D-tree International ,Zanzibar Project Manager

Closing date: 03 Jun 2016

D-tree
International
harnesses the power of mobile technology to improve the quality of healthcare
delivery by supporting health workers and their supervisors to provide better
care to their clients. D-tree’s partnership model focuses on supporting
existing health systems and programs by
collaborating with governments, funding
agencies, and NGOs to support frontline health workers in communities and at
health facilities. The starting point of the work is the development and
delivery of electronic protocols on mobile devices that guide health workers by
prompting them to ask specific questions and take appropriate action. D-tree
has been working in Zanzibar since 2010 on projects focused on maternal and
child health. In close collaboration with the Ministry of Health, D-tree has
trained more than 300 health workers who serve more than 60% of the rural
population as part of the Safer
Deliveries program. D-tree is currently scaling up this program
throughout all of Zanzibar to support Community Health Workers to provide high
quality care to pregnant women to encourage facility deliveries and postpartum
follow up in order to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.

The Zanzibar Project Manager
will support all of D-tree’s work in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The Project Manager
primarily manages the Safer
Deliveries program, but also provides support to other D-tree
initiatives and identifies areas for additional collaboration and funding. The
position is based in Stone Town, Zanzibar with frequent travel to
implementation field sites in Unguja and Pemba and occasional travel to Dar es
Salaam.

We seek a candidate
who is motivated, interested in health care and technology, open to innovative
ideas, efficient, eager to work hard, and a team player. The position will
require close coordination with multiple departments within the Ministry of
Health, other implementing partners, donors and the D-tree team. One of the key
components of our projects is working closely at the national and district
level to ensure real government ownership of these projects is achieved. The
Project Manager must be comfortable in multiple roles ranging from field-based
coordination and hands-on field work to high-level partnership building.

Job
Responsibilities

Program
management

Lead
& manage the Zanzibar based office & staff (6-8 employees):
Oversee
a diverse team to ensure program goals are met
Support
recruitment and day-to-day management of staff
Ensure
staff are motivated, empowered and given professional development
opportunities
Manage
grants across the Zanzibar portfolio, including general administration,
information management, and budget monitoring and compliance for USAID and
private funding source
Monitor
and report on progress on all project objectives; ensure staff and
partners are kept on track to achieve results
Coordinate
community and facility health worker and supervisor activities
Create
training packages and oversee training of community- and facility-based
health workers
Deploy
mobile health projects, including phone preparation, follow-up sessions,
and troubleshooting
Implement
and track progress on monitoring and supervision plans
Identify
and implement community outreach and behavior change activities
Identify
technical and programmatic problems and issues and act accordingly to
solve
Develop
and implement mixed methods program evaluations, including development of
tools, oversight of data collection, and analysis.
Report
on processes, deliverables and objectives, including internally and
externally (e.g., donor reports and publications)

Technology

Develop
application specifications including flowcharts, detailed protocols, and
tools
Be
willing to learn to use software programs to build and maintain mobile
applications
Make
updates and changes to mobile application using Mangologic software;
communicate about any bugs or updates to the mobile application with
Program Director to ensure usability of mobile applications
Be
willing to learn SQL programming to support development of program
dashboards

Program
development

Work
with the D-tree Program Director, Country Director (based in Dar es
Salaam) and headquarters (US based) staff to design new projects and write
proposals
Develop
and adjust project strategies and work plans
Develop
monitoring, supervision, and evaluation frameworks
Establish
strategic alliances with other implementing organizations and donors to
explore areas for collaboration and expansion

Partnership
building

Foster
effective working relationship with Government at all levels; collaborate
on strategic planning and reporting activities
Communicate
effectively through available forums at regional, district, ward and
village level the position or/and role of D-tree International Tanzania
Represent
D-tree to senior government officials/personnel and with NGO partners
Present
project highlights and results at meetings and forums/conferences

Required
Skills and Experience

Minimum
5 years’ experience in public health, with at least 2 years in a
developing country
Experience
coordinating health programs/projects required; experience working on
mobile health initiatives preferred
Master’s
degree in public health or related field
Proven
experience in program planning, management, and report writing
Proven
experience managing and empowering a diverse team
Analytical
thinking skills and willingness to learn to use software and programming
techniques to support the mobile health aspects of the project
Experience
working closely with Ministries of Health to implement programs
Strong
organizational skills and attention to detail
Experience
developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans
Excellent
written and spoken English and Swahili (preferred)
Experience
with USAID funding (strongly preferred)
Exposure
to mobile money systems (helpful)
Must be
able to work independently, multi-task, be proactive, and work under tight
deadlines with minimal supervision
Ability
to travel up to 30% of the time within Tanzania