Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) in Tanzania, the Tanzania Institutional Capacity Building (TZ-ICB)
Project provides institutional capacity assistance to local partners receiving
funds from the U.S. Department of Health Human Services (HHS). This assistance
is primarily in developing leadership, management and planning capacity in
order to support high- impact, sustainable' programs to respond to the HIV /
AIDS epidemic and other health challenges in the United Republic of Tanzania
(URT). The goal of IC:~-TZ is to strengthen the leadership, governance and
management of local partners, including-the Ministry of Social Welfare (MOHSW),
National AIDS Control Program (NACP) , Zanzibar Integrated HIV/AIDS and Leprosy
Program (ZIHTLP), National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), National
Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) and the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy
Control Program (NTLP). The project was awarded in September 2010 and will be
implemented over a five-year period until September 2015.
Overall Responsibilities:
Under the guidance of and reporting to the Deputy Project
Director, the Capacity Building Advisor (CBA) is responsible for planning,
coordinating and delivering organizational capacity building technical
assistance (TA) - to selected public institutions that TZ-ICB is working. The
CBA will design and implement capacity building programs for select client
organizations; supervise M&E, assure quality; manage, support, and
supervise consultants; and ensure continuous quality improvement. The CBA will
provide support to, or identify qualified TA providers to support local
partners develop basic leadership and management capacity in organizational
strategy, structure, systems and any other management and leadership areas as
needed.
The CBA will work in close collaboration with the ICB team
in the discharge of his/her daily duties, employing a participatory approach
and using MSH's best practices and tools wherever possible. (S)/he is
responsible for planning and communicating project updates to external partners
about the project activities' and accomplishments in the form of newsletters,
project's blog, activity reports and presentations to CDC, the MOHSW,
international and local stakeholders.
The CBA is aware of and adheres to MSH procurement integrity
standards in all activities. The position may require domestic travel up to 25
of the time.
Specific duties
1.Design and implement partner
capacity building activities for assigned partner( s) with the supervision of
the Deputy Project Director.
2.Provides support to Deputy
Project Director in the conceptualization, development implementation and
evaluation of leadership and management coaching and mentoring/training
programs and activities at country level.
3.Documents project
implementation progress, achievements and communicates same within and outside
the project as required
4.Works closely with Technical
Advisors and consultants and coordinate coaching and mentoring/training program
design and evaluation, specifically in relation to assuring that coaching and
mentoring as well as training events are a coherent part of a larger
performance improvement strategy and that they are designed and planned in a
systematic way, respecting steps of situation analysis, needs assessment,
decision to adopt a training/coaching and mentoring strategy, curriculum
development, materials development, administrative planning, implementation,
follow-up, and evaluation.
5.Actively participates in
communication ofproject activities and accomplishments to external partnersin
the form of periodic updates, newsletters, postings on the project's blog,
activity reports and presentations to CDC, the MOHSW, international and local
stakeholders.
6.Coordinate and liaise with
other Institutional Capacity building projects and donors.
7.Support Deputy Project
Director in designing technical documents for the project and partners that is
concurrent with the technical areas of leadership and management and
institutional capacity development.
8.Coordinate and record minutes
of team meetings, meetings with partners and donors.
9.Performs other duties as
assigned by the Deputy Project Director
Desired
Qualifications:
- A minimum of a master's degree in business administration, public health, public administration, public relations or related field, or equivalent experience in organizational development.
- At least three years of experience providing organizational development technical assistance in the public and/or private sector in Tanzania.
- Minimum of five years of mid to senior-level experience working with large donor-funded health programs, including experience working under PEPF AR.
- Tanzania experience is needed.
- Demonstrated ability and experience in training and capacity building of individuals and teams in developing countries.
- Strong skill set in management and leadership improvements in developing countries and crafting organizational development capacity building plans and technical assistance approaches and tools.
- Experience interacting with government institutions/agencies and USG donors.
- Experience in use ofHRM data to inform decision-making, planning, resource allocation and other strategic initiatives.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (English and Kiswahili) with experience in presenting to groups.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity
employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental
handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the Us. Armed
Forces.
Interested applicants should submit their application to Job
ID No. 13-6878 at HRUG@msh.org no later than
21 September 2013. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
"Relocation allowance is not available for this position"
