Job Title: Health Program Director
Location: Dar es Salaam
Organization: Catholic Relief Services
Country: United Republic of Tanzania
Deadline: 30th Sept 2013
PROGRAM: Tanzania
REPORTS TO: Head of Programs
NOTE: Tanzanian nationals encouraged to apply
BACKGROUND
Since 2004, CRS Tanzania has led high impact MNCH interventions through the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) first under the HIV/AIDS care, treatment and support program AIDSRelief and now through its successor program, Local Partners Excel in Comprehensive HIV & AIDS Service Delivery (LEAD). In 2012, CRS Tanzania began implementing THRIVE, a 3-year early childhood development (ECD) program that adopts a holistic, culturally appropriate approach to mental, physical, social and emotional development of children 0-5 and their caregivers. CRS also implements Integrated Water Resource Management projects, which focus on water and sanitation as well as water resource management.
CRS/Tanzania’s recently completed draft strategic plan (developed through a participatory two-year process) calls for a focus on three core areas:
1. Rural livelihoods: Using the “5-skills set” approach of i) group management ii) financial management iii) marketing and agro-enterprise iv) sustainable production and v) innovation, programs in agricultural production, marketing and savings will build resilient, profitable and innovation-driven livelihoods.
2. Health: This area covers nutrition; improving local organizations’ capacity to address priority health issues including MCH and child wellbeing, HIV/AIDS, communicable and non-communicable diseases; and Health System Strengthening (HSS).
3. Water Management: programs will be based on evidence-based approaches of Integrated Water Resource Management that encompass water governance, multiple uses of water and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
In 2013, a consultant was hired to assist CRS/Tanzania in developing a work plan for technical roll-out of its strategic health plan and for reinforcing its health program, based on the organization’s strengths, health sector and donor trends. A strategic action plan has been developed but will depend on a strong individual who can build relationships in the health sector and capitalize on opportunities for partnership and growth. In order to implement the health strategy and create a more cohesive health program, CRS/Tanzania is seeking a Health Program Director.
JOB SUMMARY
The Health Program Director will lead the consolidation and growth of the health program, creating a unified vision among current health project staff and program leadership, identifying and instituting growth strategies, assuring high-quality staffing and staff support, and representing the program among internal and external stakeholders.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
• 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: The Health Program Director will supervise, lead, mentor and coach health program staff, ensuring that performance management is consistent and supportive throughout the program. He/she will help build the team through effective recruitment and orientation as new opportunities arrive, assuring high quality staffing. He/she will supervise health project managers, assuring that 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
• 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
Disclaimer Clause
This Job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position.
If you are interested and meet these minimum qualifications, please submit your cover letter and resume by September 30
Only candidates meeting all the above qualifications will be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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