CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Tiyatien Health
Country: Liberia
Closing date: 02 Mar 2015

Director, Health Systems Policy and Planning

ABOUT LAST MILE HEALTH

Founded by survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Last Mile Health (LMH) (known in Liberia as Tiyatien Health) is committed to saving lives in the world’s most remote villages. Working in remote jungle communities cut off from even basic life-saving health services, LMH is building a health system that reaches everyone—by bringing health care to villagers’ doorsteps. LMH trains community members to be health practitioners for their villages and connects them with rural health clinics to offer every person access to the care they deserve. These Frontline Health Workers are able to prevent, diagnose, and treat the top ten most life-threatening health conditions. LMH plans to leverage this experience to help the Liberian government design, deploy and sustain a national network of community health workers that can have a transformative impact on maternal and child health outcomes across Liberia.

Over the past six months, an unprecedented Ebola outbreak has demonstrated that weak, inequitable health systems leave everyone vulnerable. To match a historic crisis with a historic response, LMH is launching a significant expansion of the organization’s rural healthcare model, integrated with a package of Ebola treatment and health facility strengthening efforts across the southeast. This project aims to deploy a comprehensive health system—from life-saving essential primary care services in remote communities to inpatient Ebola treatment and tertiary care in health facilities—and to work with the Liberian government to sustain that system and expand it to the rest of the country in the coming years.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

LMH is building a health systems policy and planning team, based in Liberia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) in Monrovia. This team will provide technical support to the MOH to marshal a comprehensive Ebola outbreak and transition response that strengthens the overall health system in the long-term for everyone’s benefit – no matter where they live. LMH will help design and implement a nation-wide Community Health Worker program and ensure national health system improvements are realized at the community level. To achieve this, a health systems policy and planning team consisting of highly-motivated, diplomatic, and experienced specialists will provide technical advice to MOH officials, support the implementation of community health programs in coordination with other NGO and institutional partners, conduct focused capacity-building projects, and provide long-term analysis and thought leadership for the Liberian public health system.

The Director of the Health Systems Policy and Planning team will be a trusted advisor and the principal institutional liaison to senior MOHSW officials, as well as provide technical leadership and management to the team itself. The Director will help the MOHSW direct attention and resources towards national community health priorities outlined in the national Community Health Roadmap such as national deployment of community health workers. The Director will initiate and steer new projects, leverage the appropriate expertise within the Health Systems Policy and Planning team to ensure these priorities are featured in the government’s decisions ranging from health financing, human resources for health, and clinical protocols. The Director is also responsible for overseeing all aspects of program management activities, including but not limited to program planning, budgeting, staffing, qualitative and quantitative analysis and reporting.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Provide Strategic Support to MOHSW

• Serve as a trusted advisor to MOH to ensure that major new and ongoing Ebola response efforts are designed and implemented to strengthen all levels of the public health system over the long-term.
• Work alongside senior MOH officials to identify community health system strengthening initiatives and leverage the expertise of the appropriate health systems policy and planning specialists to support their implementation. This includes identifying technical assistance needs within MOH and with relevant partners such as the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the World Bank.
• Actively participate in planning and coordination meetings among senior MOH officials and other stakeholders to identify and mobilize resources for community health priorities such as the expansion of a national community health worker program and other components of the national Community Health Roadmap.

Program Management

• Along with the organization’s senior leadership, assist in setting the overall direction and goals of the Health Systems Policy and Planning team, defining targets, setting aggressive milestones and measuring program performance.
• Manage the operational and administrative aspects of the Health Systems Policy and Planning team, including budgeting, human resources and internal and external reporting requirements.
• Prepare team members’ workplans with clear objectives and achievement benchmarks, long-term and short-term priorities, implementation plans, financial projections and tools for evaluation.
• Ensure work streams effectively address health system weaknesses at the community level and contribute to Liberia’s broader MDG progress and other health sector goals.
• Hold weekly coordination meetings with the team and provide strategic guidance to individual team members.

