Associate Technical Director

Job Description

Job Description:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

Oversee Grant Implementation: 35% of time

• Direct and oversee World Vision’s work in the GF program, ensuring that all program goals are met.
• Manage grant budget within approved spending levels.
• Identify issues and risks related to program implementation in a timely manner and suggest appropriate program adjustments to the Chief of Party.
• Ensure grant expenses are reasonable, allocable, prudent and spent in accordance with GF rules and regulations to ensure clean audits.

People Management: 30% of time

• Organize and direct the work of grant staff and short-term advisors, set individual performance objectives cascaded from program objectives to all staff hired in the project.
• Provide supervision, training and performance management coaching and feedback.
• Support Staff Learning and Development according with WVI policy.
• Develop and update workforce planning.
• Ensure strong staff management practices, consistent with WV policies, GF requirements and local laws.
• Ensure proper technical capacity of staff is available

Effective and accurate reporting and communication: 15% of time.

• Establish and maintain effective reporting, evaluation, and internal communication.
• Ensure timely and accurate narrative reports aligned to the program Performance Framework and the overall requirements of the donor.

Networking and Liaison with different stakeholders: 15% of time.

• Liaise with the Government of Sierra Leone and relevant line Ministries officials, diseases programs, SRs, SPs, the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) and other organizations as appropriate.
• When delegated by CoP represent the project in meetings with GF and other stakeholders.
• Close collaboration with WVISL Programs Department for implementation of the grant activities as well as close collaboration within the Resources Development and Management Department on donor positioning, lessons learned, grant health and quality improvement.

Other responsibilities: 5% of time.

• Participate to WVISL technical and management engagements to foster programmatic integration and collaboration for impact and sustainability.
• Carry out additional responsibilities as assigned, including administrative and planning functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• At least 10 years’ experience in the management of or in the administration of complex health projects.
• Extensive experience in operational management or administration of health projects, especially HIV, TB and Malaria programs, and dealing with international partners (Global Fund, PMI, PEPFAR, etc…);
• A minimum of a Master’s degree in Project Management / Social Sciences / Public Health
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges, and opportunities and implications to community development, particularly public health
• In-depth knowledge of matters related to health systems strengthening and related implementation approaches with Global Fund (GF)
• Hands on operational experience implementing GF projects in a wide variety of contexts
• Demonstrated experience as development professional managing pool of technical support;
• Knowledge of operational issues in HIV/TB and Malaria programming
• Knowledge of effective participatory M&E systems;
• Knowledge of supply chain management processes.
• Knowledge of financial management systems.

List additional work experience required as a minimum qualification for this position.

• Strong ability to develop and monitor a dynamic partnership with organizations of civil society and decentralized government agencies and services;
• Be able to use, interpret a complex set of information for decision making;
• Ability to prepare reports, perform strategic program analysis, briefing notes and prospective short-and-term management;
• Be able to take responsibility, make decisions and monitor their execution in a timely manner;
• Have demonstrated ability to work independently;
• Have strong experience in coaching, training supervision and counseling;
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing using English and French Preferably Creole.
• Have proficiency in the use of computer tools (word processing, databases, Internet/Intranet).
• Availability for travel within and outside the country.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Be committed to the well-being of children and able to adhere to the vision and mission of WV including commitment to gender equality; inclusion, and human rights approach.
• Ability to consistently produce quality results in a timely manner;
• Strongly drives performance forward in area of the business for which he/she is responsible;
• Involves others in setting and achieving goals;
• Creates strong sense of purpose within own part of the business and with stakeholders;
• Demonstrates honesty and transparency in holding self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and WV standards of behavior;
• Set strong strategy in own part of organization;
• Balances future vision with practical delivery;
• Cross cultural adept;
• Acts as a team player, willing to get the best outcome overall, adjusting own priorities if necessary;
• Creates and delivers outcomes in complex partnerships, keeping key stakeholders on board;
• Sets a strong learning culture in the project/program he/she is managing;
• Uses opportunities across WV to develop others;
• Remains calm and positive under pressure an in difficult situations;
• Sense of initiative;
• Good capacity to prevent and solve problems and potential conflicts;
• Critically evaluates work effectiveness and searches for better ways of working.

Work Environment:

• Be prepared to travel to implementation sites and regional, global meetings as required.