Director Of Programs
Job Details
permanent
Dar es Salaam, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
CVPeople Tanzania
20.12.2023
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Position Summary :
Work closely
as partof THPS leadership Team, including the Executive Director,
Chief OperationsOfficer, Strategic Information Director, Care and
Treatment Director andAssociate Directors to provide strategic vision,
management guidance andoversight of THPS HIV prevention, care and
treatment activities in supportedregions. Key responsibilities
entail leadingdevelopment of program objectives, work plans and
budgets, and reporting andmonitoring program progress. The Director
of Programs will oversee programmaticimplementation and technical
interventions and strategic information. Also, s/he will conduct
regular organizational programmaticassessments to identify resource
gaps and lead implementation of mitigationplans that foster
achievement of program goals, targets within agreed timelines. S/he
will directly supervise the Care and treatment Director, theAssociate
Director of the Central Technical Team and the Strategic
InformationDirector. S/he will ensure that decisionsare data driven
and all programmatic goals and objectives are met so that THPSwork
within the health sector results into sustainable health and
communitysystems with skilled providers . S/he will lead
programmatic communicationwith donors, the Ministry of Health (MoH) at
all levels, Presidents OfficeRegional Administration and Local
Government (PORALG) and other keystakeholders including implementing
partners and civil society.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee development and
periodic revision of program objectives, staff work plans and
budgets
- Directly supervise Careand Treatment and
SI Unit Directors
- Monitor progress towards program
objectives and timelines, including regular and timely reporting
to donors, and the GoT
- Review and approve program
quarterly and semi-annual reports and best practices articles,
lessons learned, case studies and other materials
- Ensurecross-collaboration among technical units, SI and operations
units to develop,implement and
- Assist the company
Executive Director in coordinating the annual Continuation
Application planning process
- Lead the company
technical teams in the use of data for monitoring, evaluation and
programmatic decision-making.
- Guide the development of
materials related to comprehensive HIV prevention, care and
treatment, including guidelines, protocols, algorithms, drug
formularies, training materials, and monitoring and evaluation
tools.
- Assist Executive Director in managing
relationships with key GOT officials; negotiate and develop
memoranda of understanding to define working relationships with
government partners
- Coordinate strategic programmatic
partnerships with national and international implementing
partners
- Represent THPS at programmatic MOH, donor and
partner meetings, and make presentations at and prepare reports for
professional meetings and conferences as requested by Executive
Director
- Coordinate with project technical leads and
supervise the company program units to effectively implement program
activities and meet objectives
- Facilitate regular
program staff technical meetings
- Oversee preparation
for and facilitation of GOT and Donor visits to the company
supported sites
- Participate and coordinate the company
participation in national technical working groups (TWG) e.g. HIV, TB,
pediatrics, PMTCT/EID, VMMC, COVID 19 and SI interventions.
- Assist the Executive Director to seek new funding
opportunities and coordinate responses to funding announcements
- Serve as designee of the Executive Director when s/he is
away from office
- Perform other duties as assigned by
the Executive Director
Requirements
Knowledge and
Experience
- Must have
Medical Degree (MD), with a Master’s/advanced degree in
health-related field e.g. medicine, public health, tropical medicine,
epidemiology, health management or related field
- Must have at least 8 years’ experience in management positions in
the health field
- Management position in PEPFAR programs
is an advantage
- Experience with HIV/AIDS, TB and
health systems programming preferred
- Proven
experience in work planning, budgeting, and project
monitoring
- Minimum 8 years’ experience working with
donor funding, USG-funded programs
- Experience in
detailed scientific data analysis and demonstrated track record in
public health research and publications
- Excellent
interpersonal and team building skills
- Ability to
work independently with minimal supervision and strong problem-solving
skills
- Proven experience in managing staff
- Keen attention to detail, both in terms of content and
presentation
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills
- Ability and willingness to travel to remote
regions
- Fluency in spoken and written English is
required
The deadline to submit
yourapplication is December 4th , 2022