Relationship management and thought leadership

• Engage and manage relationships with senior MOH leaders and key development partners to identify new opportunities to collaborate with partners to leverage expertise that benefits new and ongoing projects under the health systems policy and planning team.
• Drawing on guidance from the LMH Programs team, and the expertise of the Health Systems Policy and Planning team, identify, articulate and advocate for specific opportunities to address health system weaknesses at the community level in senior government and partner forums.
• Manage external relations by representing the project and the organization in the public and ensuring the distribution of information about project achievements and lesson learned among relevant actors and across departments within the organization.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: Country Director

WORKS DIRECTLY WITH: MOHS staff and officials, partners, and Liberia-based Programs team, including Medical, M&E, and Frontline Health Systems Directors

SUPERVISES: Health Systems Policy and Planning Specialists

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• A Master’s degree in business administration, public health, or related subject
• Minimum of 5 years work experience, preferably in influencing health system policies alongside government counterparts
• Demonstrated experience in project and operational management in complex and uncertain environments
• Experience motivating and empowering multiple direct reports to achieve aggressive milestones
• Ability to navigate complex government processes and negotiate and achieve consensus with multiple influencers
• Demonstrated success in working with supporting high-level officials and stakeholders
• Generosity of spirit, sensitivity/diplomacy, and willingness to make sacrifices in service of the mission
• Commitment to health and social justice
• Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills
• Experience working in a post-conflict or resource-poor setting
• Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks at one time in time-sensitive manner
• Comfort working with a casual but high-performing team
• High degree of English fluency required

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The successful Director of Health System Policy and Planning will exhibit excellent diplomatic and strategic skills to establish credibility and provide thoughtful guidance to senior MOHSW officials to affect positive change to Liberia’s health system. This individual will be a great mentor, manager, role model and team player who demonstrates exceptionally high performance and harnesses the same from a diverse, talented and dynamic Health Systems Policy and Planning team based in Monrovia.

Commitment: 40 hours/week, Minimum 12-month commitment (24 months preferred)

Location: Monrovia, Liberia

Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience; housing, R&R, and medical benefits available

How to apply:

Applications accepted on a rolling basis via Last Mile Health website

Organization: Tiyatien Health
Country: Liberia
Closing date: 02 Mar 2015

Community Health Specialist - Health Systems Policy and Planning

ABOUT LAST MILE HEALTH

Founded by survivors of Liberia’s civil war, Last Mile Health (LMH) (known in Liberia as Tiyatien Health) is committed to saving lives in the world’s most remote villages. Working in remote jungle communities cut off from even basic life-saving health services, LMH is building a health system that reaches everyone—by bringing health care to villagers’ doorsteps. LMH trains community members to be health practitioners for their villages and connects them with rural health clinics to offer every person access to the care they deserve. These Frontline Health Workers are able to prevent, diagnose, and treat the top ten most life-threatening health conditions. LMH plans to leverage this experience to help the Liberian government design, deploy and sustain a national network of community health workers that can have a transformative impact on maternal and child health outcomes in remote communities.

Over the past six months, an unprecedented Ebola outbreak has demonstrated that weak, inequitable health systems leave everyone vulnerable. To match a historic crisis with an historic response, LMH is launching a significant expansion of the organization’s rural healthcare model, integrated with a package of Ebola treatment and health facility strengthening efforts across the southeast. This project aims to deploy a comprehensive health system—from life-saving essential primary care services in remote communities to inpatient Ebola treatment and tertiary care in health facilities—and to work with the Liberian government to sustain that system and expand it to the rest of the country in the coming years.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

LMH is building a health systems policy and planning team, based in Liberia’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) in Monrovia. This team will provide technical support to the MOHSW to marshal a comprehensive Ebola outbreak and transition response that strengthens the overall health system in the long-term for everyone’s benefit – no matter where they live. LMH will help the MOHSW rationalize funding from major international donors to ensure it benefits Liberians living in remote villages. LMH will help design and implement a nation-wide Community Health Worker program and ensure national health system improvements are realized at the community level. To achieve this, a health systems policy and planning team consisting of highly-motivated, diplomatic, and experienced specialists will provide technical advice to MOHSW officials, support the implementation of community health programs in coordination with other NGO and institutional partners, conduct focused capacity-building projects, and provide long-term analysis and thought leadership for the Liberian public health system.

