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Call For Health Experts, Tanzania

Organization: Plan USA
Country: United Republic of Tanzania
Closing date: 01 Mar 2014

Plan International seeks expressions of interest from highly motivated and talented senior- level Health Experts for several anticipated multi-year USAID-funded health projects in Tanzania. Plan is seeking highly qualified candidates with extensive experience working on health and health systems strengthening development projects. Candidates should possess the following skills:
  1. Extensive experience working within the health sector in Tanzania and/or East and Southern Africa.
  2. Experience in health systems strengthening, in particular developing community social systems and providing community-level engagement.
  3. Experience with USAID-funded projects (ideally, in a senior technical or managerial position) highly preferred.
  4. Demonstrated ability to design and implement strategies that employ evidence-based approaches to meet project targets, especially under rigorous timelines.
  5. Experience working and collaborating with diverse sets of stakeholders, such as local partners, government officials, donor representatives, and international staff.
  6. Ability to respond on short notice and plan and execute several activities at once.
  7. Ability to work under pressure, as part of a team or independently, and meet deadlines consistently.
  8. Proven experience hiring, training, and supervising teams of international and local staff.
  9. Proven leadership, inter-personal and cross-cultural skills, and ability to build and motivate diverse teams.
  10. Fluency in English.

How to apply:

To apply visit our job posting at http://www.planusa.org/jobopps