Job
Title: Health Program Director
Employer: CRS Tanzania
Duty Station: Dar es Salaam
Application Deadline: 15th Sept 2013
Responsibilities and Duties:
• Program Technical Development and Quality: The Health Program Director will
take the lead in
• maintaining and improving program quality, innovation and learning among the
various health projects,
• in line with international best practices and quality standards. He/she will
help to unify the health team
• to collectively move towards quality integrated projects and will identify
and lead initiatives to capture
• learning and to share technical and programmatic lessons learned within CRS
Tanzania and with other
• CRS country programs.
Program Growth:
• The Health Program Director will, together with the Country Representative,
Head of
• Programs and Business Development Manager, be responsible for growing the
health program portfolio.
• Such work will include remaining up to date on donor trends and
opportunities, identifying priority
• technical areas for investment, assuring that CRS is prepositioned in
priority technical areas, carrying out
• assessments with partners, networking with donors, government and other PVOs,
and all aspects of
• proposal development and review. As part of this effort, the Program Director
will identify strategic uses
• of flexible internal funding that will build relationships and position CRS
for an increased role in the
• health sector and raise visibility. In addition, he/she will identify
opportunities for strategic partnerships
• with GoT, implementing partners, donors and civil society.
Representation:
• The Health Program Director will represent CRS in national-level meetings,
relevant
• sharing forums and technical working groups (nutrition, ECD, community
health) in order to best
• understand new findings / best practices, the implementing environment, and
existing health programs
• in Tanzania (including regional and international communities of practice).
He/she will also function as a
• key facilitator of relations with Church and other partner organizations
involved in health programs.
Staff Management:
1. The Health Program Director will supervise, lead, mentor and coach health
program
2. staff, ensuring that performance management is consistent and supportive throughout
the program.
3. He/she will help build the team through effective recruitment and
orientation as new opportunities
4. arrive, assuring high quality staffing. He/she will supervise health project
managers, assuring that
5. projects produce targeted results on time and on budget.
Agency-Wide Competencies (For All Crs Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used
by each staff member to fulfill his
or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
• Serves with Integrity
• Models Stewardship
• Cultivates Constructive Relationships
• Promotes Learning
Key Working Relationships:
Internal: Head of Programs, LEAD Chief of Party and Deputy Chiefs of Party,
THRIVE Project
Manager, Soya Ni Pesa Project Director, Business Development Specialist, EARO
Regional
Technical Advisor for Health and HQ-based Senior Technical Advisors
External: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Unicef, GFATM Country
Coordinating
Mechanism, WHO, Health Implementing Partners, Health Development Partners,
Private Sector
Providers supervisory responsibility
Thrive Project Manager and other managers as the program grows.
Qualifications and Experience, Skills:
Master’s degree in Public Health, Community Development Behavior Change / Sociology
or
other clinical training
At least 10 years’ experience working in public health, nutrition, early
childhood development
and / or community systems strengthening.
Skills and experience in high-level advocacy, negotiation and coalition
building with multiple
stakeholders and proven fundraising experience
Experience in partnership with public and private sector
At least 5 years’ field experience working in support of national health
systems in some of the
following areas: health systems strengthening for HIV and MNCH, participatory
approaches for
community mobilization and behavior change, prevention and treatment of
malnutrition, early
childhood development, community case management
Strong communication and
networking skills to market CRS as a health organization
Existing relationships within the Ministry of Health with a reputation as a
reliable and
experienced advisor.
Familiarity with clinical areas funded by PEPFAR, GFATM, GHI, FTF, PMI and
others.
Knowledge and understanding of gender analysis and transformation in rural
communities
Demonstrated abilities in documentation of lessons learned, report-writing,
monitoring and
evaluation
Skilled in working collaboratively with others not under supervisory control to
achieve results
Excellent independent judgment and decision-making skills
Fluency in Swahili and English
How to Apply:
If you are interested and meet these minimum qualifications, please submit your
cover letter and resume to: tz_hr@global.crs.org , copying Ms. Pamela
Lwakabare, Human Resources Manager,
CRS Tanzania at pamela.lwakabare@crs.org