The Community Health Specialist is an experienced and thoughtful public health expert with an intimate understanding of health system challenges at the community level, as well as the benefits and limits of greater decentralization of care. This individual will play a pivotal role in partnering with senior MOHSW decision-makers and key stakeholders on the effective implementation of community health priorities, particularly the opportunity to recruit and deploy 16,000 new community health workers in Liberia.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Accompany MOHSW officials

• With members of the Health Systems Policy and Planning team, work alongside officials within the MOHSW’s Community Health Services Division to provide support for ongoing implementation and monitoring of the National Community Health Road Map.
• Provide technical expertise to the MOHSW, with the support of other Last Mile Health teams, to design policies and implement national general Community Health Volunteer (gCHV) training programs, and ensure the national iCCM plan is underway.
• With closely with the MOHSW to define a national gCHV curriculum, and design the national supervision package that includes tools and training for improved community health care delivery.
• Work closely with officials within the MOHSW’s Community Health Services Division to launch a national incentives structure.

Support the MOHSW in coordinating with key stakeholders

• Support the MOHSW in conducting coordination and planning meetings, developing implementation standards and supporting the MOHSW in establishing needed buy-in among partners.
• Work with key stakeholders within the MOHSW to map and coordinate the work of NGO and technical partners within Liberia through active support and coordination of the Community Health Technical Working Group.
• Participate in gCHV mapping activities and coordinate data collection within LMH and across partners in order to process and analyze the results.
• Support the Incident Management System (IMS) and the national Ebola response as-needed.

Analysis and thought leadership

• Provide the Health Systems Policy and Planning team with technical expertise and analysis to support advocacy efforts to direct funding towards the deployment of a national community health worker program and other key components of the Community Health Road Map.
• Drawing on guidance from the Last Mile Health program and project implementation teams, conduct analysis of key outstanding key community health priorities, particularly those protecting gains made on MDGs and present findings to MOHSW colleagues via presentations, position papers, and other communications.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: Director of Health Systems Policy and Planning

WORKS DIRECTLY WITH: Programs team, including Medical, M&E, and Frontline Health Systems Directors, MOHSW staff and officials

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• MPH or MIA/MPA or similar degree required
• 3-5 years experience in global health and development programs; experience in community-level health systems in developing countries preferred
• Significant program design experience
• Demonstrated success and experience working with government officials, preferably providing capacity building or accompaniment services
• Successful and proven negotiation, communication and organization skills.
• Generosity of spirit, sensitivity/diplomacy, and willingness to make sacrifices in service of the mission
• Commitment to health and social justice
• Excellent writing and communication skills, including across cultures and backgrounds
• Experience working closely with employees recruited in a post-conflict or resource-poor setting
• Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks at one time in time-sensitive manner
• Comfort working with a casual but high-performing team
• High degree of English fluency required

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The successful Health System Planning Specialist will be an excellent communicator and supporter of government health officials, able to assist the MOHSW in its effort to strengthen remote and rural health systems by sharing the lessons and experiences reflected in the Last Mile Health program model. The specialist must be diplomatic, collaborative, and able to provide technical expertise and guidance through a wide range of relationships and projects.

Commitment: 40 hours/week, Minimum 12-month commitment (24 months preferred)

Location: Monrovia, Liberia

Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience; housing, R&R, and medical benefits available

How to apply:

Applications accepted on a rolling basis via Last Mile Health website

Country: Somalia
Closing date: 25 Nov 2014

TERMS OF REFERENCE

PositionPlanning and Organisational Development SpecialistPlace of Performance Mogadishu, SomaliaContract Duration 50 working daysStarting Date

OVERVIEW OF CTG GLOBAL

CTG Global is a managed service company specializing in Recruitment, Management Consultancy, Human Resources support services and Monitoring & Evaluation in post disaster and post conflict countries around the world.

