Position: DFID Team Leader – SRH Project
Description
Who we are
Who we are
Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a global organisation providing
personalised contraception and safe abortion services to women and
girls. Our local teams of professionals are passionate about the work
they do in communities across 37 countries. The services we provide give
a woman the power to choose when she has children so that she’s free to
pursue her plans and dreams for herself and her family.
The primary responsibility of this role is to further MSI’s goal: the
prevention of unwanted births, and its mission of ensuring an
individual’s right to have children by choice, not chance.
The Function
MSI has been working in Tanzania since 1989, providing voluntary
contraceptive services to thousands of women and men. Marie Stopes
Tanzania (MST) is the country’s largest specialised sexual and
reproductive health (SRH) and family planning (FP) organisation, working
in every region in Tanzania. Renowned for providing a wide range of
high quality rights based SRH services to women, men, and adolescent,
MST has played a crucial role in delivering essential FP and
comprehensive post-abortion care (CPAC) services to underserved women,
especially in rural areas.
MSI seeks a qualified team leader for a five year, multi-million pound
SRH programme funded by the United Kingdom Department for International
Development (DFID). The programme will increase access to family
planning for women, men, and adolescents in remote areas, rural
settings, and refugee settlements through a combination of: (i)
increasing awareness of the benefits of modern contraception; (ii)
increasing access to quality contraception in the private and public
sector; and (iii) improving the supply of quality family planning
commodities. Gender-based violence prevention and response, will be
included in the response. Gender will be mainstreamed. The project is
strongly committed to leaving no one behind and the do-no-harm
principle. As a result, MSI focusses all programming on hard-to-reach
populations, including but not limited to young people, people living
under 1.9 USD per day, and people living with disabilities.
The team leader will lead the programme, ensuring timely and quality delivery of the expected results.
The Role
Key responsibilities
Leadership
Governance/ programme management
Representation
Personal attributes
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Closing date: 2nd February 2019
Salary: competitive
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
The team leader is key member of the project leadership team and is
responsible and accountable for ensuring the project is implemented
efficiently and effectively, meets agreed targets, results, and key
performance indicators (KPIs), and delivers good value for money.
S/he will be the technical focal point and is expected to provide
technical oversight for the day-to-day implementation of the project
with the partner. S/he will ensure that donor standards are reached in
the implementation of the project and that all technical specifications
of the project are delivered to a high quality.
S/he will ensure that the implementation of the project aligns with
MSI’s global standards for clinical quality, project management and data
management and verification.
S/he will be responsible for stewardship and coordination of the
consortium partner and will work closely with the programme leadership
of the partner to ensure that the activities are aligned and implemented
efficiently and effectively, to meet agreed country-level targets and
deliver good value for money. S/he will provide strategic guidance to
the partner, and will ensure synergy between the various work streams of
the programme, avoiding duplication and ensuring that resources are
deployed effectively to deliver on project commitments. S/he will manage
the preparation, review and periodic revision of detailed country-level
implementation plans, monitor and respond to partner performance and be
responsible for driving communication between the partners in country,
and across the programme.
The team leader will steward the flexible and adaptive programme
approach at a national level, monitoring effectiveness, environmental
opportunities and challenges, and risk levels. The team leader will work
with MSI’s DFID team in London to refine and adjust the programme
approach to maximise opportunities, mitigate risks, and continue to
deliver high impact.
S/he will be the face of the project to the government, the donor and
other development partners. The project works closely with the Ministry
of Health at central level as well as regional and district level, and
supports their targets for sexual and reproductive health.
The Team Leader will work closely with the Ministry of Health to
integrate the project into ongoing sexual and reproductive health
initiatives and projects, and to engage in relevant policy dialogue and
advocacy for a.
S/he will be the main point of contact with DFID-Tanzania and manage
relationships within the partner. S/he will have ultimate authority on
all aspects of the programme and will ensure that it is implemented with
the highest standards of quality and efficiency, working closely with
the country director, technical teams, and support teams. S/he will
ensure that the programme meets MSI’s internal standards and donor
compliance.
This role is subject to the successful award of the contract and the
project is due to commence in 2019. The role will be for a minimum of
one year and may be extended for the full duration of the project (5
years). Key responsibilities
Leadership
- Lead the effective and efficient delivery of the programme within budget, ensuring that DFID expectations and programme KPIs are met or exceeded;
- Provide overall leadership for the programme team at country level, ensuring collaboration with the partner and coordination across implementation geographic areas;
- Ensure high quality programme delivery, following donor and MSI compliance and standards, to agreed work plans;
- Provide guidance, support, and oversight to the consortium partner to ensure the programme is implemented efficiently, effectively, and providing good value for money;
- Ensure robust, accurate and meaningful monitoring, evaluation, and learning across the project, ensuring learning is integrated into ongoing implementation;
- Foster a positive and encouraging team atmosphere, supporting team members to develop and excel in their positions.
Governance/ programme management
- Ensure compliance with donor requirements at all levels and provide guidance to the partner on donor compliance.
- Effectively manage the project budget, ensuring efficient use of resources, and managing expenditure in line with the agreed budget.
- Ensure the programme adheres to guidelines in MSI’s project cycle management manual.
- Compile and submit regular technical and financial reports to DFID-Tanzania, ensuring all reports are reviewed by the required approvers internally.
- Ensure agreed workplans are adhered to and/or corrected when necessary.
Representation
- Representation of MSI and the project at strategic level, including with DFID-Tanzania, and engage and influence the Ministry of Health and associated institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies, government institutes and authorities at central, regional, and local level, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Uphold all MSI core values, lead by example, and promote the “One Team, One Spirit” approach
- Significant (10+ years) experience in delivering clinical family planning and sexual and reproductive health programming in sub-Saharan Africa or a similar context at a senior level of management;
- Demonstrable experience managing large and complex programmes funded by DFID and other institutional donors with budgets of upward of £10 million;
- Demonstrable experience leading consortia and managing local and international implementing partners to deliver results across a range of work streams;
- Proven general management experience in operationally demanding and challenging environments, including recruitment, training and supervision of direct reports;
- Track record in building and maintaining strong relationships with government (Ministry of Health and local authorities), the private sector, and peer organisation and UN agencies to deliver sexual and reproductive health programmes;
- Demonstrated capacity to manage financial resources effectively and transparently to achieve maximum impact and value for money;
- Proven knowledge and experience applying DFID compliance and familiarity with DFID terms and conditions, duty of care requirements, due diligence, etc. (essential)
- Fluent in English (essential)
Personal attributes
- Pro-choice
- Approachable with strong interpersonal & listening skills together with the ability to empower their team
- Track record of delivering targets
- Ability to push the boundaries and develop market share
- Results focused
- Self-motivated and a self-starter
- The highest levels of integrity, strong ethical attitude
- IT literate
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Closing date: 2nd February 2019
Salary: competitive
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
