PROJECT MANAGER MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH CARE PROGRAMME

Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) is a locally registered NGO first established in 1994. It is the largest indigenous provider of disability and rehabilitation services in the country. CCBRT aims to empower people with disabilities and their families, improve their quality of life, and ensure access to medical and rehabilitative treatment. Committed to preventing disabilities wherever possible, CCBRT is also engaged in extensive maternal and newborn healthcare (MNHC) activities and is currently constructing a Maternity and Newborn Hospital which will serve as a referral centre for high risk and emergency deliveries in the region of Dar es Salaam and the Eastern Zone of Tanzania.

CCBRT is looking for a Project Manager to lead the CCBRT Maternal and Newborn Healthcare Programme in the next stage of the completion of the new Maternity and Newborn Hospital as well as the operational preparation before its opening.

Accountabilities:

· Leading the MH project and a multi-disciplinary internal project team: Quality & Safety, Capacity Building, Construction & Administration, Referral Services, Family Planning and Human Resources Development for the Hospital.

· Strengthening the CCBRT internal collaboration and alignment, high performance and learning culture. ensure full alignment with all existing support services of CCBRT.

· Ensures the completion of the construction and operationalisation of the Maternity and Newborn Hospital (MH) within given time line and budget restrictions.

· Assist the CEO in formulating the TOR and implementation of the business and financial plan, policies to deliver the MH services project, including revenue/expenditure and capital investment required.

· Budget responsibility to ensure cost optimization as well as compliance to all contractual agreements in the implementation of the project.

· Leading the development of the CCBRT MH marketing and communications plan in preparation of the opening of the hospital and creating public awareness on the functioning of the hospital as referral centre in the region.

· Collaborate with the Human resources department in the implementation of the recruitment strategy to ensure the MH human capital capacity to achieve the MH objectives.

· Adherence to national guidelines and standards. Formulate and implement policy and procedures to ensure good governance, efficiencies to ensure the MH project delivery.

· Relationship management of all stakeholders (local and international, including local authorities) to ensure collaboration and the meeting of stakeholder requirements.

· Work in close collaboration with the CEO and Disability Hospital management to maximise economies of scale.

Work Experience / Skills:

· At least 7 years’ experience in project management in an emerging economy and multi-cultural working environment.

· Proven experience in managing construction or renovation projects preferably in the health sector

· Experience in $M project grants management

· Demonstrates leadership ability to build and manage a large team of multi-disciplinary professionals

· Demonstrates consultative problem solving to arrive at solutions to complex issues

· Experience with funding agencies in an international setting (e.g. International Donors)

· Strong computer skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

· Must possess strong writing and verbal communication skills.

· Excellence at working both independently (self-motivated) and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

· Excellent proficiency in English language, knowledge of Kiswahili is an asset

Qualifications:

· Minimum of a Master’s degree in project management, development studies or health related field

HOW TO APPLY:

We are an equal opportunities employer people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Please submit a letter of Application or curriculum vitae with two references and maximum one page cover letter on why you believe you are the right candidate for this position. Please send it via email to:recruitment@ccbrt.or.tz or by post to the Human Resources Department, P.O Box 23310, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tel: +255 (0) 22 260 1543, +255 (0) 22 260 2192 Website: www.ccbrt.or.tz

Closing date for Applications 15th May 2015. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Senior Reading Specialist -- Let’s Read Together Activity - Tanzania

CAMRIS International seeks a Senior Reading Specialist to serve on the upcoming USAID Tanzania's "Let's Read Together Activity". The purpose of this contract is to acquire technical assistance and instructional materials targeted at improving lifelong learning skills, defined as mastery of early grade reading, writing, and arithmetic. Technical assistance will cover: (1) improving quality of basic skills instruction at the early primary level; (2) strengthening Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) skills delivery systems; and (3) increasing community and parental engagement in early primary education. These three components align with the Government of Tanzania (GoT)’s ten-year Education Development Sector Plan (EDSP)(see Attachment 5, item 22) and other reforms underway, such as Big Results Now (BRN), Performance4Results (P4R), and Global Partnership for Education Literacy and Numeracy Support (GPE LANES) program on 3R’s (reading, writing, and arithmetic) reform.

Responsibilities:

• The senior reading specialist provides overall technical oversight and guidance to the project’s support to improved reading instruction.
• He/she supervises the production of all Tusome Pamoja-supported reading material, all Tusome Pamoja-supported trainings in reading, all teacher and classroom supervision and monitoring and all student testing efforts.
• He/she ensures complementarity of activity approaches in reading across the Tusome Pamoja regions, liaises with government representatives and technicians on technical matters, and bears ultimate responsibility for ensuring that children in Tusome Pamoja schools achieve improved outcomes in reading

Qualifications

Education:

• Requires a Master’s Degree in education, preferably with a specialty in early grade reading.
• A PhD in education with a focus on early childhood education and/or early grade learning is preferred.

Skills and Experience:

• At least 8 years of experience in programs in sub-Saharan Africa that work specifically to improve early grade reading is required.
• Prior experience with the development of early grade reading materials, training programs, classroom monitoring protocols, and tests and assessments, including EGRA, is required.
• Prior experience with supporting civil-society based monitoring of reading outcomes is preferred.

Language:

• The candidate must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English. It is preferred, but not required, that the candidate be conversant and fluent in written and spoken Kiswahili (FS 2+).

HOW TO APPLY:

If interested in this position please submit a copy of your most up to date resume to include three professional references with contact information (phone and email) to https://careers-camris.icims.com/jobs/1592/senior-reading-specialist----...