Employment Opportunity at Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation
Organization Overview
The Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation (BMF) is a non-profit Trust, established in 2006 with the vision towards healthy lives and well-being for all in Tanzania and the rest of Africa. Its strategic mission is to contribute towards the attainment of better health outcomes through innovative health and related system solutions. BMF’s Vision and Mission can be achieved through an empowered workforce, which is self-motivated, committed to growth and integrity, the one who seeks excellence in execution and who are innovative and dynamic. BMF seeks innovative, self-driven, dynamic, and competent qualified candidates to fill the vacancy below.
Position: Director of Programs and Strategic Information
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Direct Supervisees: Six (6) staff members
Department: Programs and Strategic Information
Duty Station: Head Office – Dar es Salaam
Overall Purpose of the Job
To provide strategic leadership in program design, appraisal, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The role is instrumental in driving the achievement of program goals and objectives in alignment with BMF’s strategic plan. He/she will support the CEO in strategic management through the development of innovative tools, systems, and techniques for ensuring the Foundation executes its strategic goals, objectives, programmatic focused business growth, and initiatives to deliver better results while remaining focused and relevant. The Department will lead and create the learning atmosphere within the Foundation through the development of systems that support the process of generating, collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing, including emerging diseases, climate change, and RMNCAH & Nutrition. Technology-driven and gender integration will be crosscutting aspects in programming. Additionally, the role is responsible for sharing knowledge to enhance BMF’s visibility both within Tanzania and across the African region. Key strategic initiatives include health workforce, service delivery, and community health towards addressing communicable and non-communicable diseases, including emerging diseases, RMNCAH & Nutrition, with integration of climate change, technology-driven interventions, and gender.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Key Output 1: Driving Strategic Processes Including Short- and Long-Term Strategic Plans
- Provide overall leadership for managing the Foundation’s programs and act as custodian for the development and translation of institutional long-term and short-term program targets, objectives, and vision into implementation.
- Coordinate and monitor the implementation of the BMF Strategic Business Plan (2024–2030) and formulate periodic plans and measures to achieve its defined goals based on environmental analysis and make recommendations to the Senior Management Team.
- Facilitate all BMF Departments/Units in aligning their goals, processes, and resource allocation within the Foundation’s strategic plan context.
- Enhance sustained improvement of organizational efficiency and effectiveness, business opportunities, and check viability.