is correct so that the referree can be reached.

9. Other Attachments

The applicant will need to attach other documents that are relevant to the job application but have not been accommodated in other tabs in this tab. This includes the birth certificate, CV and recommendation letters. Select the type of you want to attach and then upload the relevant attachment and click ‘save’ button to upload changes to the system.

10. Declarations

After filling out all the necessary, you are required to declare that all the information is correct and truthful. By clicking this, you have agreed that the information is correct. Entering incorrect or/and false information is grounds for disqualification at any stage of the recruitment process.

Declaration

I declare that the information provided is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false information supplied could lead to my application being disqualified or my discharge if I am appointed.

Note: Ticking the checkbox will be taken as being as binding as your signature.

11. CV Preview

Here the applicants view his/her filled details and information on the above parts and sections

12: MY APPLICATION

Here the applicant sees the applications sent to ajira portal. Here you will see information about your application such as:-

Post Details
Interview Number
Status
Reason

MOST ASKED QUESTIONS

How Can I Change my Ajira portal Password

In order to change your password, click on the ‘CHANGE PASSWORD’ button on the top right of your screen. Fill in the old password and the new password twice. Click ‘submit’ button to save changes

Login to your account and visit the change password link on the top navigation. Fill in your old password, add the new password and repeat it, then click the change password button to change it.

How Do I Reset my Ajira portal Password

If you have forgotten your password, use the ‘Forgotten your password?’ button in the Login window. Enter your email address and the letters and numbers that you see then press ‘Submit’ button. If that email address has been registered on the system then an email will be sent with a link to reset your password. If you have not received your password within 15 minutes, please check your spam/junk folders.

On the home page, click the change password link on top navigation. Add your registered email of ajira portal then click send. You will be sent a link to your email with the reset link. Open the link and you will be redirected to a page with a form to reset password. Add your new password and confirm it.

How to Edit your application letter

If you realise that you have made a mistake in attaching your application letter, you can edit the letter that you have attached and add a new correct application letter. Note: this can only be done while the application process is still open. After clicking the edit button you will be required to attach the correct application letter and click ‘update’ button to save the changes into the system.

How to Register to Jobs Alert

You can register to receive Email and SMS notification/alerts to job vacancies immediately after they are posted. In order to get this service click on the ‘Register to Job Alerts’ and choose the categories which you would like to get job alerts in. As the job vacancies will be posted per category, once your subscribed category has a vacancy an alert will be sent to you. You can choose to either receive email/SMS notification or both.

How Do I Apply For Jobs on Ajira Portal

As soon as you have completed your profile to at least 70%, you will now be able to apply for any job vacancies that are open at the time.

To apply for jobs, make sure to add your NIDA information, academic qualifications, professional qualifications (if you have), referees, profile picture, trainings (if you have) and all the necessary details.

After that, visit vacancy links to preview the list of available vacancies. Click on any of them to apply by attaching the application letter.

STEPS TO APPLY JOB

1. Click on the ‘Vacancies’ button in the main menu

2. You can then search for a specific vacancy using any combination of the search keyword or Category filters. Note: if you are not logged in, you will be required to login first then apply for chosen post.

3. On more details tab you will find all the details concerning a particular post, these details include, Qualifications, Duties and Responsibilities, Salary Scale and all other relevant information.

4. Click on the ‘apply’ button.

5. Read the information displayed and if you agree with said information, attach a signed application letter and click ‘confirm’ button to finalize your application process.