CTG Global provides services to humanitarian organizations, government, non-governmental organizations and corporates that enables public and private sectors to focus on their core business and the achievement of their objectives in hostile and threatening environments as we provide a safe and secure environment for them to do so and alleviate them of their risks, crisis and personnel management problems.

OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION

In 2012, after a long and troubled transition, a new political dispensation was found in Somalia, with the adoption of the Provision Constitution, the selection of a new parliament, the election of president and formation of a new government.

For the Fedeall Government of Somalia to fulfill its mandate and meet expectations of the Somali people, as well as being able to assume gradually the capacity to deliver services to the population, Somalia’s public institution need to reconstitute cross cutting and central capacities at all levels of government.

The challenges faced by the Federal Government in strengthening its public sector institutions are enormous. The long civil war and looting have destroyed physical infrastructure, equipment and the institutional memory of most government agencies and ministries. There is a lack of clarity on the mandate and functions across Federal Government Institutions and between the federal and subnational levels of government. Clear institutional mandate and policy frameworks are mostly absent and lead to competing and overlapping functions. The functional assignments of revenue and expenditure for each level of government entailed by the Federal Constitution have not been clearly spelled out.

Staff capacity is low across the whole spectrum of government institutions with limited mechanisms to identify and redress these capacity gaps. There are currently virtually no trainng avenues for government employees, majority of whom lost the opportunity to develop technical and professional skills through a formal system of quality eduation.

The New Deal (endorsed in Brussels on 16 September 2013 by the Government and development partners) offers ways for an inclusive country-led and country-owed transition out of fragility, focusing on medium and long term priorities and on the needs of Somalia and its people.

To deliver on the priorities and commitments on public sector capacity development identified in the Somalia Compact, the government will establish an Institutional Capacity Developmnt Flagship Programme, jointly supported by the World Bank, our client and development partners. The objective of the proposed Flagship Programme is to “enable the government to fill critical capacity gaps in the civil service and to strengthen the capacity of key ministries and agencies to perform core governement functions. The proposed Flagship Programme consists of three components focusing on:

­ Developing capacity for core government functions

­ Strengthening the frameworks and procedures for civil service management

­ Strengthening capacity at the center of government to effectively coordinate policy and lead reform

While the full Flagship Programme is expected to be operational late 2014, the present assignment takes place in the context of the joint partners short term support (till end of 2014). The objectives of the short term support are to design and initiate activities and help build cross-governmental support for the Flagship programme.

Based on the proposed Flagship Programme, our client’s short term support focuses on following six interrelated areas to assuring that the government of Somalia has ownership of and can begin to implement its institutional Capacity Development Flagship Programme:

­ Establishing a government-led capacity injection mechanism to fill urgent capacity gaps in key institutions.

­ Review of training and professional development options

­ Developing and implementing a Civil Service Management Framework

­ Supporting a review of the institutional machinery of government

­ Strengthening central policy making and coordination functions; and

­ Identifyin options for rolling out the Programme in Puntland

GENERAL FUNCTIONS

Objective of the Assignment

· The present individual consultancy assignment falls under component 3.2 “Strengthening Central Policy and Coordination Functions” which entails review of planning and monitoring and evaluation functions of the Ministry of Planning.

· The present assignment seeks to develop:

o An organizational development plan for the Ministry for the next three to four years. This plan would include internal organizational structure and external coordination mechanism, specifically in relation with the New Deal arrangements, staffing arrangements and a capacity development plan

o An agreed upon prioritized workplan for one year for the implementation of the organizational development plan, with specific attention to its planning and M&E roles and responsibilities

· The Planning and Organizational Development Specialist is expected to work in close coordination with our client, World Bank and counterpart government institutions and ministries.

