United Republic of Tanzania: Senior Programme Officer, Health and Nutrition (Tanzania)

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has been working in East Africa for thirty years and pursues innovative solutions to the seemingly intractable problems that lead to poverty. AKF is an equal opportunity employer committed to employee well-being. In Tanzania, AKF is managing a robust and expanding portfolio of multi-sectorial initiatives that includes programmes in sustainable economic development, education, early childhood development, health, nutrition and civil society strengthening. AKF is looking for well qualified professionals to fill the following three positions for Tanzania.

Do you have the creativity and drive to develop new and innovative health and nutrition programs, mobilise resources, manage grants and foster productive partnerships with diverse stakeholders in Tanzania? This position offers the opportunity to take on these tasks. Reporting to the AKF Country Director for Tanzania, the position of Senior Programme Officer, Health and Nutrition is part of AKF Tanzania’s core team that would provide the successful candidate with an exciting opportunity to oversee and shape the health and nutrition programming portfolio of the Foundation in Tanzania and exposure to the East Africa region. This is a highly demanding position and the successful candidate will be expected to take lead in the health and nutrition sector – leading and contributing to AKF-T’s strategic directions, programme development, resource mobilisation, grant management, and learning and policy engagement in health and nutrition.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Lead program development and resource mobilisation for AKF’s health, nutrition and early childhood development portfolio in Tanzania;

· Develop and/or contribute to successful programme proposals in-line with AKF’s regional health, nutrition and ECD strategy

· Provide technical oversight and quality control of health and nutrition programmes;

· Fulfil all grant management responsibilities for on-going and future grants/projects including writing and overseeing the development of high quality progress reports, project implementation plans and performance monitoring frameworks, identifying implementation challenges and recommending solutions, and ensuring excellent, cooperative relationships with partner institutions;

· Implement a robust learning system for the health and nutrition sector that enables learning to inform policies, programme and practices; and

· Foster productive relationship with key stakeholders including relevant ministries and government authorities, networks, working groups, policy forums, development partners, donor agencies, private sector and civil society organizations working on health, nutrition and early childhood development.

Qualifications/Experience:

· A Master’s degree in health, nutrition or related field;

· At least six years of solid experience working within the health system, public health and/or project management on health, MNCH and/or nutrition projects;

· Experience in early childhood development is an added advantage;

· Proven programme development experience with ability to write strong proposals and responsive bids for new programmes on health, nutrition or ECD;

· Proven experience in grant/project management;

· Demonstrated capacity to write high quality reports for donor projects and analytical briefs;

· Strong familiarity with monitoring and evaluation methodologies and logical frameworks;

· Exceptional written and verbal skills in English.

· Knowledge of programme and budget planning processes and a solid understanding of project funds management;

· Thorough understanding of the national and global efforts on maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition

· Strong leadership, teamwork and management skills;

· Experience of working in Tanzania or East Africa

· Proficiency in Kiswahili is highly desirable

Candidates interested in these unique positions are requested to submit their CVs (not exceeding 3 pages) including contact details of three professional references and a covering letter to the Country Director - Aga Khan Foundation, Tanzania, by e-mail torecruitment@akfea.orgby cob Tuesday, 1^st March, 2016. Please clearly indicate “Application for Programme Director – CRSP (T) or M&E Co-ordinator CRSP(T) or Senior Programme officer (Health & Nutrition) -Tanzania” in your email subject. Please note that due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.