Expression of interest: 9 technical expert opportunities at Doris Mollel Foundation (DMF), August 2026

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The Doris Mollel Foundation (DMF) is a non-profit organization registered under the laws of Tanzania (Registration No. 00NGO/R2/00079). It is dedicated to ending maternal and newborn deaths and advancing adolescent reproductive health in East Africa.

Through improving neonatal care, advocating for better maternal and newborn health policies, and advancing adolescent reproductive health and well-being, DMF works to strengthen maternal and newborn health in Tanzania and beyond.

Expression of interest

The Doris Mollel Foundation invites individual professionals and established firms, companies, and agencies to express their interest in supporting the Foundation’s work across Tanzania.

We are looking for experienced individuals and firms who love the work they do and have a strong, hands-on track record to show for it. Alongside technical excellence, we value partners who bring fresh thinking, good judgement, and the confidence to lead and represent work well, whether with partners, government, or the public.

Experience seeing projects and programs through from start to finish is a real plus across every area below.

Areas of focus

We welcome applications from individuals and firms in the following nine areas:

1. Architecture

Eligible applicants: Registered architects or architectural firms that are AQRB-registered or equivalent and in good standing.
Minimum experience: Five (5) years leading the design and construction supervision of institutional or healthcare facilities from concept through completion.
Portfolio: A portfolio of comparable built projects.
Clinical-space planning: Proven command of functional planning for clinical spaces, including patient flow, infection-prevention layouts, and maternity and newborn units.
Technical delivery: Compliance with national health-facility design standards and requirements; coordination of multidisciplinary consultant teams; and production of full working drawings and tender documentation.
Landscape architecture: Landscape architects are also welcome and should demonstrate experience in site planning, stormwater and external works, green and outdoor spaces, and the design of safe, healing, patient- and family-friendly environments around health facilities.
Added competitive advantage: Relevant national and international professional certifications, such as AQRB, the Architects Association of Tanzania, RIBA, or equivalent, and green-building credentials such as LEED or EDGE.

2. Civil and structural engineering

Eligible applicants: Registered civil or structural engineers or engineering firms that are ERB-registered or equivalent and in good standing.
Minimum experience: At least five (5) years leading the delivery and full-time site supervision of building or infrastructure works, ideally including institutional or healthcare construction.
Demonstrated track record: Structural design; preparation and review of technical drawings and specifications; works supervision and quality assurance; management of contractors and clerks of works; and delivery of projects on time, on budget, and to standard.
Expected knowledge: Tanzanian building regulations, geotechnical and site conditions, and health-and-safety compliance on site.
Core skills: Strong problem-solving, contract-administration, and reporting skills.

3. Quantity surveying

Eligible applicants: Registered quantity surveyors or quantity-surveying firms that are AQRB-registered or equivalent and in good standing.
Minimum experience: Five (5) years of hands-on experience owning the full cost function on comparable institutional or construction projects.
Required capabilities: Cost planning and estimating; preparation of bills of quantities; tender and procurement documentation; evaluation of bids; interim valuations and payment certificates; variation and claims management; and full contract administration through to final account.
Essential strengths: Strong command of measurement standards, cost control, and value engineering, as well as the ability to protect the client’s financial interest and flag cost and contractual risk early.

4. Maternal, child health (MCH), and newborn programs

Eligible applicants: Program managers or maternal, newborn, and child health specialists who have designed, led, and scaled MNCH programs across multiple sites or regions.
Relevant experience: Demonstrated NGO and institutional-donor experience at management and supervisory level.
Academic qualifications: A Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Systems Management, Health Policy, Medicine, Nursing, Public Administration, or a related field.
Minimum experience: A minimum of eight (6) years of progressive experience in health systems strengthening or related health programs, including managing donor-funded projects.
Program leadership: Experience leading multistakeholder programs involving government institutions, development partners, and implementing organizations.
Technical knowledge: A strong understanding of maternal, newborn, and child health systems, policies, and priorities in Tanzania.
Delivery record: A proven record in program design, implementation, budgeting, monitoring, reporting, quality assurance, and risk management.
Added competitive advantage: A clinical or advanced academic qualification, such as MMed, MPH, or PhD.

