HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Catholic Relief Services is recruiting two senior Program Directors to lead the implementation of its new strategy. Each Program Director will lead the consolidation and growth of the specific program area, creating a unified vision among current project staff and organization 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: Lead staff to maintain and improve program quality, innovation and learning among the various projects, in line with best practices and quality standards.
Program Growth: Identify and pursue opportunities for program growth.
Representation: Represent CRS in national-level meetings, sharing forums and technical working groups.
Staff Management: Supervise, lead, mentor and coach program staff.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION

• Skills and experience in high-level advocacy, negotiation and coalition building with multiple stakeholders and proven fund raising experience
• Strong communication and networking skills
• Existing relationships within relevant Government of Tanzania Ministries.
• Demonstrated abilities in documentation of lessons learned, report-writing, M&E
• Excellent independent judgment and decision-making skills
• Fluency in Swahili and English

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTOR

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Community Development, Behavior Change /Sociology or other clinical training
• At least 10 years of experience working in public health, nutrition, early childhood development and / or community systems strengthening.
• At least 5 years field experience working in support of national health systems in some of the following areas: health systems strengthening for HIV ond MNCH, participatory approaches for community mobilization and behavior change, prevention and treatment of malnutrition, early childhood development, community case management 
• Familiarity with clinical areas funded by PEPFAR,GFATM, GHI. FTF,PMI and others

HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB

If you are interested and meet these minimum qualifications, please submit your cover letter and resume by September 15, to tz_hr@global.crs.org , copying Ms. Pamela Lwakabare, Human Resources Manager, CRSTanzania at pamela.lwakabare@crs.org