Country Director – Tanzania

Water For People is a global nonprofit working across nine countries, bringing together communities, local entrepreneurs, and governments to build and maintain water and sanitation services that will last. We have a sustainable solution to end the global water and sanitation crisis, and our employees across the world help drive this solution.

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

The Country Director – Tanzania is ultimately responsible for managing all aspects of Water For People work in a country and ensures implementation of the Everyone Forever approach in the country. The Country Director ensures programming is in line with Water For People’s overall strategy and policy objectives, oversees the effective management of Water For People funds and equipment, and ensures the country office has established appropriate systems for financial, program, and human resource management.

The Country Director provides leadership for national advocacy and learning programs and manages a wide range of external relationships at the national and local levels. The Country Director will serve as the primary point of contact in the Tanzania Program for both the global headquarters office located in Denver, and the Africa Regional Office.

Water For People expects its Country Director to adopt a collaborative management style, but to ultimately make necessary decisions which are in the best interests of our mission, our staff, and our partners.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & DUTIES:  

Strategy 

• Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the Water For People country strategy.
• Develop and implement annual multi operational plans and budgets to carry forward country operations in line with the global direction of Water For People.
• Drive the implementation of new organizational initiatives in Tanzania, in all spheres of program or management
• Actively participate in relevant national initiatives, policy deliberations, and programs, providing leadership and support as necessary.

External Relationship Management

• Represent Water For People in Tanzania and host official visitors to the Water For People program.
• Strengthen relationships with partner organizations, NGOs, government agencies, donors, bilateral and multilateral agencies in Tanzania.
• Identify and develop in-country funding opportunities for further program work, including leveraging funds from central, state and decentralized budgets, and “donors” based in Tanzania.
• Produce reports to the Government of Tanzania as required.

Influence and Advocacy

• Collaborate with Government and other non-state actors in reviewing WASH sector policies, guidelines and strategies.
• Collaborate with Government and other non-state actors in strengthening WASH systems at National, sub national and local level.

Internal Management 

• Manage the Water For People Tanzania technical and administrative managers and any key specialist positions and provide performance management documentation for the Regional Office and HQ.
• Implement the country’s standard working procedures in line with Water For People’s overall policies where appropriate.
• Implement Water For People’s financial controls and verify that all in-country staff follow the requirements of those controls.
• Collaborate with the Africa Regional team and HQ on implementing organizational-wide initiatives inclusive of global policies to help build a global culture.

Learning and Reporting

• Develop the capacity of Water For People and partners staff to document their experience for learning and advocacy purposes.
• In co-operation with partners, develop projects that contribute to Water For People’s learning and advocacy agendas.
• Coordinate and manage the preparation and submission to HQ, donors and the Government of Tanzania, quarterly and other (as needed) reports and accounts.

Governance, Accountability and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with applicable in-country rules and regulations related to in-country staff and property (e.g.taxes, insurance, etc.), with documentation being provided to HQ.
• Ensure the Board of Directors as a governance structure for the CP is functional and receives reports as required by the law of Tanzania.
• Ensure individual programs and projects are kept within budget and that program expenditure remains within the annual budget allocation.
• Undertake quarterly financial reviews with all budget-holders in the country to monitor expenditure against budget, provide financial information to in-country staff and partners on project implementation, and ensure that overall project expenditure is on track.
• Produce reports to the Tanzanian Government as required.

BEHAVIORS & COMPETENCIES:

Connect to Mission – Work to integrate own behaviors with the mission of the organization; connect the organization’s mission with established structure and activities; actively work to improve the capabilities of teams; actions and decisions are taken with the organization in mind

Manage through Ambiguity – Adapt to people, shifting demands, and changing priorities with ease; create clear picture of the importance and relevance of change; find way to apply innovative ideas to enhance business results

Demonstrate Cultural Awareness – Establish an inclusive environment; is appreciative, affirming and inclusive of all cultural backgrounds; demonstrate active listening, empathy and effective engagement to increase cultural competence

Action-oriented – Integrate a variety of information or translate corporate strategy; drive innovation to create competitive edge; introduce substantive improvements to enhance performance throughout a functional area; create something that stands out against the norm to help deliver industry-leading performance

Sense of Team – Facilitate collaboration; invest in building relationships; advocate ideas and effectively negotiate to achieve mutually successful outcomes; know and consider the capabilities of coworkers in own actions; bring people together across boundaries, leveraging differences to achieve results as a team

Build Talent and Team – Build sustainable talent pipeline; look beyond own team, towards building organizational capacity; review employees’ capabilities to assess organization capacity to deliver on strategy; challenge individuals to champion the talent management agenda; benchmark people capability and people processes

Impact and Influence – Empower teams to perform; appropriately use the power of the position as well as personal influence to achieve outcomes; persuade others to willingly pursue a course of action against their initial inclination; create a team spirit of excitement and positive motivation; hold the group/team accountable to higher goals based on greater empowerment

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree or professional qualification in a relevant subject (for example, engineering, development studies, community health, business, economics).
• Master’s degree or professional qualification in a relevant subject preferred.
• At least five (5) years’ experience heading a country program, desirable.
• Minimum of ten (10) years senior program management experience, including financial management and budgetary control, and direct line management of staff preferably in water and sanitation.
• Significant experience in business related to WASH and climate change programming.
• Significant experience in resource mobilization and managing multilateral projects.
• Proven leadership and strategic management skills.
• Experience working with national and district local governments in Tanzania.
• Significant experience in managing teams and community-based water and supply projects.
• A clear understanding of the WASH sector in Tanzania.
• Strong analytical and finance skills.
• Good computer skills

Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Position is based at Water For People’s Tanzania office located in Dodoma.
• Candidates must be a citizen or legally authorized to work in Tanzania.
• This position requires regular travel to program sites in Tanzania and ability to travel at least 15% of the time domestically and internationally, including places where travel might be rugged.
• Ability to work outside typical office hours at times to collaborate across multiple time zones.

Salary Range:

Anticipated salary range: TZS 135,000,000 – $165,000,000. The actual salary will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors. 

Water For People cannot provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Water For People is committed to protecting children encountered during our work and by our employees, preventing sexual abuse and exploitation of all individuals with a particular focus on women and children and other marginalized communities in the performance of our work, preventing human trafficking in the performance of our work and in our supply chain and to having a drug-free workplace.  During the recruitment processes, additional documentation will be requested to comply with our policies and in accordance with the legal requirements in your country of residency, this includes a background check. If you apply for employment, we want you to be aware of our recruitment, selection and hiring processes including important policies regarding employee conduct.

Water For People is an equal opportunity employer who is committed to creating a culture of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace. For this position we strongly encourage women and people with disabilities to apply. Water for people strives to create and maintain a level of diversity that reflects the communities we serve. Achieving this—regardless of race, ethnicity, ancestry, tribal affiliation, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, veteran status, disability, socioeconomic class, educational attainment, or other social identities is critical to our ability to have a world where every person has access to reliable and safe water and sanitation services.

Our commitment ensures that we:

• Have a different array of thinking that comes from diverse backgrounds and cultures, enabling us to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges.
• Strive for a culture of inclusion and belonging by treating each other with dignity, respect, and appreciation enabling us to feel welcome, supported, and valued.
• Effectively connect, communicate, and build long-lasting relationships with stakeholders within our diverse communities.
• Have diversity of thought, perspectives, backgrounds, identities, and talents that will support our mission to develop high-quality drinking water and sanitation services are available to Everyone Forever