Project Concern International ,Country Director Jobs in Tanzania

The Country Director
serves as the chief representative and fiduciary officer for PCI Tanzania. S/he
leads the organization’s program portfolio consisting of education,
agriculture, health, school feeding, pastoralist interventions and others.

The leadership
responsibilities of the position include ensuring quality p
rogram design and
implementation, overall financial management, resource mobilization,
coordinating implementation partners, development of new cutting-edge programs,
human capital management, timely and quality program monitoring, evaluation and
documentation, and liaison with relevant ministries, donors, partners, and
other national and international agencies and stakeholders.

Key Duties
& Responsibilities:

Organizational
Leadership:

1. Fully
   participates as an organizational leader locally and globally, serving as
   a member of PCI’s Global Leadership Team.
2. Actively
   engages in the execution of PCI’s strategic plan.
3. Represents
   PCI in leading or participating in consortium-managed programs, ensuring
   deliverables and representing PCI’s core values.
4. Represents
   PCI with national and international donors, being accountable for program
   implementation.
5. Represents
   PCI in engaging with the Government of Tanzania (GoT), especially
   government partners to achieve mutually agreed results.
6. Promotes
   innovation across PCI Tanzania operations to improve program quality and
   effectiveness.

Program
Management and Implementation:

1. Provide
   supervisory-level technical leadership to PCI program areas such as
   education, climate change, and women empowerment.

• Ensures
  optimal standards of program quality are met through appropriate management
  systems and adherence to PCI’s Gold Standards of Performance.
• Ensures
  quality and timely delivery of results from technical and implementation
  partners by adhering to partner management systems and liaising with
  directors of partner agencies.
• Plans,
  implements and periodically reviews/modifies country-level management
  systems, following PCI’s operating procedures guidelines.
• Conducts
  field visits to project communities to review quality and coverage of
  projects, as well as level of community participation and awareness.

3. Leads
   PCI Tanzania senior management to achieve timely implementation and
   established performance targets.

• Facilitates
  dialogue between CoPs, project managers, technical experts at PCI’s
  International Office (IO) and technical experts of donor agencies.
• Mentors
  senior managers and project teams in the best practices of program and
  quality management, and bridges gaps in leadership skills of managers.

Financial
Management and Administration:

1. Ensures
   effective financial and commodity management of PCI Tanzania.

• Achieves
  financial stability through adhering to budget, avoiding/managing risks,
  and appropriate financial and commodity planning.
• Ensures
  compliance with PCI’s financial protocols and PCI’s Gold Standards for
  internal financial and commodity controls.
• Coordinates
  annual budget preparation and supervises effective budget execution.
• Ensures
  commodity, program, and finance coordination, resulting in cost effective
  project implementation.
• Coordinates
  internal and external audits, and strives to excel in financial
  management.

3. Assures
   compliance with GoT procedures and PCI’s cooperative agreements/grants in
   Tanzania.
4. Leads
   strategic problem solving and conflict resolution to ensure appropriate
   partner financial planning and execution.
5. Leads
   the PCI Tanzania team in meeting quality and timely reporting
   requirements.
6. Ensures
   adherence to and implementation of administration procedures such as procurement,
   gender equity and whistle blower policies.
7. Facilitates
   appropriate communication between PCI Tanzania and other stakeholders,
   especially PCI’s International Office (IO) staff, donors and GoT agencies.

Human
Resource Management:

1. Ensures
   proper recruitment and effective onboarding of employees and consultants
   for PCI Tanzania.
2. Ensures
   consistent and effective development and implementation of PCI’s HR
   policies, procedures, structures and tools, and compliance with PCI’s HR
   and Leadership Gold Standards.
3. Leads
   PCI Tanzania’s senior management team in providing leadership in program
   quality, implementation and resource development, including accountability
   for deliverables.
4. Ensures
   strong levels of staff morale and engagement, and demonstrates effective,
   supportive supervision, mentoring and leadership through creating a
   culture of ONE PCI.
5. Ensures
   compliance with all GoT regulations governing INGOs, local labor
   regulations, and taxation.

Resource and
Program Development:

1. Identifies
   opportunities and new program initiatives to broaden PCI Tanzania’s
   portfolio in livelihoods, food security, agriculture, nutrition and
   health; coordinates proposal development (with support from PCI IO).
2. Identifies
   partnerships and networks with national and international NGOs, donors,
   and the private sector to diversify PCI Tanzania’s interventions.
3. Responsible
   for enhancing PCI’s profile in-country, building on success stories,
   innovative approaches and management capacity.
4. Identifies
   early winners in each of the projects and promotes evidence-based
   marketing of success.

Other
Responsibilities:

1. Represents
   PCI in negotiations and coordination with GoT.
2. Represents
   PCI in negotiations and coordination with the various departments and
   agencies of the U.S. Government and other international donor agencies.
3. Negotiates
   and signs agreements as appropriate for PCI Tanzania projects.
4. Participate
   in PCI’s innovation efforts and in teams on innovation initiatives

Position
Parameters/Special Responsibilities Required:

• 10+
  years of professional experience preferred, with a minimum of three years
  in a similar role at similar organization level. Experience could consist
  of program design, implementation, leadership, monitoring and evaluation
  of complex programs in the technical areas of food security, climate
  change, disaster risk reduction, community health, and women empowerment.
• Experience
  working in Africa preferred.
• Proven
  experience in results-based management, innovation, and people management,
  demonstrating flexibility and expertise in analytics, research processes,
  and pilot implementation, utilizing tools such as barrier analysis and
  facilitating cross-functional teamwork.
• Knowledge
  of financial management and internal controls in a development
  environment.
• Experience
  in managing funds from USAID and other international donor agencies,
  including food distribution programs.
• Proven
  experience in developing new sources of funding from a variety of public
  and private sources.
• Excellent
  written and verbal communication skills, influencing and marketing skills,
  presentation skills, and report writing skills.
• An
  added advantage will be certifications in project and program quality
  management systems such as PMD-PRO, Lean Six Sigma, etc.

Job Location Dar es
Salaam, , Tanzania

Position Type
Full-Time/Regular

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