Reporting to the Country Director, the Head of Programme provide the overall strategic, technical and managerial leadership and oversight on all aspects of strategy, programming in water, sanitation and hygiene and public health progammes and projects of the Country Programme She/ he is responsible for strategic leadership within programs core work, program design, partner support, oversight of the quality of WAT programs that reflect adherence to WaterAid technical standards, and donor guidelines, while fostering innovation to improve effectiveness and impact.

The role enhances WaterAid’s existing portfolio of programs and partnerships, closely working with Policy and Advocacy and diverse expertise to design and showcase WaterAid’s service delivery models,
and innovation with the aim of influencing for wider and transformational change in support of WaterAid’s vision and strategy. The role supports government and donor engagements, contributes to strategic business development leading start-ups and new program, working to draw in the resource and expertise required for success.

The role is responsible for enhancing the quality of programs through effective grant and budget management and through providing leadership and direction to the program teams. This role will support in the scoping of donors at local, regional and global level, to identify fundraising opportunities; liaise with the Head of Business Development and other staff involved in fund
acquisition to produce specific documents for fundraising. The Head of Programs is a member of the Senior Management Team. The role provide is responsible for ensuring high quality programming
that adheres to international and WaterAid standards, policies and Country Program Strategies while fostering needs-driven innovation to achieve impact. This is through technical support, effective leadership, and monitoring and evaluation, and coordinate and manage annual plans and reporting their performance in accordance with WaterAid and donor requirements. The Head of Programs will ensure that policy and practice are integrated in programming and will focus WaterAid Ethiopia’s programming to influence transformational change with a wider goal to achieve WaterAid’s vision of sustainable and climate smart WASH services for all. The role will support in the scoping of donors at local, regional and global level, to identify fundraising opportunities; liaise with the Head of
Business Development and other staff involved in fund acquisition to produce specific documents for fundraising. The Head of Programme is a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).

Strategic Leadership:

Oversees all programmatic aspects of program and is responsible for managing technical
teams by providing strategic guidance, technical oversight, backstopping and quality assurance.
• Ensure that the country’s programmatic aspects are in line with context to maintain current
knowledge of the broader social, political, and economic contexts as well as sectorspecific issues for WAT to remain at the forefront of national policy and programmatic debates. Lead the design of quality projects and proposals that are responsive to grant funders requirements and speak to Country Program’s strategic priorities, experience and lessons learned.
• Contributes to the development of the overall strategic plan for the Country Program to
maximize the provision of sustainable and equitable safe water and adequate sanitation
for all.
• Design and lead programs in line with the country strategy to ensure maximum impact,
effectiveness and transformational change at scale.
• Support the development of influencing led programs, where all aspects are integrated.
• Set the overall direction for WaterAid’s programs and partnerships to enable the successful delivery of high-quality WASH services.
• Oversee the development and implementation of a partnership strategy to ensure that impactful and effective partnerships are identified, built and managed.
• Be an active member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and contribute to strategic direction, organizational decision-making, and other management-related issues.
Program Management:
• Lead and ensure effective planning design and implementation of high-quality programs
around the two AIMS namely: Sustainable, inclusive, and safe WASH services and
WASH across the health sector to improve public health.
• Works in tandem with the Programme Managers for the two AIMS to ensure a technically
integrated approach across the programs.
• Accountable for ensuring WaterAid Tanzania’s programs and high standards of programming quality that reflect adherence to WaterAid’s program quality standards and approaches; technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines, while fostering needs-driven innovation to improve program effectiveness and impact.
• Work collaboratively with grant management and fundraising teams to effectively manage
relationships, negotiations and communication efforts with donors and partners in all phases of project design and implementation; promote appropriate involvement of
partners at all stages of the project cycle.
• Lead the integration of strategic themes, cross-cutting issues, and implementation of global program frameworks, policies, and standards throughout the organisation, and ensure that all programs are aligned with these.
• Develop operational plans and budgets for the implementation of programs. Manage and
monitor expenditure against budgets for strategic and annual plans in adherence to
financial guidelines, ensuring value for money, and acting as appropriate within delegated
authorities

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

A first Degree and Master’s degree or higher, preferably in a discipline directly or closely related to WASH, such as Water Resources, Engineering, Development Management, or Public Health.
• Minimum ten (10) years professional experience and at least five (5) of which should be in a senior management position in reputed international or national nongovernmental organization (NGO).
• At least 5 years of proven experience in leading development programs that deliver transformational change through advocacy and influencing.
• Experience managing WASH projects and programs; experience with marketbased solutions, urban WASH, and/or results-based financing would be a strong advantage.
• Competence in the application of WaterAid common approaches to work including partnerships, convening, inclusion, systems strengthening, creating behavioural change, and mainstreaming gender and inclusion of youth.
• Proven ability to innovate and develop a successful change agenda.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative partnerships and alliances for influencing government policy and program delivery.
• Knowledge of policy and advocacy networks and social movements in
Tanzania & East Africa region.
• Knowledge of the WASH sector. This includes understanding sector trends, regulations, and best practices, national and international development issues, including experience working with key WASH sector donors.
• In-depth understanding of the WASH sector, key sector stakeholders and critical blockages.
• Understanding of rights based approaches to development and how they might apply to the WASH sector in Tanzania.
• Strong financial management skills including developing and managing complex budgets, and experience in preparing donor progress and financial reports.
• Experience of leading the design and implementation of service delivery projects; experience facilitating capacity building or institutional support activities targeting staff and partners

Understanding of monitoring and evaluation tools, frameworks and
methodologies.
• Experience in managing multiple and diverse teams with different expertise
including M&E, public health and engineering and ensuring effective collaboration
between different departments such as policy, advocacy and influencing.
• Ability to manage change to effectively navigate transitions and guarantee the
execution of program improvements. Demonstrated expertise in leading, managing,
and motivating others, and building high-performing teams.
Desirable
• Specific experience managing WASH programmes
• Experience with gender, equality, and climate change
• Skills in digital data gathering, statistics and statistical analysis software
packages
• Professional skills in the preparation of research reports, policy design and
interpretation. Having a good number of publications of articles in recognized
journals is preferred
• Experience of policy dialogues and consultative sessions with government
and donors
• Experience and knowledge of the WASH sector/ issues is desirable with a
proven ability to analyze (qualitative and quantitative) sector trends
• Extensive experience in policy or communication campaigns.
Behavioural competencies
Essential
• Strategic thinker andable to see the bigger picture, challenges and
opportunities and create a long-term vision. Able to lead strategic discussions.
• Ability to take outputs from critical thoughts/analysis to inform ‘hands on’
problem solving.
• Excellent relationship management skills. Proven ability in building strong
working relationship with colleagues and a variety of stakeholders such as
government officials, partners and community members, donors, business leaders,
senior academics, other sector actors and high-level decision makers.
• Able to work with and across the organisation and other teams effectively.
• Excellent communication skills. Ability to present and act as a spokesperson
for WAT in a way that builds credibility and influence.
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise others; to work under pressure and meet
deadlines.
• Commitment to WaterAid’s values and a working style that reflects these.
Desirable Criteria
• Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure.
• Strong proven delegation, time management and prioritizing skills.
• Flexible, patient and adaptable to a changing environment.