District Project Manager - Management and Development for Health (MDH)

  JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a not for profit making organization

addressing public health priorities. MDH works with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, academic and non-academic institutions within the country and worldwide, to address tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, maternal and child health and to undertake initiatives to advance public health research, education, and services for improving the lives of people. MDH seeks to recruit qualified individuals to fill the following positions:

1. District Project Manager (2 position- in Kagera)

Reporting line: Regional Project Manager

Duties and responsibilities

The District Project Manager, reporting to the Regional Project Manager will be responsible for:

 Providing the technical leadership to the supported program in the respective district, in close collaboration with the other Project Managers, Technical Advisors and other senior management officials.

 Supporting and providing technical advice to the Council Health Management Treatment (CHMT) on program and related issues

 Active participation in CHMTs planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, negotiations, capacity building and reporting program activities with Council

 Effective communication and support provided to respective district, including but not limited to supportive supervision and mentorship

 Supervising and coordinating MDH district technical team.

 Strengthen and assuring the technical performance of the MDH projects.

 Timely development of efficient HIV prevention, care and treatment work plans and the monitoring of the progress versus planned activities and targets in these work plans;

 Identification of new partners, and the effective collaboration with existing partners

 Developing and reviewing district sub-grantees’ proposals to assure realistic target setting, adequate allocation of resources, compliance review and financial performance review

 Assuring data and reporting quality and in using Monitoring & Evaluation for effective project management;

 Performing operational research to guide on best practices in project implementation

 Participating in Public Health Evaluation, secondary analysis of data and writing conference abstracts and manuscripts for publication.

 Attending district technical meetings with other development partners

 Timely submission of work plans, reports on activities performed and challenges

 Performing other relevant project related duties as assigned by the senior officials

Requirements: Education and experience

 Medical Doctor

 Master’s degree in Public Health is an added advantage.

 At least 2 year experience working in HIV care and treatment

 3 years of proven experience in design, administration, management and implementation of clinical initiatives

 Ability to work under pressure and meet dead lines

 Ability to conduct trainings

 Ability to lead and supervise the respective MDH district team members, sub grantees, and other functional managers

 3 years leadership skills in plan, coordinate, organize, interact and deliver best results to achieve targets

 3 years minimum experience in preparing project work plan and budget

 3 years’ experience in reading, analyzing and reporting data to assist in determining progress and decision making processes

 3 years experience in managing donor funded projects/programs

 Excellent interpersonal skills

TO APPLY:

Interested candidates for any of the above positions should submit an application letter indicating clearly the position applied for, a detailed copy of their CV, and names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related referees.

Applications should be submitted by January 31, 2017, to the

Human Resource Manager through e-mail hr@mdh-tz.org

 or dropped by hand at the

MDH Head Office in Mikocheni, along

Mwai Kibaki Road,

Plot No. 802.

Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.