Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 14, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Country Director is responsible for leading and driving the country programme. It is a multi-faceted role, focused on securing adequate funding to sustain operations, upscale and strategically strengthen the country programme, while ensuring compliance and high-quality delivery of project results. It will require the Country Director to be well informed about national and international development priorities and steer the sectors in response to these priorities. The Country Director will forge partnerships and alliances between SNV and important national and international actors and stimulate collaboration for impact in SNV sectors. She/he will also be the face of SNV in the country and ensure its positive image and visibility. The Country Director will lead, coach and support a team of professionals to perform at their best to meet and exceed our stakeholder’s expectations, both internally and externally. In addition, she/he will be a key member of SNV’s global extended management team, making meaningful contributions to help shape the future of SNV.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• The selected candidate will be responsible for the following tasks:
• Strategic leadership of the program including multi-country efforts within the overall parameters of SNV’s global strategy;
• Business development to grow the country programme, ensure financial sustainability of SNV Tanzania and ensure a high-quality project design;
• Oversight and quality assurance of project implementation (including project director roles) ensuring the delivery of impact to the satisfaction of key stakeholders and compliance with SNV’s and the donor’s financial standards and monitoring protocols;
• Overall risk management for SNV in country including financial and compliance risk;
• Strong and supportive leadership and management of the country team: creating and nurturing an environment that supports high performance, learning and teamwork at all levels;
• Representation and profiling: building partnerships and maintaining excellent relationships with donors, partners, local governments, businesses, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders;
• Collaboration with other SNV countries to effectively exploit opportunities for synergy, deliver at scale (including multi-country projects), exchange knowledge and strengthen SNV’s position;
• Foster innovation of SNV products and services: facilitate learning, documentation and evidence-based knowledge development in collaboration with SNV’s global team and partners; ensure collaboration with renowned knowledge institutes and networks.

Qualifications Education
• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Relevant Experience
• At least 8 years of relevant management experience at the strategic level;
• Knowledge and understanding of the international development context and trends in SNV’s three sectors;
• Proven ability to mobilise resources from the public and private sector; familiarity with key donors and actors in SNV’s core sectors;
• Strong business and people management capabilities with a focus on results and entrepreneurial skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Strong networking and positioning skills at multiple levels;
• Strong in implementation oversight;
• Proven track record in project management including familiarity with donor-funded project procedures and process and project cycle management;
• Ability to develop and manage relationships with government at national and local levels;
• Ability to coach, lead, stimulate and inspire professionals in a development context;
• Culturally aware, tactful and open-minded;
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of Swahili would be an advantage;
• Experience of East or Southern Africa an advantage.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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