Deputy Director, Implementation - Africare

Deputy Director, Implementation

Africare is an independent, non-profit organization working to improve the quality of life of the people in Africa. Since 1970, we have worked in partnership with Africa to build sustainable, healthy and productive lives and communities, lending our voice to African development and policy issues. Headquartered in Washington, DC with an international staff of over 1200 working in 20 countries, Africare is a leader in aid to Africa as well as the largest non-governmental organization working exclusively in Africa. Because Africare specializes in Africa, our staff and other supporters bring superior technical skills, as well as a deep emotional commitment to Africa's people, heritage, current challenges and future potential.

Role: Africare is searching for a Project ImplementationDeputy Director for a USAID funded $30 million 5-year nutrition program under Feed the Future. The position will report to the Chief of Party on the implementation of the program. The Project Implementation Deputy Director will provide overall strategic leadership for the program, managing the project staff, partners and technical staff at field sub offices, and Country Office. The position is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Program Director in management and implementation of program in country, to include:
• Developing implementation plans, annual action plans and budgets, and timely and appropriate reprogramming.
• Assisting the Program Director by providing technical leadership related to nutrition behavior change and district – community- level programming for all areas of nutrition, but in particular maternal nutrition and micronutrients with a special attention to anemia prevention in women.
• Assisting the Program Director to ensure adherence to donor and project policies and procedures in areas such as recruitment, personnel, procurement, travel, financial management .
• Development of the technical assistance plans and supervision of Technical Assistance for program implementation .
  
  

  Requirements:

• A minimum of 10 years of nutrition program experience, with demonstrated experience at the district level or below as well as at national level.
• Experience in institutional capacity building for Tanzania local and indigenous institutions.
• Experience in leading the technical portfolio of a major donor program in Tanzania for at least 5 years that has documented program impact.
• Experience in supervising or supporting field implementation of a nutrition program.
• Experience in working collaboratively and successfully with a variety of the key nutrition stakeholders in Tanzania.
• Demonstrated understanding of nutrition indicators.
• Fluency in English; proficiency in Kiswahili desirable.
  
  

  How to Apply: Applications should include a resume and cover letter. In the cover letter (of no more than two pages in length) the candidate should briefly describe his or her motivation for the position and highlight relevant experience. Please send application materials to tanzaniajobs@africare.org including "Deputy Director Project Implementation " in the subject line.

  This position is opened until filled. Unfortunately, due to the large number of applications that we receive, we may not be able to respond to each individual candidate. Please respect our no phone calls policy.