Job Type : Contract
Industry : Health
Education Level : Managerial Level
Reports to: Director
of Grants and Compliance
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Director of Grants and Compliance, the
Grants Manager is responsible for overall oversight and coordination of donor
engagement and proposal development. She/He will work with all other staff to
develop and submit high quality institutional and high value donor proposals
that are aligned with defined MDH priorities, demonstrate impact, and offer
value for money. She/He will be responsible to build the capacity of MDH to
develop and manage strategic consortium partnerships with other Local and
International NGOs and private sector organizations where appropriate.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. To network, update and liaise with key in-country and
international donors.
2. To provide effective coordination for the establishment
of proposal development working groups with representatives from key
stakeholders within and outside MDH.
3. To advise programme and programme quality teams, finance,
working groups on relevant donor requirements/compliance, potential funding
opportunities, changes in donor priorities and ensuring quality grant
management for all related projects.
4. To act as the interface between Finance and Programme
quality teams to ensure grant compliance.
5. To ensure fundraising staff have individual work plans
and up to date development plans.
6. To work closely with all the Funding Affiliates and
relevant programme departments to ensure high quality and timely submission of
proposals and concept notes, Project Report/Project Progress Reports to donors
and funding affiliate.
7. with support from Directorate team and CEO to identify
and facilitate opportunities for relationship building with key donors.
8. To develop and manage strategic consortium partnerships
with appropriate CSOs.
9. To perform any other related duties as may be assigned by
the Supervisor.
1. Master’s Degree in physical science, public health,
social sciences, humanities, development studies or other relevant discipline.
2. At least seven (7) years of experience working with NGOs
in a senior programme funding position(s) involving proposal development and
donor liaison.
3. Excellent writing, reasoning and analytical skills.
4. Capacity building experience including training and
skills development.
5. In-depth understanding of logical frameworks as a tool to
develop theory of change and intervention logic.
6. Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation
skills to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, often at a
distance.
7. Ability to prioritize own workload and work with minimal
supervision.
8. Ability to lead complex proposal development teams.
How to Apply
Interested candidates for any of the above positions should
submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact
information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related
referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the position applied
for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading of the email.
Applications should
be submitted to the Human Resource Director through email hr@mdh.or.tz by 30th September 2021. MDH DO NOT
have any agents and DO NOT charge any fees to the interested candidates. Kindly
note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
(MDH) is an indigenous-Tanzanian non-Governmental Organization with principal place of business in Tanzania. MDH's central office is located at Mikocheni B, along Mwai Kibaki road in Dar es Salaam.
MDH’s work is primarily in public health service and research in Tanzania and the world at large. MDH seeks to mobilize and engage a team of skilled, experienced and motivated Tanzanian professionals to work in collaboration with the government and with other local and international experts to address public health priorities through evidence based interventions.
MDH’s core business encompasses design, implementation and
evaluation of programs and research in Communicable diseases, Chronic
non-communicable diseases, Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health,
Nutrition, Health Information Systems, Health System Strengthening and others.
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