Jamila began her career at the Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA), providing legal aid to vulnerable women and children, coordinating national advocacy coalitions, and helping establish community paralegal units across seven districts expanding women's access to justice where formal systems had failed them.

She went on to manage donor-funded programs, lead research and advocacy on women's land rights and reproductive health, and coordinate civil society inputs into Tanzania's constitutional review process. From 2016, she served as Program Manager and later Team Lead for Governance, Human Rights and Gender at the Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA), overseeing a USD 37M portfolio and serving as Gender Focal Point across health, private sector, and land governance programs.

Her legal grounding  a Law degree from the University of Kent and a Master's in Management of Development from the University of Turin  gives her analytical work a precision that stands apart from generalist consulting approaches. She maintains her deep institutional ties to the African women's rights ecosystem through her advisory board role at WILDAF Tanzania.