Description
PSI seeks highly
qualified candidates for the position of Director of Programmes, Tanzania. The
candidate will provide effective leadership and strategic management of PSI
Tanzania’s health interventions in HIV prevention, reproductive health and
child survival to ensure they are targeted; evidence based, and are using
international best practice approaches to achieve health impact. This full-time
position is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and reports to the Executive
Director.
The Programmes
department is being restructured, and will be responsible for (a) designing
projects and marketing strategies (including overall health area strategy and
log frames); (b) preparing donor funding proposals (c) contributing Public
Health and Programme Management technical inputs; (d) monitoring progress
against performance (financial and programmatic), and feedback back into
operational strategies; (e) managing donor and government and stakeholder
relations and reporting; and (d) programmatic relations with national level
sub-grant partners.
The Director of
Programmes will work closely with the Director of Social Marketing, who is
responsible for the actual development and implementation of marketing plans
for all project activities, including the management of field operations
including sales, health services, communications and field level sub-grants.
The Director of
Programmes is therefore directly responsible for the management and overall
performance of the programme teams, expected to be between 10 and 15 people
after restructuring.
Responsibilities include:
- Approves
requisitions, approves annual research plans, approves advocacy strategies
for health areas, approves log frames, approves donor reports - Responsible
for setting DALY/CYP targets and monitor performance against them - Responsible
for public health technical inputs into project design - Identifies
new health areas for interventions, and develops concept papers and
proposals, including donor budgets - Develops
higher level marketing strategies used by the Social Marketing Department
to develop marketing plans - Monitors
overall project spend against budget - Contributes
to the development of the departmental budgets - Maintains
effective donor relationships - Represents
programme teams on procurement committees for major procurements - Responsible
for securing technical inputs and approvals from PSI/W Research and
Metrics team for study designs and manages relations with external
research agencies - Responsible
for ensuring adequate MIS systems (including mHealth systems) to meet
donor reporting needs - Build
capacity of the programmatic team through effective coaching, training and
supervision - Represent
the Programmes Teams at the regular Executive Management Team meetings - Support
the smooth restructuring of the programmes department - Contribute
to the development, implementation and monitoring of PSI Tanzania’s five
year strategic plan
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters
degree in relevant field (MBA, MSW, MPH) or equivalent experience - Technical
expertise in the area of HIV, reproductive health, maternal and/or child
health preferred - At
least 6 years demonstrated staff management and project oversight
experience - Familiarity
with international health, development issues and the international donor
community - Experience
developing and managing budgets - Ability
to work effectively in partnership with a variety of audiences and
organizations - Fluency
in spoken and written English - INGO
experience strongly preferred - Knowledge
of and experience using Microsoft Office - Excellent
writing, presentation and interpersonal communication skills preferred
PSI is an Equal
Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals
regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or
disability.
How
to apply
Please apply
online at www.psi.org. No calls or emails please.