5. Business development

Eligible applicants: Business development managers, specialists, or firms.
Minimum experience: At least five (5) years leading resource mobilization, partnership building, and successful proposal and grant development, ideally within the non-profit or development sector.
Demonstrated results: A proven record of funds mobilized, supported by concrete examples and amounts.
Required capabilities: Prospect research and pipeline management; proposal and sponsorship-package development; corporate and institutional partnership building; and donor cultivation, stewardship, and recognition.
Pipeline development: The ability to build and convert a pipeline, from identifying opportunities and positioning the organization competitively to cultivating corporate, philanthropic, and high-net-worth relationships.
Added advantage: Working knowledge of East Africa’s donor, corporate, and philanthropic landscape.

6. Environmental impact assessment (EIA/ESIA)

Eligible applicants: Registered environmental experts or environmental/EIA firms that are NEMC-registered or equivalent and in good standing. Both individual experts and firms are welcome.
Minimum experience: Five (5) years conducting environmental and social impact assessments and preparing and monitoring Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), ideally on institutional or healthcare construction projects.
Certification track record: Registered ESIAs carried through to NEMC certification in line with the Environmental Management Act and its EIA & Audit Regulations.
Required capabilities: Impact identification and mitigation; stakeholder consultation; environmental and social monitoring; and compliance reporting across the project life cycle.
Added competitive advantage: Familiarity with donor safeguard requirements, such as the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) or IFC Performance Standards.

7. Finance

Eligible applicants: Finance managers with full responsibility for program, project, or organizational budgets, grants management, audit, and donor compliance.
Academic qualifications: A Master’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent.
Professional qualification: Certified Public Accountant—CPA(T) or equivalent.
Added competitive advantage: More than five (5) years of work experience, including demonstrated leadership.
Additional advantages: Experience with a non-governmental, governmental, or private-sector entity managing multiple financiers, as well as experience with computerized accounting software such as SAGE 300 ERP, EPICOR, or similar.

8. Procurement

Eligible applicants: Procurement officers or managers with full responsibility for sourcing, tendering, contract management, and supplier performance across programs.
Academic qualifications: A degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or equivalent.
Professional registration: Registration with the Procurement and Supplies Professionals and Technicians Board (PSPTB) as a CPSP or equivalent.
Experience: More than four (4) years of work experience, including demonstrated leadership.
Essential knowledge: Familiarity with donor and institutional procurement rules and value-for-money principles.
Added advantage: Experience procuring for a non-governmental, governmental, or multi-financier entity.

9. Journalism

Eligible applicants: Experienced journalists or media agencies with a demonstrable body of work leading storytelling, documentation, and reporting, ideally for the health, development, or non-profit sector.
Portfolio: A strong portfolio across written features, photography, and video.
Required capabilities: Ethical field documentation and consent, including work involving vulnerable groups such as mothers and newborns; strong narrative and investigative reporting; and the ability to translate complex health and programmatic work into compelling public-interest stories.
Experience: A track record of published or broadcast work with reputable outlets and at least four (4) years of experience.
Added competitive advantage: Prior experience with major international media outlets such as the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, or VOA, or leading Tanzanian media houses such as Mwananchi Communications (The Citizen), Daily News, or equivalent.

Cross-cutting capability

Strong project and program management capability is welcome across all areas.

How to apply

Interested applicants should complete the online application form at:

https://forms.gle/N7FgtteAmkMrdaeR9

Alternatively, applicants may submit the relevant documents by email to:

careers@dorismollelfoundation.org

Applications should be clearly marked:

“Expression of interest: [Area of focus].”

Applicants may apply for more than one area.

Required documents

Individuals: Submit a CV/resume, including expected fees or compensation details.
Firms, companies, and agencies: Submit a company profile, proof of registration, a portfolio of relevant past projects with references, and an indicative fee basis.

Submission deadline

28 August 2026

Equal opportunity and safeguarding statement

DMF is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. The Foundation is committed to safeguarding principles in the workplace and will not tolerate any form of abuse, regardless of where it occurs or who is responsible.

Issued by

Office of the Head of Programs and Operations
Doris Mollel Foundation (DMF)

Date of issue: 18 August 2026