Job Description
Jhpiego seeks
a Technical Director / Deputy Chief of Party to provide technical leadership
and project oversight in the areas of prevention and case management for an
upcoming multi-year USAID malaria project in Tanzania. The project will work
closely with the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to reduce the burden of malaria
in pregnant women and children under age five through quality improvements to
malaria case management and treatment of malaria in pregnancy (MIP) with a
particular focus on malaria surveillance, entomological monitoring, and
monitoring of drug-based interventions. The project will also promote use of
surveillance data to refine outbreak response and vector control activities.
The position
will operate under the leadership of the Chief of Party and with technical
implementation teams to ensure the project progresses towards expected results.
The Technical Director / Deputy Chief of Party will also work with M&E
staff to ensure project deliverables are monitored and course corrections are
identified and implemented as appropriate. Other key responsibilities include
supervising technical staff and adjusting project activities based on
monitoring at the regional and district level.
This position
is contingent upon award from USAID. Tanzania nationals are strongly
encouraged to apply. Female candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
Technical
Leadership and Oversight
- Provide technical leadership and
strategic direction for the project’s technical assistance efforts,
ensuring the integration, quality and sustainability of interventions
- Provide day-to-day technical
oversight for design, planning and implementation of activities in support
of project goals and objectives
- Establish and implement a system
to ensure technical quality and fidelity across target regions and
districts
- Collaborate closely with other
Team Leaders to ensure harmonization of project approaches across
technical and geographical areas
- Track measures for climate risks
in the EMMP and include these in work plans, budgets, and MEL plan
Development
and Implementation of Technical Approaches
- Provide technical leadership in
the development of the project strategic plan, work plan, and project
monitoring, in close collaboration with MOH, USAID and other stakeholders
- Work closely with the Chief of
Party on setting project priorities and directions, and responding to
requests for support from local counterparts
- Identify appropriate facility-
and community-based strategies and lead the formulation of innovative
approaches to address malaria surveillance and epidemiology, entomology
and vector control, case management, and social behavior change
interventions.
- Oversee efforts to support
capacity building including mentorship at the individual and
organizational level in
Monitoring,
Evaluation and Learning
- Work with M&E staff to
design, implement a plan to track data/results related to malaria control,
treatment and prevention to inform adjustments in project implementation
- Document successes, lessons
learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of project
activities and results to the project and donor, including routine
quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as requested
- Author/co-author abstracts,
presentations, and articles for journals and conferences
Stakeholder
Engagement and Collaboration
- Foster and maintain excellent
relationships with USAID and in-country stakeholders as a representative
of the project, and develop rapid responses to requests
- Collaborate with all local
stakeholders especially NMCP, ZAMEP and other implementing partners, to
ensure that all activities conform to requirements and regulations
- Facilitate the project team’s
relationship with designated counterparts at USAID, NCSP and ZAMEP, private
sector partners and other key stakeholders in Tanzania such as NGOs and
CSOs, to ensure effective technical assistance
- Actively participate in relevant
national technical advisory/working groups and professional forums
representing Jhpiego
Management
- Supervise technical staff and
build, mentor, and manage a team of highly qualified staff to ensure rapid
and sustainable results
- Manage technical contributions of
subgrantees, including defining scopes of work
Required
Qualifications
- A clinical degree (doctor,
nursing, midwifery) required, with Master of Public Health preferred
- At least 9 years’ experience
implementing malaria control and elimination projects and/or health
systems strengthening, integrated and community-based health service
delivery projects
- At least 9 years’ experience
in implementing and/or providing technical assistance to large,
donor-funded multi-year international health sector projects that have
implemented activities in malaria prevention and control as well as
elimination; case management of malaria; health systems strengthening;
large-scale iCCM implementation; and/or integrated health services
management.
- Demonstrated experience training
clinical and community-based healthcare workers in malaria prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment.
- Demonstrated experience leading a
capacity-building approach for CSOs, providing capacity building
assistance at individual and organizational levels
- Skilled in at least two or more
of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery projects;
training; pre-service education; performance and quality improvement; and
monitoring and evaluation
- Demonstrated experience with a
mix of practical technical skills in malaria prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment necessary for strengthening related services delivery at the
regional, national, clinical and community-level
- Demonstrated in-depth
understanding of the healthcare system in Tanzania, particularly the
public health system
- Experience living and working in
Tanzania preferred
- Familiarity with USAID’s
administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
- Supervisory experience required.
- Proven track record managing a
project team composed of several technical experts and fostering teamwork
- Excellent diplomacy skills and a
proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional
relationships with USAID, US President’s Malaria Initiative advisors,
host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders
such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector
- Expertise in research to
practice—identifying and adapting best practices to specific project
contexts
- Excellent verbal, written,
interpersonal, and presentation skills in Swahili and English
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Ability to travel nationally to
project sites
Preferred
Qualifications
- Master of Public Health preferred
- Experience living and working in
Tanzania preferred