Vacancy title:
Country Director

Jobs at:
Gatsby Africa

Deadline of this Job:
27th October 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 15th October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

In 1967 David Sainsbury set up the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Lord Sainsbury has since given Gatsby more than £1 billion to distribute to charitable causes in a variety of fields, including neuroscience, plant science and public policy. These reflect his areas of interest and draw from his professional experience in business and government More information can be found at www.gatsby.org.uk 
Gatsby Africa is a English charitable company limited by guarantee established to implement the foundation’s programmes in Africa with branch offices in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

JOB DETAILS:

GATSBY’S WORK IN AFRICA
Gatsby has funded and implemented programmes in Africa since 1985. Our mission is to accelerate inclusive and resilient economic growth in East Africa by demonstrating how key sectors such as cotton in Tanzania can be transformed.
We fund and implement programmes that look to catalyze and influence large scale and lasting change in priority sectors. We build and support local organizations dedicated to sector transformation. We also aim to share what we have learned with others such as governments and donors who are trying to transform sectors.

SKILLS

• Well-honed leadership and management skills, able to inspire and motivate teams, work in a calm and confident manner, and translate ideas into actions.
  
• Excellent judgement, with the ability to think through different courses of action and make pragmatic, practical decisions.
  
• Strong organisation, planning an d time-management skills, with a proven ability to plan and prioritise own work and that of others and meet deadlines under pressure, often balancing what appear to be conflicting and sometimes changing priorities.
  
• Strong facilitation skills, able to ensure effective governance and processes are in place that enable input from experts and advisors.
  
• Excellent interpersonal, diplomatic and persuasive skills –
  able to build a strong rapport with senior level public and private sector stakeholders and be comfortable negotiating political relationships.
  
• A genuine team-player with strong listening, negotiating and persuasive skills.
  
• Able to quickly establish credibility and respect as a leader, demonstrating maturity and presence and building strong working relationships and rapport with colleagues.
  
• Works with others in a collaborative and solutions focused manner to achieve win-win outcomes.
  

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Empathises with GA’s mission and values and brings both a commitment to African development and an understanding of the development landscape.
• A commitment to work within the principles and practices of the Gatsby Approach to ensure that programmes learn from implementation and sector changes, adapt and use the information to guide sector stakeholders.
• A self-starter with a pro-active approach
• Maintains high performance and demonstrates resilience when operating in a fast paced professional service environment
• Shows an understanding and appreciation of what it takes to deliver across different cultures.
• Integrity and professionalism, setting and demonstrating the highest ethical and moral standards and a strong sense of personal accountability
• Able to travel nationally, regionally and