NAFASI ZA KAZI # Jobs at MDH Kagera and Dar Es Salaam (3 Jobs)

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

Director of Strategic Information (1post)

Location: MDH Head Office

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

Some specific tasks:

1. Actively promote an environment of excellence, learning and positive feedback
2. Design and implement regular (i.e. weekly) audits and performance assessments of associated staff of the DBMS and other Units under the SI Section, including written and practice certifications to assess staff capabilities and performance
3. Oversee the development, drafting, updating and implementation of operations manuals including detailed daily work tasks for mid-level managers and other staff under the SI section. .
4. Work with users to determine and develop specifications for data entry and checking applications, including algorithms to maintain a high level of data accuracy, internal consistency, and integrity based on accepted international standards. 
5. Ensure data and system security in compliance with standards of confidentiality and archiving.
6. Assist end users and other data unit members in obtaining secure and reliable remote access to DBMS and data based implementation of hierarchical rule structures.
7. Monitor resource use/burden to troubleshoot bottlenecks in performance of DBMS to ensure efficient operation.
8. Provide overall leadership of strategic information and improved data demand and use
9. Provide monitoring and reporting tools, guidance, and written analysis to inform program delivery, management decision-making, and strategic planning
10. Provide inputs to enable use of data to inform the organization’s operational planning processes to ensure planning based correct information
11. Develop innovative strategies to strengthen data collection, monitoring, evaluation, analysis and reporting for various program
12. Lead the monitoring & evaluation team in the preparation of various donor reports and ensuring high level of quality and timeliness in reporting
13. Provide leadership in developing effective Monitoring& Evaluation Information System platform and other technology-based innovations for effective program monitoring
14. Complement MDH departments in analysis and documenting the progress, impact, challenges and lessons learned of program
15. Conducting innovative/ operation research in thematic area and preparing report such as cost effectiveness/ efficiency analysis, etc.
16. Disseminate research and program learnings through presentations and publications at national, regional and global levels
17. Develop and supervise personnel in custom application development of DBMS applications as needed.
18. Do other job related activities as given by the CEO.

NEEDED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:

Qualifications:

Applicants must have Advanced degree (Doctorate/Master’s) in Statistics, Population Studies, Public Health or Social Science (or equivalent).

Experience:

• At least five years of relevant Monitoring and Evaluation experience on strategy, systems development, system implementation and evaluation.
• Research and Evaluation experience will be an added advantage, including the ability to analyze research and evaluation findings and other information for the benefit of practitioners in health development, ideally in the public health programs including HIV/AIDS program.
• Ability to work with donor community, sub grantees and government officials on strategic information issues to encourage production and utilization of accurate data for decision making processes.
• Excellent analytical, writing and verbal communication skills
• Experience in developing and managing teams at the head office, sub offices and sub grantees funded by the organization
• Experience of providing technical support to and capacity building of organizations in monitoring & evaluation, especially those working at the regional level, district level, community or grassroots level

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 

Apply Online Through 

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.