POST:Deputy Chief of Party

CARE
Location: Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Last Date: February 12, 2010
Email: shyman@care.org

CARE seeks a Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP), to be based in Tanzania to directly oversee program implementation of a program supporting Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in selected regions of the country. Such duties include playing a key role in the launching and management of this country-wide project through a combination of: training and capacity building, work with government services and community based and private sector to increase access to services and quality of services provided to OVC; ensure gender focused interventions enhancing OVC service provision; overseeing technical interventions; program quality assurance; and partner/donor relations.

Requirements Include:
• Masters Degree in Public Health, social science or appropriate technical field.
• At least 8 years of experience working in HIV&AIDS programming, of which 2 must have been in a senior management position.
• Experience in OVC service provision and community-based mobilization.
Demonstrated program management experience with programs of similar size and complexity.
• Experience working in a consortium and with multiple partners.
• Experience managing USG grants and related reporting, budgeting, procurement, and project management procedures.
• 5 years of supervisory experience, excellent communication, diplomatic and interpersonal skills with the ability to dialogue, network, and negotiate with donor agencies, international institutions, various stakeholders and development partners.
• Proven financial and personnel management skills.
• Excellent facilitation skills.
• Proven skills in effective team management and leadership; effective partnership management skills.
• Solid monitoring and evaluation knowledge and skills, preferably in HIV&AIDS program area.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Highly qualified candidates will have the following skills and experience:
• Ability to synergize between regional and national OVC focused delivery programs and policy work with community-based efforts to support OVC.
• Bringing forth best practices and innovation in order to increase impact.
• Designing impact assessment framework, tools and methodologies, and in their application within the program.
• Experience with HIV/AIDS programming, and in Tanzania preferred.
• Fluency in Swahili is highly desirable.

Key Competencies:
Respect, integrity, diversity, adaptability, stress tolerance, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact, coaching, facilitating change, developing teams, initiating action, strategic decision making, planning and organizing, leading through vision and values.

Please send your applications to shyman@care.org on or before February 12, 2010