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Catholic Medical Mission Board Recruiting: Technical Director – May/June 2017

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Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is a leading faith-based NGO working to contribute to improving global healthcare for the world’s poor by building healthy, sustainable communities through community engagement and partnerships, seeks suitably qualified Zambians to fill the following position:

Job Summary:

The CMMB Zambia Technical Director (TD) will play an important and pivotal key role in providing technical support to all CMMB Country program activities.  S/He will lead the strengthening of knowledge and information as well as providing guidance for the implementation of program activities and support the developments of technical strategies. S/he will supervise and mentor all staff that has technical components in their roles while working in coordination with the Operations Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Finance Director and Compliance Manager, to mention a few of the staff members. This position will also be the focal point person for resource mobilization activities for all CMMB Zambia and will participate in national and international technical working groups and forums.

The Technical Director will report directly to CMMB Country Director.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Act as the overall technical lead for all programs
  • Oversee the work of the technical staff
  • Ensure that the work of each technical area is coordinated at all levels
  • Provide technical and operational guidance and oversight to all program activities and is in accordance with national guidelines in areas such as Nutrition, Water and Sanitation and Primary Health
  • Contribute to the production, review, analysis, and evaluation of technical reports including the preparation of technical aspects of programmatic reports to donors, implementation plans, abstracts, and manuscripts, etc. and other relevant materials and facilitate dissemination of good practices
  • Work closely with the donors to ensure compliance with technical approaches in coordination with the Operations Director
  • Contribute to the collection of data and other M&E processes, in collaboration with the M&E Manager
  • Development of capacity building strategies to enhance program quality
  • Actively identify and pursue new opportunities and lead program development activities by developing and technically reviewing program and grant proposals
  • Provide support in facilitating technical collaboration and coordination activities with the Government, Donors and other NGO partners
  • Attend sector meetings and liaise closely with potential partner organizations
  • Conduct regular technical assessment/assistance visits to the program sites

Skills & Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Arts degree, MPH an added advantage
  • A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in developing and managing multi-sector programs such as Nutrition, Water, and Sanitation, Health including HIV/AIDS and TB prevention and care programs
  • Knowledge of and experience in working with USAID, CDC, DFID, UN agencies, private, international, national and/or local partners and other government agencies
  • Knowledge of PEPFAR Grants
  • Proven strong leadership skills and experience in leading and/or facilitating a multidisciplinary team
  • Excellent communication skills to liaise, negotiate and advocate with the Government, donors/potential donors and key stakeholders including with other implementing agencies
  • Proven ability to write technical reports, reviews, program/project documents, concept notes/proposals and conduct presentations by clearly formulating/articulating positions on issues and defending recommendations
  • Ability to multitask and handle competing priorities
  • Fluency in written and spoken English
  • Proficiency in MS Office, Powerpoint, the Internet, etc;
  • Cultural sensitivity.

All interested applicants email your application letter and Curriculum Vitae to [email protected] and cc: [email protected].

(Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 29th May 2017)

NOTE: CMMB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.