Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead FHI 360’s ELEVATE Nutrition team in Ghana and serve as the primary point of contact with USAID/Ghana regarding the day-to-day activity implementation and management matters relating to the ELEVATE Nutrition Ghana program.
• Primary liaison with the Government of Ghana; ensures successful client relationship and fosters strategic opportunities for innovative nutrition actions.
• Lead project start-up with support from the U.S. Office, including work plan development and budgeting, hiring staff, office procurement, and other logistical efforts.
• Oversee technical implementation and ensure project activities are of high technical quality and delivered on time and on budget.
• Manage and supervise ELEVATE Nutrition Mozambique technical and operational staff. Ensure positive work environment and effective teamwork across activities.
• Coordinate closely with FHI360 Ghana country office staff to ensure that all administrative and finance activities are well planned and executed to avoid implementation gaps at program level. Ensure that project budget pipeline and procurement annual plan are regularly updated.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for information on the progress and current status of all activities.
• Establish appropriate monitoring mechanisms to ensure that activity progress and specific implementation concerns are regularly and promptly reported and that objectives are met.
• Manage the preparation and presentation of work plans, monitoring, evaluation, and learning plans, and all reports, ensuring the quality of all deliverables.
• Facilitate ongoing project learning and adaptive management as well as documenting and sharing learning from ELEVATE Nutrition Ghana activities.
• Ensure that solid relationships are built and maintained between and among FHI 360, USAID, and key local stakeholders and partners.
• Travel domestically to activity sites, as needed (approximately 20-30% time). Travel internationally for participation in ELEVATE Nutrition learning and sharing events, and other initiatives, as needed.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, public administration, agriculture, nutrition or other directly relevant field from an accredited university; master’s degree or higher preferred.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years of successfully managing complex international programs (implementation, logistics, budgeting, staffing), preferably those funded by USAID and conducted in Ghana or other similar contexts.
• Prior experience as a Chief of Party or Deputy Chief of Party preferred.
• At least 3 years programming experience in the areas of multisectoral nutrition, multisectoral nutrition governance, food security, resilience, healthy diets, systems strengthening, social and behavior change or other relevant technical area.
• Demonstrated success across the whole range of project management responsibilities including: strategic program planning; work planning and budgeting; financial, administrative, contractual management and oversight; staff management.
• Demonstrated successes in relationship management and collaboration with local partners and stakeholders, local government agencies, ministries, donors, and civil society.
• Excellent interpersonal and intercultural skills with demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in diverse team situations, build and maintain a cohesive team spirit, as well as mentor staff.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and analytical capacity.
• Fluency in speaking, reading and writing English required.