World Vision Program Development Director Job Vacancy in Dar es salaam, Tanzania

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

• Ensure an up-to-date donor engagement plan
  exists and that relevant staff are equipped to adopt and implement the
  plan
• In close collaboration with the Director for
  Innovations and Strategic Partnerships, develop innovative and meaningful
  partnerships and consortia with private, public and non-government
  partners
• Develop close relationships with donor
  agencies, particularly those with local missions in Tanzania to explore
  opportunities for deepening their engagement with WVT
• Actively engage prioritised support offices
  to raise the visibility and credibility of WVT as a ‘National Office of
  Choice’ for support from private, bilateral and multi-lateral partners.
• Work closely with the WVT Communications
  division to profile the impact of WVT’s grant portfolio to specific,
  prioritised donor audiences.
• Participate in hosting high profile donors
  and partners to WVT with a view to deepening their understanding and engagement
  of WVT programmes.
• Proactively build the capacity of the PD team
  to develop smart strategies for engaging strategic partners.
• Represent WVT at key national and
  international forums.

  Raise WVT’s Grant Portfolio 50% of its overall funding

• Develop capacity of PD staff on donor
  scooping and intelligence gathering of partners who are strategically
  aligned with the priorities of WVT
• Develop capacity of PD staff on developing
  innovative and compelling concepts and proposals to prioritised donor
  audiences that are both in line with WVT and donor strategies
• Build close collaboration with divisional
  teams, including People & Culture, Finance, Quality Assurance and
  Integrated Programs to support the grant development process
• In close collaboration with the Director for
  Innovations and Strategic Partnerships, lead the process of identifying
  and integrating innovative approaches into grant proposals
• Build close partnerships with Regional
  Learning Centres to provide technical support in grant development
• Build close partnerships with the Regional
  Programme Management Unit and in particular the Grant Acquisition and
  Management (GAM) Hub to support the process of proactively identifying
  and developing grant opportunities for Tanzania
• Proactively engage support offices with
  strong concepts and compelling evidence based programming
• Actively support the development of evidence
  based monitoring, evaluation and documentation to support future grant
  development opportunities
• In close collaboration with the Director for
  Innovations and Strategic Partnerships, develop innovative fund-raising
  ideas and programmes

  Strengthen Grant Compliance within WVT

• In close collaboration with Integrated
  Programmes Ministry, ensure effective launching of new grants and a
  smooth transitioning process from grant acquisition to implementation.
• Ensure that the resource acquisition
  management system effectively standardised processes for identifying and
  establishing priority sectors and opportunities, assessing risk and
  managing project cycle
• Strengthen Grant funding monitoring and
  evaluations systems in order to generate and demonstrate evidence based
  impact of WVT programming
• Build staff and partners capacity for grants
  compliance (financial, contractual, programmatic and reporting) to
  increase program quality, credibility and marketability of WVT projects
• Develop ‘project management’ capacity through
  training such as PMD Pro
• Develop and sustain an effective grant
  performance dashboard across WVT’s grants portfolio that will support the
  Integrated Programs Ministry to identify risks and challenges in a timely
  way and to prepare effective management reports on WVT’s grants
  performance.
• Actively engage support offices and East
  Afica Rigional Office for regular support and capacity building of staff
  and partners in M&E, compliance management, and research and
  documentation.
• Support the process of integrating grant
  performance into the performance management framework of WVT.
• In close collaboration with People &
  Culture support the process of developing an effective grant recruitment
  and retention policy and system.
• Support the process of ensuring that there
  are a clear understanding of structure, reporting lines and
  responsibilities between divisions and teams for acquiring and managing
  grants.
• Lead quarterly integrated meetings on grants
  with other WVT division to discuss specific challenges and opportunities
  pertaining to grant acquisition and management.

  Team Performance management

• Provide inspiration and leadership to the
  Programme Development team to work as a united, motivated team to achieve
  excellence in all of its objectives.
• Provide leadership in facilitating a high
  performance management culture, open trustworthy staff relationships and integrity
  to enhance smooth staff relations and accountability.
• Pursue meaningful opportunities for training
  and capacity building for PD staff to enhance their skills in experience.
  
• Purposefully promote a high level of
  collaboration and integration of PD objectives with other WVT divisions.
• Continuously identify ways of improving the
  division’s structure, capacity and performance.
• Actively manage staff performance and ensure
  staff job descriptions, contracts and performance reviews are up to date
  and submitted in a timely manner.

  Reporting

• Ensures quality and timely preparation and
  submission of divisional strategic plan, annual operations plan and
  budgets.
• Ensure full and timely compliance of the PD
  division on all required organizational dashboards and indicators,
  including Finance, P&C etc.
• Support the National Director’s office to
  ensure reports to the board on Programme Development issues are smart,
  accurate and timely.
• Ensure effective and timely formal and
  informal reporting to Support Offices, donors and partners on GAM issues.
  
• Ensure timely reporting of WVT GAM
  information to the Regional Resource Acquisition and Management Director.

  Financial and non Financial resource management

• Ensure Stewardship and accountability of WVT
  material and financial resources that are managed by the Program
  Development Division.
• Through a high standard of personal and
  professional integrity, instill and promote a culture of total
  accountability and care with donors’ resources entrusted to WVT.

• Master’s degree in a relevant field from a
  recognised University with a minimum of 10 years of experience in
  programming (designing, implementing, evaluating and monitoring) of
  integrated development, relief and/or advocacy of donor funded projects
  and at least 7 years of experience at managerial level in an
  international NGO.

  PREFERRED:

• Multiple skills and working experience in
  relief and/or advocacy with International NGO.
• Ability to maintain effective working
  relationships with all staff and other key partners.
• Demonstrate leadership and team building
  ability.
• Working knowledge of proposal writing and
  negotiation skills.