Democratic Republic of the Congo: Project Manager

Overview:

Project Manager needed to provide overall leadership and oversight in the design and day-to-day management of implementation for an upcoming UNITAID project to expand access to preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women in Democratic Republic of the Congo. This project aims to scale up an innovative, community-based approach to expand coverage of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp), with quality assured sulfadoxine-pyrimithimine (SP), for pregnant women. The project will operate over a five-year period.

The Project Manager will have the overall responsibility for leadership and management of and reporting on the recipient’s activities, making key decisions and solving problems in short timeframes while ensuring operational and program quality and integrity. This includes ensuring effective organizational management and communication interacting with other projects, Ministry of Health, District Health Management Teams (DHMTs), and national and district stakeholders. S/he will ensure timely and cost-effective project implementation, reporting of activities, and will be responsible for all project deliverables to the donor. S/he will supervise a team of highly qualified staff and will report to the Senior Programmatic and Technical Advisor

This position is contingent upon award from UNITAID. Congolese *nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.*

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of project and to achieve rapid and sustained project goals, objectives and targets
• Ensure compliance with the project award results and the oversight of project activities to achieve the stated goal, outcomes and outputs
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships and alliances with the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of Health, especially Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme, Programme National de Santé de la Reproduction et Prise en Charge Intégrée des Maladies de l'Enfant dans la Communauté, District Health Management Teams, as well as other malaria in pregnancy implementing partners, private sector partners and other key stakeholders in Democratic Republic of the Congo to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort
• Collaborate closely with project partner, ISGlobal to ensure effective coordination between research and implementation efforts.
• Collaborate closely with WHO and Malaria Medicines Venture to ensure streamlined implementation to achieve project goal, outcomes and outputs.
• Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to key Congolese stakeholders and implementing partners in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
• Provide technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions
• Ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions particularly in the area coverage of IPTp for pregnant women and capacity building
• Drive project implementation towards sustainability, replication and scale up from Day 1 working closely with key stakeholders to build on to what is already in place as well as position key partners to expand efforts put in place under this project.
• Directly implement the project sustainability plan, working closely with Global Fund, PMI, WHO, UNICEF, Ministry of Health and other key counterparts
• Participate in relevant national technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions
• Drive efforts to establish and/or strengthen the national MiP technical advisory group to help maintain momentum and support for the prioritization of MiP and in particular preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women, at community level.
• Lead the annual work planning process in close collaboration with project leadership, UNITAID, Ministry of Health, District Health Management Teams, project team and project partners
• Oversee preparation of periodic project reports to donor
• Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
• Write and/or review technical components of materials and publications related to integrated health and its development
• Ensure resources for project implementation are available
• Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets
• Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to generate and document data; b) conduct data analysis; c) document results to guide future implementation; and d) any necessary course corrections.
• Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation
• Ensure compliance with UNITAID operational policies and regulations

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in public health, health administration, international health or a related field; MD preferred.
• 15+ years' experience successfully managing large, multi-year international health sector development projects (approximately $10M per year) that have implemented successful activities in areas such as maternal, newborn and child health, malaria prevention, care and treatment and health systems strengthening
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing project start-up
• Understanding of the Democratic Republic of Congo social and political context, and developments in the health sector
• Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving program needs
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, PVOs, the private sector and other donors.
• In-depth knowledge of donor projects, regulations, compliance and reporting.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building and representational skills.
• Management, training or clinical background in maternal, newborn and child health, malaria prevention, care and treatment, or health systems strengthening
• Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities
• Previous experience working in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with intimate understanding of local health system and health systems strengthening, malaria prevention, care and treatment, and maternal, neonatal and child health care gaps and opportunities, and solid relationships at government agencies
• Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Experience managing a budget
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated programming, management and technical skills
• Experience developing strategic and tactical plans in cooperation with others who represent a wide range of interests and needs
• Strong change management, results oriented and decision making skills
• Proven expertise in providing technical assistance
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple projects/tasks, short deadlines, competing deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners
• Appreciation for socio-cultural differences in countries, preferably having lived and worked in one or more low resource settings
• Awareness of, sensitivity to, and experience in working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural staff and groups
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with counterparts in other agencies and organizations nationally
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Fluent in written and spoken French and English
• Ability to travel nationally

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Please apply at:https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/2780/project-manager/job

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history.

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.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer