RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the Project Director in developing and implementing overall project strategies, resource allocation processes, performance reporting to ensure achievement of results. Lead development of annual workplans and ensure that agreed activities and targets are fully accomplished, meet expected technical and management quality standards, and are delivered on schedule and on budget.
- Maintain responsibility for overall operations management of the Project, including oversight of activities of the Project management staff based in the US and abroad and ensuring effective, regular, and productive communication and collaboration with all project staff
- Serve as project representative for the client/donor when designated by the Project Director.
- Oversee the development and approval of all country-based workplans and budgets ensuring feasibility, consistency with best practices and Project and Mission priorities. Troubleshoot implementation issues and identify solutions related to personnel, workload or coordination in collaboration with other senior leaders.
- Develop and implement processes to engage consortium partners in core and cross-cutting technical areas, fostering complementarity of contributions and roles to ensure comprehensive and integrated implementation for global and country programs. Ensure cohesion between global priorities and activities and country program activities.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to Project staff to improve the quality and breadth of project engagement.
- Serve as a liaison with country mission clients and facilitate effective country program management and delivery with the program support team.
- Support the Project Director to troubleshoot project implementation issues, bringing together relevant actors to identify potential solutions.
- Ensure compliance with USAID and JSI rules and regulations.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required qualifications:
- Master’s level education/training or its equivalent in Business Administration, International Development, Economics, Public Health, Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, or a related field. Doctorate is a plus.
- At least 10 years of experience working on USAID/USG funded international programs in low- and middle-income countries in areas related to social and behavior change. Technical experience in family planning, sexual/reproductive, and/or maternal, and child health necessary.
- At least 5 years of experience leading teams in implementing country programs and work planning for international health and development programs (social and behavior change oriented programs preferred).
- Experience in designing and implementing management systems to support country program implementation
- Demonstrated understanding of relationships between program/technical function and operational management.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to supervise team members and manage professional relationships.
- Excellent written and oral communications and negotiating skills.
- Prior experience in senior-level leadership positions on projects of similar scope and complexity essential.
- Proven ability to work with governments in low- and middle-income countries, and work with local partners and stakeholders in scaling-up innovative, evidence-informed programming.
- Experience working with U.S. Government agencies, international donors, or other multilateral agencies. Demonstrated experience in advocacy.
- Reputation at the global level for complex project management. Proven ability to represent the Project and JSI at external events, technical working groups, and international forums.
- Fluency in English with strong oral and written communication. Professional fluency in other languages preferred e.g., French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic.
