Project Director at Management Sciences For Health - MSH

Job ID: 13-10783
Location: Abuja
Group/Office: PDG (Program Delivery Group)
Dept/Unit: PDGGEN - Program Delivery Group
Project/Program: P000 - Proposal

Overview

• Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Chief of Party for a potential 5-year, Gates Foundation, Tobacco Control Policy Implementation Fund for Africa Program.
• This program/grant will be used to assist up to five countries that have signed on to the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in sub-Saharan Africa to advance the implementation of their national tobacco control policies through results-based, catalytic grants and peer-to-peer learning.

Specific Responsibilities
The Project Director is responsible for the following:

• Lead, manage, and monitor the overall program across 3-5 countries, and is accountable for project deliverables and results.
• Conduct solicitation process for program grants to identify 3-5 grantee countries for catalytic funding.
• Work with technical partners and grantees to conduct capacity assessments, determine capacity development needs and facilitate/coordinate the provision of effective short-term technical assistance to respond to those needs.
• Champion the project’s vision and technical strategy; documentation and communication; client(s) stakeholder(s) relationships; coordination and synergy with other MSH projects and internal operations units, and contribute to business development activities.
• Safeguard MSH’s reputation by ensuring that financial, contractual, technical, and political integrity is maintained and strengthened.
• Negotiate grant awards with Ministries of Health/Tobacco Control Programs, including terms, objectives, milestones and deliverables, budgets, and reporting.
• Together with the project’s Grants Manager, develop results-based grant agreements based on results-based funding principles, including milestones and deliverables, payment structure, and incentives.
• Lead development of annual learning labs with grantees and technical partners to ensure best practices and innovation dissemination and peer learning.
• Develop (update and adapt as needed) and execute program results framework, performance monitoring plan, management and performance dashboard (with DREAM@MSH staff), and annual work plans as per contract/agreement requirements, MSH technical frameworks and standards, and RMS guidelines.
• Ensure appropriate and timely documentation and dissemination of key results and deliverables for maximum program impact and business development using a variety of communication strategies and media.
• Ensure effective contract/agreement implementation in strict compliance with contract/ agreement clauses, MSH and donor policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Ensure project staffing, structure and reporting relationships are aligned with project needs, local context and available resources and provide mentorship to the project team as per MSH policies and guidelines.
• Liaise with MSH local and home office staff to ensure technical and administrative quality and efficiency in the implementation of the project.

Qualifications and Experience

• Master's degree in Public Health, Administration, or a related discipline (MPH, MBA or other).
• Minimum of 10 years, 12 preferred of progressively responsible related experience required, and previous experience as program director in public health projects; tobacco control program experience a plus.
• Prior experience and success directing similar or larger international donor-funded projects.
• Ability to manage the donor, government counterparts, and technical partners, oversee the budget and understand the implementation challenges and solutions.
• Previous experience in capacity building and development with partner organizations.
• Experience negotiating with governments.
• Experience with results or performance based funding.
• Experience in monitoring program results and deliverables, ability to co-design M&E plans and analyze M&E data.
• Ability to identify best practices and innovations and build learning events around such results.