Chez IntraHealth, nous sommes une équipe mondiale d’humanitaires créatifs et engagés en mission. Nous sommes des défenseurs, des technologues, des travailleurs de la santé et des communicateurs. Nous sommes des responsables de programmes, des experts financiers et des leaders techniques. Nous sommes passionnés et diversifiés. Et nous sommes unis dans notre conviction que tout le monde, partout dans le monde, devrait avoir les soins de santé dont il a besoin pour s’épanouir. C’est pourquoi nous travaillons chaque jour à améliorer les performances des agents de santé du monde entier et à renforcer les systèmes dans lesquels ils travaillent.
Depuis près de 40 ans, dans plus de 100 pays, IntraHealth travaille en partenariat avec les communautés locales pour s’assurer que les agents de santé sont présents là où on a le plus besoin d’eux, qu’ils sont prêts à faire leur travail, qu’ils sont connectés à la technologie dont ils ont besoin et qu’ils sont en sécurité pour faire leur meilleur travail.
Nos programmes sont conçus avec une compréhension profonde et une appréciation du contexte des droits de l’homme, de l’égalité des sexes et de la discrimination, de l’autonomisation économique et de l’évolution des populations. Les relations de longue date que nous avons établies avec des agences gouvernementales, des partenaires du secteur privé et des membres de la société civile rendent nos efforts plus forts et plus efficaces.
Rejoignez-nous et, ensemble, nous pourrons apporter des changements durables à la santé mondiale, pour nous tous.
PROJECT DIRECTOR
IntraHealth International, Inc. is currently recruiting a Project Director for The Challenge Initiative NextGen (TCI NextGen) – Francophone West Africa (FWA) Hub funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) through the JHU Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health. The FWA Hub serves as a catalyst, advocate, and source for technical expertise to support accelerated scale-up of family planning in the FWA region.
Based in Dakar, the Project Director will provide vision, technical leadership, and overall management of a multi-country team to ensure the strategic, technical, and financial integrity of the TCI NextGen program—a demand-driven and cost-efficient reproductive health service delivery model targeting urban geographies in Francophone West Africa. The Project Director will guide overall strategic program design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and reporting while also managing all IntraHealth, donor, partner, and other stakeholder relationships. This responsibility includes ensuring timely and cost-effective program implementation, operations and financial management, effective internal and external communications particularly with TCI NextGen Global Gates Institute and overseeing the preparation and submission of all program deliverables. The Project Director will prioritize engagement with external stakeholders particularly national and local governments, to increase investments in urban reproductive health and foster ownership for program implementation and results. S/he is responsible for achieving the program’s expected results and will serve as the primary point of contact for the project with IntraHealth HQ, TCI NextGen Global/ Gates Institute, the Local Governments/City Authorities, Ministries of Health, relevant government agencies, other BMGF implementing partners and local and international stakeholders engaged in Family Planning in the public and private sectors. S/he will lead and supervise project senior technical staff to ensure results and synergy, and interface with and advocate for TCI NextGen with the Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit (OPCU), countries, donors, the private sector, and other implementing partners within the region.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience
- A Master’s degree in Public Health, Business/Public Administration, Social Work, International Development, or related discipline.
- At least 10 years of experience designing and implementing results-oriented FP/RH programs in Francophone West Africa, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity.
- Skills and experience in strategic planning, management, supervision, and budgeting, and the management of complex activities involving coordination with multiple partner institutions.
- Demonstrated ability to influence, negotiate and work collaboratively with a multitude of stakeholders – private sector, government agencies, local district officials, state-level agencies, NGO partners, internal organizational stakeholders, and large funding partners along with other important stakeholders.
- Ability to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners and the ability to coalesce, mentor and lead multi-disciplinary teams, with a bias towards excellence and innovative solutions.
- Prior experience and success in advocacy is preferable, including ability to network effectively with politicians, policy makers and media.
- Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and diplomacy skills and demonstrated experience producing quality communication products such as progress reports, case studies, and research protocols.
- Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English and French required
Other Requirements
- Capacity to manage frequent demand to establish priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Good computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe products.
HOW TO APPLY
Application (Cover letter and resume Word document or PDF in French and English) should be sent by email to [email protected] and in Ultipro
