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The Senior Manager, Contracts and Partnership Management will manage the
administration of contract and partnership activities of the HJFMRI-Tanzania
in accordance with HJF/HJFMRI regulations to ensure financial accountability.
S/he will oversee budget proposals and partners’ milestone financial
expenditures, interpret contract and grants regulations and guidelines for
spending, as well as ensuring that standard operating procedures SOPs and
processes within the contract processing are followed. Manage relationships
between the program implementing partners and stakeholders, identify and
exploit opportunities for new partnerships and to link the aims and interests
of HJFMRI, Tanzania Government, Non-governmental organizations and communities
so as to provide an effective program implementation. As a key member of the
HJMRI-Tanzania Senior team, s/he will work closely and collaboratively with
the Executive Director, Operations Director, other Directors and Senior
Managers to ensure a systematic, process-driven approach to partner contracts
and relationship management.

Job Description

Reports to Operations Director

Location Mbeya, Tanzania

About HJFMRI Tanzania Program

The Walter Reed Program Tanzania WRP-T is a collaborative effort that
supports PEPFAR-funded HIV prevention and treatment activities in the Southern
Highlands and within the Tanzania People’s Defense Forces TPDF. HJF Medical
Research International, Inc Tanzania HJFMRI-T is a local non-profit that has
supported these efforts since 2004 for the Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research WRAIR. PEPFAR activities are conducted in close collaboration with
the Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community

Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; and the President’s Office of the
Regional Administration and Local Government PORALG, through the Regional
and Council Health Management Teams.

HJFMRI-T HJF Medical Research International, Inc. Tanzania HJFMRI-T
providing care and treatment to people affected by HIV/AIDS and has been
actively involved in HIV and AIDS programming, providing resources, personnel,
and services to the Southern Highlands Zone. The program has expanded from
supporting the Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital to becoming a hub for anti-
retroviral treatment in the Zone to community support through decentralized
services, with the overall objective of implementing research,

clinical HIV, prevention, care, and treatment services. HJFMRI-T currently
focuses specifically on four regions in the Southern Highlands Zone, namely
Mbeya, Rukwa, Katavi, and Songwe. The program also supports TPDF to implement
comprehensive HIV prevention care and treatment program in 21 sites throughout
the country.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Develop and implement all strategic and administrative initiatives within the required timeframe in collaboration with the Operations Director i.e roll-out of HJF/HJFMRI contractual /partnership guidelines or processes, departmental strategy and goals; development of annual plans and budgets.
2. Supervises the day to day contracts and partnership management for the HJFMRI PEPFAR program in Tanzania, including reconciliation and analysis of monthly financial statements for small and large partners, monthly reporting, and submits reports to HJF/HJFMRI HQ in the US.
3. Maintains communication with the Executive Director and Contract Managers at HQ to report and address any contracts and partnership – related administrative or

compliance issue in a timely manner; Ensures all cost transfers are prepared
with appropriate backup documentation;

4. Evaluates the capacity of partners to manage contracts including, development of work plans/remediation plans/improvement plans, identification and implementation of necessary metrics/milestones, monitoring, and integration of new systems into site activities;
5. Coordinate with program teams in the field, including with contract and finance staff to ensure that partner onsite reviews are conducted semiannually and on annually basis to manage risks and facilitate compliance of partner’s programs with donor and HJFMRI requirements and raise issues affecting external/internal compliance.
6. Set up a monitoring agreement with each partner, with a duel emphasis on compliance and risk management for contracts, as well as a monitoring plan to measure the impact of the capacity building programme on partner capacity and the ability to implement good quality programmes.
7. Directs and coordinates staff oversees a team of 12 staff that work on contracts and partnership for both central and regional offices, systems and procedures related to processing of contracts agreements; manage daily activities of the contract and grants department and develops goals and objectives for the department;
8. Work with colleagues to collect and track data on the effectiveness of partnerships through identifying issues as they arise, conducting partnership surveys, assessing possible solutions, and executing those solutions. Demonstrating the impact of partnerships through reports, presentations, newsletters and annual reviews.
9. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to structure and execute partner management initiatives, lead analysis and communicate final recommendations for growing partner relationships.
10. Manage the contract portfolio for both small and large partners and serve as contract point of contact, working closely with HQ and regional office program staff, to ensure smoot