National Director Tanzania Job Vacancy: SOS Children's Villages Tanzania

Our client, SOS Children's Villages Tanzania is a private social development organization, committed to helping the ever increasing number of orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children.

SOS Children's Villages - Tanzania Trust wishes to recruit a strong, innovative and visionary leader to take up the position of National Director to be based at the Country Office in Dar es salaam, Tanzania, reporting to the Regional Director and responsible to the Board of Trustees.

The ideal candidate must be motivated by challenging situations, have clear understanding of children's development issues in Tanzania as well as have programme development and fund-raising knowledge and experience.

The Country Director's Role will be to:

• Lead the strategic planning and positioning processes to ensure sustainability and relevance of the organization's work including ensuring operational effectiveness of all programmes to guarantee child-care quality according to defined standards.
• Formulate and implement monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for programmes and facilities to ensure that agreed SOS International strategies, standards and policies are implemented
• Promote long-term-stability and financial self-sufficiency by pursuing support from government and private sources with the aim of maximising the fundraising potential in the country
• Ensure the effective and sustainable management of the organization's financial and other resources.
• Implement an efficient performance management and human resource development system and build the human capacity to ensure long-term growth and stability and provide capacity building and technical support as needed.
• Pursue advocacy objectives within NGO child rights forums in partnership within other stakeholders.

The Person Required must have:

• Good understanding of child rights and child development issues in a developing country
• Notable success in leading high performance and successful teams through motivation, creativity, innovation and team leadership skills
• Experience in developing, nurturing and implementing social development programmes and fund raising for the same through establishment of long-term -partnerships with stakeholders
• Strong influential and executive leadership style, articulate and confident manager able to spur confidence in the organisation
• Outstanding record of senior level leadership achievement in a dynamic and multi-cultural setting with capacity to identify and implement capacity building initiatives
• Strong persuasive and influential Communication and marketing skills

If you are interested, fit the above criteria, is a Tanzanian Citizen with over five (5) years experience in senior management/executive level position in a large organisation preferably within the NGO or public sector, computer literate, a holder of a good first degree in relevant field from a recognised University and aged between 35 and 45 years, then access and fill a confidential questionnaire in our website: http:\\www.osanoassociates.com\soscvt\ giving your clearly stated strategies/thoughts on how you will ensure that SOS Children's Village, Tanzania Trust succeeds in achieving its mission and realising its vision for children.

Your registration and application through the given website should reach us on or before 4th December 2009:

Information and Queries:

Osano & Associates - info @ osanoassociates.com - Ref. NDSOSCVT

AMREF KCO Building,
Wilson Airport, Lang'ata Road,
P.O. Box 6090 - 00300,
Nairobi, Kenya

SOS Children's Village-Tanzania is an equal Opportunity Employer.

Canvassing is strictly forbidden

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