· The Planning and Organizational Development Specialist is equally expected to closely coordinate her/his work with the overall coordinator.

Scope of Work / Expected Output

· The scope of work includes to review the planning and M&E functions of the Ministry of Planning and to develop and agreed upon prioritized workplan for the support to the Ministry of Planning regarding its planning and M&E roles and responsibilities, internal organizational structure and external coordination mechanism, specifically in relation with the New Deal arrangements.

· Specifically, the Planning Specialist is expected to undertake the following activities:

o Review of organizational structure of the Ministry and recommendations how to improve

o Capacity assessment of the Ministry and recommendations for the capacity development plan

o Review of internal and external cooperation and coordination structures

o Consolidation of a three to four year organizational development plan

o Develop a prioritized work plan (for one year) for the support requirements to the Ministry, with projections over three to four years harmonized with the organizational development plan.

Monitoring and Progress Controls

· Inception Report prior to start of work clearly spelling out the approach and work methodology and mutually agreed upon timelines of various deliverables

· Fortnightly progress reports on work done and challenges faced/concerns

· End of assignment report summarizing overall details of the assignment and lessons learnt

Final Product / Deliverables

· Following results are expected as final product of the present assignment:

o Review of the organizational structure of the Ministry resulting in a new organigram and staffing arrangements

o Capacity assessment and capacity development plan

o Review of internal and external cooperation and coordination structures

o Organizational development plan for three to four years

o A well prioritized and sequenced workplan (for one year with projections for the three – four period harmonized with the organizational development plan) for support requirements to the Ministry of Planning done

o Monthly and quarterly updates

o End of assignment report

Review / Approval Time

· Approval and payments will be made within 14 days of the successful completion of agreed milestones and submission of the timesheet.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Education

· Advanced university degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or any other related field.

Work Experience

· Minimum 10 years professional experience of working in or with government related to public sector planning and monitoring and evaluation

· Demonstrated experience with organizational review and elaboration of organizational development plans.

· Proven ability to deliver results in complex and challenging environments, and to translate strategies and good practices into practical and feasible solutions.

· Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing

· Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build consensus and good judgement in dealing with politically sensitive issues.

· Prior experience of working in our client’s context in the field of organizational development, preferably in fragile states is an added advantage.

· Demonstrates commitment to our client’s mission, vision and values.

· Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

Key Competencies

· Accountability

o mature and responsible; ability to operate in compliance with organizational rules and regulations

· Planning and Organizing

o effective organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner

o ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor (own) work

o Ability to work under pressure, with conflicting deadlines, and to handle multiple concurrent activities

· Teamwork and Respect for Diversity

o Ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries

o Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and harmonious working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity and gender

· Leadership and Self-Management

o Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback

o Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude

o Remains clam in control and good humoured even under pressure

o Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities

· Language

o English is the working language for this assignment.

The Training Specialist will be required to have a personal lap top computer.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should submit their CV along with their application letter via e-mail to careers@ctgglobal.com with reference to “BHJOB2678_617” in the subject line. Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Organization: ActionAid
Country: South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 04 Nov 2014

ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL

DIRECTORATE: Fundraising and Communications

Position: Campaigns Communications and Planning Coordinator

Location: Johannesburg or London

Salary: £38,332 per annum / 457,670 ZAR equivalent (entry salary)

International Grade D

Purpose of the Role:Supporting the Communications Team to ensure integrated communication planning & coordination across digital, content and media channels, brand integration and development, effective ways of working and internal communications with international secretariat directorates and ActionAid members, systems management and corporate communications across the ActionAid federation.

