Institutional Development Officer

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), an international non-governmental agency specializing in relief and community development, is seeking highly qualified individuals to fill an opening with AIDSRelief (AR), a dynamic HIV/AIDS treatment program. The Agency provides equal opportunity regardless of age, race, gender, religion or disability.

Title:                           Institutional Development Officer

Location:                   Dar-es salaam Office

The primary role of the Institutional Development Officer will be to provide the systems, tools and training mechanisms that will strengthen Local Partners’ (LPs) and local partner treatment facilities’ (LPTFs) institutional capacity in light of the AR Tanzania transition process. S/He will focus on the six WHO health systems building blocks of governance and will play a key role in oversight of systems strengthening and institutional capacity building activities at targeted LPs and LPTFs.  In addition, s/he will be responsible for providing technical support to LPTF program management staff to integrate their HIV clinic activities into the wider health facility systems and structures. The officer will be based in Dar but will dedicate about 50% of his/her time at the LPs and LPTFs to ensure quality program implementation and progress toward strengthening of health systems and institutional capacity.

Key Responsibilities:

Organizational Capacity Strengthening

1.      Coordinate the development of an institutional capacity building framework and strategy to guide AR Tanzania systems strengthening and organizational capacity building initiative for local partners and LPTFs.

2.      Coordinate and facilitate LP and LPTF engagement forums to get buy-in from key stakeholders for the ongoing AR systems strengthening and capacity building initiatives.

3.      Coordinate and participate in systems and institutional capacity assessments of national LPs and LPTFs.

4.      Coordinate the development, implementation and monitoring of systems strengthening and organizational capacity building work plans at LP and LPTF level.

5.      Coordinate and facilitate the documentation and dissemination of organizational capacity building implementation experiences and best practices across LPs and LPTFs.

6.      Provide technical assistance to LPs and LPTFs in the development, monitoring and reporting of key performance indicators for program monitoring, review and evaluation.

Training and Grants Compliance

1.      In collaboration with the site managers and finance and compliance team, coordinate, facilitate and provide training and technical assistance (TA) to LPs and  LPTFs’ related to compliance, finance and organizational capacity development

2.      Work with AR consortium members to design training curricula and materials to address institutional capacity assessments, finance and compliance review findings and recommendations of TA teams.

3.      In collaboration with the site managers and finance and compliance team, undertake compliance and grants management activities in an effort to prevent or reduce CRS compliance-related liabilities from its partnerships with local health institutions.

4.      Review any previous internal or external audit reports, assessments and capacity strengthening plans and assist in the follow-up on implementation of findings /recommendations as necessary. 

Qualifications and experience:

1. University degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or Public Health.  A post-graduate degree/diploma   hospital administration health management, planning and policy preferred.
2. A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in an environment of change management
3. Demonstrated work experience in the following areas:  organizational policy development; strategic planning; budget planning and monitoring; proposal-writing.
4. In depth,understanding of the current national health policies, strategies and guidelines
5. Experience in implementing US Government-funded projects.
6. Experience working with local government institutions preferred.
7. Ability to work both independently, and as member of diverse task teams.
8. Capacity to work closely with, understand, and support local Church partners
9. Excellent team-building skills and the ability to interact well with staff, collaborating agencies, and local partners.

10.  Experience in building the capacity of a team through both supervisory and non-supervisory relationships.

1. Excellent English skills – oral and written.
2. Strong coaching, training, mentoring and negotiation skills.
3. Appropriate leadership and management skills and adept problem solving skills.
4. Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and meet competing deadlines.
5. Demonstrated commitment to development through local empowerment.
6. Excellent computer skills, including MS software: Word, Excel, and Outlook.