Chief of Party,World Vision Tanzania

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The goal of the Citizen’s Engagement Health program is to contribute to improvement in quality, availability and accessibility of health services. The purpose of the program is to increase the citizens’ voice for quality service delivery. 
The key objectives for this program shall be

• To ensure that communities in the selected districts can identify and articulate their needs, and are able to demand for quality services;
• To ensure that the CSOs develop effective advocacy initiatives, and are able to represent the communities’ demands for better quality services;
• To build the technical and operational capacity of the CSOs to qualify them as potential direct recipients of future USAID funding and
• Ensure existence of strategic partnerships to foster ownership and sustainability.

The Chief of Party (COP) will have overall responsibility for the management of all project activities and staff. S/he will have principal responsibility for representation for the projects to the United States Government (USG). The COP will serve as representative of the project and will be responsible for the activities and all long-term and short-term personnel under this grant. The COP shall have a keen understanding of the unique political dynamics and will work carefully and collaboratively to support the various political entities in (country of the grant).
The COP should embrace the shared Tanzanian vision for the project and effectively manage available financial and human resources to make that vision a reality. The proposed candidate shall provide overall strategic leadership and oversight to the project. S/he shall have depth and breadth of technical expertise and experience, a solid professional reputation, interpersonal skills and professional relationships to fulfill the requirements of the program description. Experience interacting with host country government agencies including local governments, development partners, and civil society organizations including community based organizations is essential.
The COP is charged with leading a professional team in the accomplishment of the objectives and sub-objectives. S/he must have a broad vision linked with a clear understanding of how to get things done amid the constraints of the country context.
The applicant must demonstrate strong experience in sub-grantee management, including building the capacity of local organizations and sub-grantees in U.S. government (USG) - supported grants. Coaching, advising, and enforcement are essential functions of this position.
As the nature of this project is advocacy and accountability, the most competitive candidates will have experience in advocacy and accountability programs.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management:
• Direct and oversee World Vision's work in an assigned programme of more than US$10 million, ensuring that all programme goals are met through proper design, staffing, and implementation.
• Organise and direct the work of local staff and short-term advisors. Provide supervision, training and performance appraisals.
• Establish and maintain effective project reporting, evaluation, and communication systems. Submit timely accurate and professional programme reports that meet donor requirements to appropriate World Vision Partnership staff.
• Establish leadership and personal credibility and implement and maintain clearly understood chain of authority and accountability.
• Develop and maintain an adequate human resource plan consistent with WV policies, donor requirements (such as A-110, A-122, A-133, 22 CFR 211, etc.) and local laws. Ensure proper technical capacity of staff to manage complex government funded projects.
• Liaise with host government officials; coordinate and collaborate with top-level officials of the Ministry of Public Service and Labour, Ministry of Education, and other agencies related to the programme.
• Discuss plans and strategies with different stakeholders to ensure proper understanding of the project’s concepts, including time frame.
• Carry out additional responsibilities and projects as assigned, including administrative and planning functions.
• Attend and participate in weekly chapel services and daily devotional meetings.
  Financial Oversight:
• Manage grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to donors and WV United States (WVUS) International Programs Group headquarters staff.
• Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocable, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure clean A-133 audits.
• Oversee property and equipment acquisition, disposition, and management in compliance with WV internal and donor requirements.
  M&E, Representation & Other.
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Required:
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in development working with local governments, civil society and communities.
• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of decentralisation in the Tanzanian context, Tanzania’s sociopolitical economy, advocacy, health and education sectors.
• Demonstrated team player with visionary leadership.
• Excellent managerial and operational experience, preferably in managing large donor projects involving coordination with multiple program partners or institutions in Tanzania or the region.
• Past experience of working with USG supported projects and knowledge of financial rules and regulations at a senior level.
• Experience in developing program work-plans, budgets, managing implementation, staff and short-term technical assistance.
• Excellent representational and communication skills, written and oral proficiency in English, and verbal communication skills in one or more local Tanzanian languages (i.e. Swahili and other local languages).
• Excellent past performance references (Three contacts should be provided with e- mail address, phone, title, name).
• Experience in integrating teams of professionals around common goals and motivating through visionary leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results and meet all donor deliverables.
• Demonstrated strong analytical, managerial, leadership, communications and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability as primary liaison to large donors.
• Proven ability in the management of large integrated programs in developing countries.
• Managing inter-agency consortiums.
• Familiarity with USG programs, their history and their development.
• Mastery of USAID regulations governing such programs.
• Positive collaboration and facilitating skills with host-country professionals, ministries and with donor colleagues in country.
• Leadership of large and diverse teams; diplomacy.
• Strong presentation skills, speaking and writing.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English.
• Ability to communicate in local Tanzanian languages helpful.
  Preferred:
• Working knowledge of relevant national languages (Swahili) preferred Fluency written and spoken English required.
• Master’s in Public Health preferred.
• Direct and oversee World Vision's work in an assigned program ensuring that all program goals are met through proper design staffing and implementation.
• Organise and direct the work of local staff and short-term advisors. Provide supervision training and performance appraisals.
• Establish and maintain effective project reporting evaluation and communication systems. Submit timely accurate and professional program reports that meet donor requirements to appropriate World Vision Partnership staff.
• Establish leadership and personal credibility and implement and maintain clearly understood chain of authority and accountability.
• Develop and maintain an adequate human resource plan consistent with WV policies, donor requirements (such as A-110A-122, A-133 22, CFR 211 etc.) and local laws. Ensure proper technical capacity of staff to manage complex government funded projects.
• Manage grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to donors and WVUS IPG headquarters staff.
• Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable allocable prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure clean A-133 audits.
• Oversee property and equipment acquisition disposition and management in compliance with WV internal and donor requirements.
• Liaise with host government officials local communities and other stakeholders as appropriate.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and determine corrective action needed to improve goal achievement by participating and conducting agricultural assistance surveys and rapid appraisal design.
• Carry out additional responsibilities and projects as assigned including administrative and planning functions.
• Attend and participate in weekly chapel services and daily devotional meetings.
• Perform other duties as required.

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