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
(f) 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
Please apply online
at www.psi.org. No calls or emails please.
23 Nov 2012