Key responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Liaise with the Policy, Research Advocacy and Campaigns, and IHART and the other International Secretariat teams on plans, projects and events that require communications support, and co-ordinate this support.
• Identify risks (including reputational) that may arise from the campaigns and how they will be managed
• Work closely with Policy and Advocacy Managers and Teams to input and facilitate ICT input into the design and delivery of communications plans to support advocacy objectives
• Support the annual planning process by project managing contributions and resource requests
• Support the project management of activities, acting as a central coordination point within the Communications Team
• Support the Communications Team to create, manage and implement policies, guidance and tools to support communications shared learning and capability building across ActionAid
• Lead in producing Communication Teams internal communications products
• Responsibility of managing delegated budgets

Desired Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will have:

• A Bachelors is essential (social science/arts/humanities degree)
• Proven experience of planning and coordinating priorities and creating processes and tools to support effective planning.
• Knowledge and experience of supporting the creation of communications policies and tools and supporting a shared learning programme
• Experience of financial tracking and budget management
• Knowledge of public campaigning approaches, including messages, audiences and delivery methods, which aim to inspire and motivate people to take action
• Able to manage self and others in order to meet tight deadlines and multiple priorities
• Strong networking/relationship-building skills - ability to anticipate, coordinate and facilitate activities with colleagues
• A proven commitment to team work and strong collaborative and diplomacy skills

How to apply:

Application Procedures

Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter by no later than4 November 2014**. You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role. Please clearly indicate which position you are applying for.**

External Applications send to: frcomms.jhb@actionaid.org

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. ActionAid International will not consider candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

ActionAid International promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all section of the community.

Organization: International Organization for Migration
Country: Somalia
Closing date: 08 Sep 2014

The Ministry of Interior and Local Governments (MOILG), with support from the UN Joint Program for Local Governance and IOM MIDA, wishes to recruit the Senior Somali Local Governance and Planning Expert to support Department of LG and Department of Planning to execute their functions. The incumbent will be supervised by the Director General of MOILG. The incumbent will have the responsibility of supporting the development of decentralization roadmap and, supervising the implementation of capacity building activities of the ministry designed to enable local government officials to deliver services to the communities. He/she will also support the ministry to put in place an appropriate monitoring and evaluation mechanisms of all activities supported by the UN Joint Local Governance program to ensure that the key objectives are met in an accountable and transparent manner. The position is for a limited period of twelve months.

How to apply:

****For Further Details on the position and to apply online please visit:****http://www.quests-mida.org/view_vacancy.php?jobid=T0M3NlhCSzU0NTIwOQ

Qualified Somali diaspora only are eligible for this position.

Organization: The International Cooperation Agency of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities
Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 21 Sep 2013

VNG International and its consortium is preparing a proposal for the following project: “Cities and Climate Change Project (CCCP)” in Mozambique (WB funded). The overall objective is to increase municipal capacity to sustainably plan, manage and finance climate resilient urban development, including through the strengthening 20 pilot municipalities in order to improve their performance in the following areas (1) tax and financial management and (2) land and urban environment planning and environment.

For the purpose of this tender, we are looking for the following expert:

KE6 - Technician in land planning and management systems At least 5 (five) years experience in urban planning; land management; and structuring of land and property registry systems.. At least 5 (five) years experience in conducting collection of data embedded in land planning processes and structuring of land and property registry systems; Thorough knowledge of Mozambican laws and Experience with Mozambican municipalities will be considered an advantage. Degree in geography or geographical, urban, or environmental sciences or another area considered relevant and compatible; Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; Fluency in Portuguese and strong command of written and oral English desirable ; Command in writing professional documents.

Estimated starting date: Q4 2013/Q1 2014
Project duration: 30 months

How to apply:

Interested experts are invited to send their updated CV to the attention of Ms. Daniela de Sousa (daniela.desousa@vng.nl) with C.C. to Ms. Eva Erren (Eva.Errem@vng.nl) before September 21st 2013.Please clearly state in your message for which position your are applying .

Please note that only qualified experts will be requested to elaborate on their solicitation.Further information on the various responsibilities assigned to the expert and the scope of the assignment will be available upon request at daniela.desousa@vng.nl