Overview

Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose primary aim is to contribute to address public health priorities of the people of Tanzania and the world at large. These priorities include: communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child Health (RMNCH); Nutrition; Non-Communicable Diseases of public health significance; as well as Health System Strengthening. MDH strongly believes in and works in partnership with various local and global institutions, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC); President’s Office Regional Authorities and Local Government (PORALG); donor agencies; academic and non-academic institutions;  implementing partners; civil society, community-based and faith-based organizations and others. All job positions require significant fieldwork and travel up to 80% of the time. MDH seeks to recruit qualified individuals to fill vacancies below:

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION OFFICER- 1 Post; Tabora Reporting to the Finance and Administration Manager.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manages and makes personnel recommendation for decisions on staff under administration division in terms of the recruitment, professional development, performance appraisal, and training needs of the facility, procurement and supply chain department.  
• Oversees and supervises the daily performance, giving required mentoring and support to improve performance and carry out performance evaluation to subordinates.
• Responsible for preparing, maintaining/revising policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on respective departments.
• Supervises and oversees procurement processes that include but not limited to the requisitioning, quotation search, evaluation, selection, delivery, inspection and verification of goods and services.
• Represents department at various meetings with administration, external agencies, professional organizations, and other groups.
• Reviews, analyses, researches and recommends to the management on cost cut and cost savings strategies in order to realize more targets and increase operational efficiency.
• Develops procurement plan on a regular basis based on work plan and budgets and ensures that procurement for program and operations are executed within the approved budget and timely with full compliance with organization and donors’ requirements.
• Maintenance of fixed assets register participates in stock taking and analyses and reconciles variances.
• Performs periodic cost analysis of the organization properties. 
• Oversees projects stock levels to avoid out of stock situation and promotes best practices
• Oversees fleet utilization, timely maintenance and repair
• To ensure office building is maintained in good condition at all times
• Maintain MDH Tabora store through receiving, issuing, keeping records and reporting.
• Does any other job-related activity as given by the supervisor

Required Qualifications: Education, work experience and skills

• A Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Business Administration or related field.
• 5 year experience in logistics administration and operations in a recognized organization.
• Experience in managing facility and program logistics in donor-funded projects.
• Good communications skills with fluency in spoken and written English and Kiswahili.
• Computer software applications working experiences such as MS Word and Excel.
• Ability to plan, develop and work both independently and as part of a team
• A person of high-level integrity and honesty
• Hardworking and ready to work under pressure to meet deadlines

TO APPLY:

Interested candidates for any of the above positions should submit an application letter indicating clearly the position applied for, a detailed copy of their CV, and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work-related referees.  MDH doesn’t have any agents and don’t charge any fees to the interested candidates. Applications should be submitted by August 7, 2019, to the Human Resource Manager through e-mail hr@mdh-tz.org  or dropped by hand at the MDH Head Office in Mikocheni, along Mwai Kibaki Road, Plot No. 802. 

Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.