Country Director at Rwanda Jhpiego : Deadline 15-02-2021

Position Vacancy

Country Director – RWANDA

Department:  Global Programs

Position Reports To: GPO Leadership

Positions Supervised: Rwanda Country Staff

Location:  Kigali, Rwanda

Overview:

The Country Director provides vision, leadership, and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity of Jhpiego’s programs in Rwanda. This includes guiding the strategic planning, design, and implementation of country programs and achieving the planned results.  The Country Director works closely with the Ministry of Health / Rwanda Biomedical Center to streamline efforts and ensure complementarities of projects, serves as the primary point of contact for donors including USAID, Ministry of Health / Rwanda Biomedical Center, stakeholders, and partners and is responsible for managing relationships and collaboration with international and local partners. The Country Director also ensures timely and cost‐effective project implementation, reporting of activities, financial oversight, and new program development.

The Country Director will also serve as Chief of Party (COP) or Project Director (PD) to specific projects, as required/appropriate. As a COP, the Country Director will provide vision, leadership, and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity for projects funded by USG or non‐USG donors across technical areas including malaria, maternal, and newborn health (MNH), reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP), infection prevention and control (IPC), health systems strengthening, etc. The COP/PD will have the overall responsibility for leadership, management, and reporting of project activities, and will be responsible for making key decisions and solving problems in short timeframes while ensuring operational and project quality and integrity. S/he will serve as the main point of contact with donors on routine and strategic matters. The COP/PD will also ensure effective organizational management and communication with the host country government at all levels, and international partners and agencies

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of the program and to achieve project goals, objectives, and targets

• Develop and revise/update as needed Rwanda’s country strategy with objectives, staff roles and responsibilities, outreach, and a plan for overall flow of information and knowledge to and from Baltimore

• Works closely with team members and other Project Directors ensuring that the projects are technically sound, evidence‐based and responsive to the needs of the country and donors

• Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results

• Provide analyses of in‐country new program development opportunities to the Global Programs Director and Team Leader, appropriate Technical Directors, Vice President, and the Director of Business Development

• Engages the MOH / Rwanda Biomedical Center and Government of Rwanda in high‐level policy dialogue, and maintains productive relations with government officials, donors, and the national and international communities

• Expand Jhpiego’s in‐country opportunities through relationships with in‐country partners, donors and the business community, as well as through strengthening local program implementation capacity

• Take concrete steps to create or promote a safe, respectful and harassment‐free work environment.

• Provide programmatic and/or technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions

• Ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions particularly in the areas of MNH, FP/RH, Malaria and HIV/AIDS, community mobilization, gender integration and capacity building

• Provide guidance, in collaboration with key staff specialists, to subcontractors and subgrantees and coordinate activities with other agencies

• Ensures that all awards performed on time, on scope, and on budget, and raised potential overspending to VP GPO and Director Program Finance in a timely manner

• Ensure preparations and timely submission of all programmatic and financial reports to Jhpiego and donors

• Identify opportunities for new program development and lead efforts to respond to solicitations

Ensure that Jhpiego Country Office is compliant:

• With all local laws
• Registration is current
• Annual statutory audits and financial reports have been completed and filed with the appropriate agencies
• Met all legal requirements for filing reports, withholding and remitting income taxes for all local staff, expat staff, TCNs, consultants, and vendors, and work permits for expats and TCNs retained by the Field Office
• All findings from prior audits/reviews have been corrected or are in the process of being corrected according to the timeline in the action plans
• Has complied with Jhpiego’s policies, procedures, and practices related to the financial reporting and internal controls. All deficiencies in the design or operation of, or any weaknesses or non‐compliance in internal controls in the Field Office have been corrected or are in the process of being corrected

• Has complied with donor policies and procedures applicable to management, technical, programmatic, financial, and human resources
• Report all mandatory Severe Adverse Events (SAE) according to donor and Jhpiego SAE procedure if applicable
• Report to HQ any communications regarding oViolations or possible violations of laws or regulations by the Field Office. legal actions against the Field Office or Jhpiego
• Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to ensure M&E frameworks are developed and data/results are effectively tracked
• Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely, and coordinated project implementation
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships and alliances with USAID, CDC, CIFF, other donors, the MOH as well as implementing partners, private sector partners, and other key stakeholders to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort
• Promote effective communication among partners, grants recipients, and other key stakeholders; assuring the high‐quality performance of the technical assistance and grants management teams
• Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors and other key stakeholders in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
• Ensure continuous performance management and support for staff professional development for is implemented throughout the year
• Ensure field staff are included in sharing of information and knowledge and that flow of information comes from the field as well as from home office

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in public health, health administration, public administration, business administration, or related degree
• 10+ years of progressively responsible international public health management experience including design, implementation, monitor, reporting, and financial management
• Demonstrated ability to manage  (funding range between $10M+) USG‐supported public health projects and budgets
•  Experience managing a multi‐partner consortium (both international and local NGOs),
• Experience developing successful, replicable, and sustainable projects in Rwanda
• Experience designing and managing complex MNH, Malaria, FP/RH, HIV/AIDS, prevention and care, and treatment programs
• Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation, and management
• Proven experience in leading highly skilled and qualified program, technical and administrative, and finance personnel
• Ability to build capacity and collaboration between governmental and non‐governmental partners and other project implementers
• Experience designing and supervising activities with a facility/community interface
• Understanding of USG donor’s regulations and compliance, reporting requirements, and health strategic framework
• Previous experience working in Rwanda and strong relationships at a senior level in the health sector in the country preferred

• Experience leading annual workplans and collaborating on local action plans incorporating national Technical Working Groups directives
• Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills
• Ability to work in a complex environment charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform
• Capacity for analyzing technical problems and issues that impede efforts to provide improved health care to populations
• Ability to develop technical solutions to these problems/issues and assisting in the design of operational research that could yield appropriate solutions
• A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts
• Ability to travel in Rwanda and internationally
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Kinyarwanda are required

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education assistance plan, and more.

Please apply at www.jobs‐jhpiego.icims.com before Monday, February 15^th, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Or click on the link below

https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/4128/country-director/job

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre‐employment background investigation.

JHU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer