Feed the Children is recruiting a Country Director based in Dar es Salaam to provide strategic and operational leadership for its Tanzania country portfolio. The role carries overall responsibility for program performance, organizational effectiveness, financial stewardship, and strategic growth, with a strong focus on improving child wellbeing, nutrition, food security, and community resilience.

The position operates at executive leadership level, overseeing multi-sector programs, senior teams, donor relationships, and institutional partnerships. It requires strong capability in strategy execution, resource mobilization, compliance management, and organizational leadership within a complex international development environment. The Country Director also serves as the official representative of the organization in Tanzania, engaging government, donors, and key stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing overall strategic leadership for all country programs, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and national development priorities.
• Driving evidence-based program design, adaptive management, and continuous improvement through strong Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems.
• Ensuring high-quality, integrated, scalable, and impact-oriented programming across sectors including nutrition, education, WASH, livelihoods, and community development.
• Embedding safeguarding, gender equity, inclusion, and child protection standards across all programs and operations.
• Leading program quality assurance, performance reviews, and implementation excellence across all projects and grants.
• Developing and executing fundraising strategies, including donor engagement, proposal development, and diversification of funding sources.
• Building and maintaining strategic partnerships with government institutions, donors, NGOs, and private sector actors.
• Ensuring strong alignment of programs with national policies and sector strategies.
• Leading consortium development and strategic collaborations to strengthen funding competitiveness and program reach.
• Overseeing financial management, budgeting, forecasting, and ensuring compliance with internal controls and donor requirements.
• Managing procurement, logistics, and operational systems to ensure efficiency, transparency, and accountability.
• Ensuring timely and accurate reporting to donors and headquarters while maintaining compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Leading organizational risk management, including fraud prevention, safeguarding, and ethics compliance.
• Providing executive leadership to staff, including recruitment, performance management, capacity building, and succession planning.
• Building and sustaining a high-performing, inclusive, and accountable organizational culture.
• Representing the organization in national and international forums, strengthening visibility and advocacy for its mission.
• Leading stakeholder engagement and positioning the organization as a key thought leader in child-focused development programming.
• Providing oversight of organizational structure, workforce planning, and senior leadership development.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Administration, or related field.
• Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive senior leadership experience in NGOs or international development organizations.
• Strong experience managing multi-sector development programs in complex environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in donor-funded program management, financial stewardship, and compliance.
• Experience in strategic leadership, organizational development, and large-scale team management.
• Strong understanding of MEAL systems, evidence-based programming, and adaptive management.
• Proven ability to engage with government, donors, and high-level stakeholders.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and multi-donor portfolio management.
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Deep understanding of safeguarding, ethics, and accountability frameworks.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, dynamic, and high-pressure environments.

Feed the Children works globally to support child nutrition, food security, and community resilience through sustainable development and humanitarian programming.

Send your CV to: [email protected]

Application deadline is 08 June 2026.