Project Director

7 days ago


Abuja, FCT, Nigeria Jhpiego - John Hopkins University Full time
**Job Summary:** Seeking a Project Director to lead a dynamic team providing quality technical, operational, and financial oversight for a four-year, multi-country project to accelerate implementation and generate evidence for Post-Discharge Malaria Chemoprevention.

We are looking for a highly experienced and skilled Project Director to lead a large, complex, multi-country project. The successful candidate will provide strategic direction, leadership, and management oversight for the project, ensuring it is technically sound, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of host countries and Unitaid requirements.

  • Provide strategic direction, leadership, and management oversight for large, complex, multi-country activities
  • Ensure project activities are meeting expectations on time, on scope, on budget, with the highest technical quality and are compliant with the terms of the award
  • Oversee project work planning, performance management, and strategic communications
  • Manage a diverse team of technical, financial, operational, and management staff, maintaining a high level of staff morale
  • Draft formal and ad hoc reports requested by the donor and Jhpiego
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with Unitaid, WHO, host country governments, their ministries, as well as other implementing partners, private sector partners, and other key stakeholders
  • Represent Jhpiego and the project's progress, achievements, and lessons learned to donors, other key stakeholders, and through meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Contribute to the mentoring and managing a team of highly qualified staff and aligns their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
  • Oversee technical and programmatic capacity strengthening for subcontractors and subgrantees
  • Write and/or review project materials and publications
  • Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets
  • Work with MERL team to develop and track indicators and results
  • Document successes, lessons learned, and challenges in implementation as well as reports of project activities and results to the project and donor

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced Degree in public health, pharmacy, health administration, international health, public administration, or a related field
  • A minimum of 10 years' experience implementing and/or managing large, complex donor-funded health programs across multiple countries in Africa
  • Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building, and representational skills
  • Strong understanding of and experience with malaria programming and technical expertise in severe malaria case management, post-distribution malaria chemoprevention, policy and strategy development, health systems strengthening, including supply chain management
  • Knowledge of and/or experience with product introduction, demonstration projects, and building evidence across multiple countries
  • Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems, implementing project start-up, and using project management tools
  • Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with host-country counterparts, project partners, and representatives from other key stakeholders
  • Demonstrated knowledge and skills in financial planning and management, human resources, and procurement, among other management support areas/functions
  • Previous direct supervisory experience of project technical and operational staff
  • Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities
  • Experience developing strategic plans in cooperation with others who represent a wide range of interests and needs
  • Ability to coach, mentor, and develop technical and operational capacity of staff in regional and national projects
  • Ability to interact with established networks of senior-level international health professionals, donors, universities, and other partners
  • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills in English
  • Ability to work under pressure, in a changing environment, managing complex challenges
  • Ability to travel nationally and internationally

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Ability to read, speak, and write in French
  • In-depth knowledge of Unitaid's projects, regulations, compliance, and reporting

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