Job Description

A locally registered national membership umbrella body whose mission is to promote and support palliative care in Zimbabwe has a new opening for a suitably qualified person to fill in the position of Technical Director for a USAID-funded OVC project. The goal of the project is to improve health, safety, education and stability outcomes for orphans and other vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth affected and infected by HIV in Zimbabwe.
Reporting to the Chief of Party, the Technical Director is a full-time position that will be responsible for managing and providing leadership for all technical teams and ensuring that program designs and implementation are aligned to new PEPFAR, USAID and Government of Zimbabwe program priorities. This will be achieved through collaboration with government and other organizations and stakeholders, to ensure effective service delivery to OVC and their families. The selection of the applicant is subject to USAID approval.
Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to the project in alignment with PEPFAR Technical Guidelines and Zimbabwe’s COP, project objectives, technical standards and best practices, and global evidence.
• Strategize and lead programming efforts to improve comprehensive service delivery to OVC and their families, ensuring program quality and responsiveness to emerging needs.
• Provide technical supervision and oversight of program implementation in 4 target districts in coordination with consortium partners and key stakeholders.
• Liaise with government, NGO and private sector partners and stakeholders to achieve project goals and objectives.
• Keep abreast of research and policy developments to inform program strategy.
• Develop high-quality technical reports and deliverables for timely submission to USAID.
• Participate in sound overall management of project implementation, in coordination with other senior team members and leadership, and to ensure project compliance with donor requirements, policies, and regulations, including for child safeguarding.

Qualifications and Experience

The Technical Director will be responsible for management of the technical elements of the project, including leading technical teams, work planning and reporting. The Technical Director shall have:
• Five years demonstrated experience managing HIV/AIDS projects in a developing country setting.
• Master’s degree in public administration, social work, public health or other relevant degree related to activity’s outcomes.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide management oversight to large complex programs.
• Ability to organize and work with diverse teams to produce high quality project deliverables on time and according to budget; and
• Experience working in Zimbabwe on HIV–related activities.
• Understanding of, and sensitivity to, the major issues affecting HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe, with in-depth knowledge of the implementation of HIV/AIDS, health, child protection, education, economic strengthening and GBV programs for OVC.
• Demonstrated skills in planning, program management, implementation, and monitoring for impact.
• Experience supervising program staff and managing partners.
• Experience collaborating with government institutions, primarily the Ministry of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education from national to district level, as well as with other community and NGO stakeholders
• Demonstrated strong managerial, analytical, and interpersonal written, and verbal communication skills in English, including for oral presentations.
• Familiarity with the Zimbabwean operating environment and national strategic plans and policies
• Strong managerial, supervisory, analytical, and interpersonal communications skills, including dynamic facilitation and presentation skills;
• Fluency in English; Proficiency in the relevant local languages is a plus.