Niger: Director, Field Programs

Overview

MSH is seeking a Director, Field Programs, for an anticipated USAID-funded 5-year integrated health service delivery activity in Niger and Burkina Faso. The objective of the activity will be to improve the access and quality of high impact maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, family planning, and nutrition services at the community, primary health facility, and referral facility level.

MSH saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 40 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia, and Medford, Massachusetts, US headquarters, our staff from more than 70 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

The Director, Field Programs (DFP) oversees the development and implementation of the work of the project in the target regions in Burkina Faso and Niger. S/he reports directly to the Deputy Chief of Party. The DFP should have a comprehensive understanding of the project elements as well as the structure of the health system, from community level to district to region. The DFP directly supervises the Regional Coordinators, and travels frequently to support regional teams.

This position is contingent upon project award and funding.

Specific Responsibilities

1. Lead the development of integrated implementation plans.
2. Coordinate and communicate regularly with the Regional Coordinators to support work plan implementation, trouble shoot bottlenecks, and report on successes and challenges.
3. Work with Regional Coordinators to forge productive and collaborative relationships between the Regional teams, and with the government structures.
4. Ensure that Regional teams have the necessary resources available to carry out their work timely.
5. Coordinate and review funding requests from regional field teams with senior leadership and present to Director of Finance for authorization.
6. Work across the technical areas of the project to ensure that project strategies are successfully applied and documented at regional and district level.
7. Contribute to annual work plan development, quarterly and annual reporting, specific requests from USAID and MOH, and development of communications products.
8. Provide direct supervisory oversight of the Regional Coordinators.
9. Travel regularly to the field to provide guidance and support.
10. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Advanced degree (Masters, PhD, or MD) in a health-related field or management field required.
2. At least 8 years of experience in progressively responsible experience in designing, implementing and managing integrated health programs in developing countries.
3. Demonstrated strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict management, team building, written and oral communication, and negotiation skills.
4. Experience working in humanitarian settings preferred.
5. Must have proven experience supervising and mentoring technical and managerial staff for similar health projects in developing countries.
6. Experience organizing and working with teams to produce high-quality deliverables.
7. Previous work with international NGOs and USG funded projects in difficult settings.
8. Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
9. Excellent skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
10. Experience with USAID programs/projects strongly preferred.
11. Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills in French (required) and English (preferred.)

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