Country Lead, Nigeria at Project Hope

POSITION SUMMARY: 

• The Country Lead will provide vision, leadership, and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity of the project in their country of focus. S/he will be responsible for the program leadership, management, and technical direction of staff and project activities in Nigeria.
• S/he will serve as key liaison with GAVI, government, and local partners.
• S/he will manage and supervise the personnel in Nigeria, including sub-contractors and sub grantees, and ensure that all program assistance is technically sound and appropriate.
• S/he will coordinate program work planning, performance management, and strategic communication for Nigeria. S/he will report to the Project Director who will oversee the project across the four countries of implementation.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:  

Operational Responsibilities

•  Lead and supervise all aspects of program implementation/management, technical, financial, and reporting for the Nigeria program. 
•  Oversee program administration and financial management of the Haiti program and ensure alignment with Project HOPE and donor guidelines, processes, and standards. 
• Supervise team of personnel to implement Nigeria project.
• Ensure project deliverables are met on time.
• Ensure regular budget monitoring is conducted and program expenditures are on track.
• Put in place financial and operational systems to ensure project is on track.
• Lead development of project budget.

Technical Responsibilities

• Contribute to activity design and implementation.
• Communicate technical material and project successes to donors, government stakeholders, and others.
• Oversee work planning process and ensure activities are responsive to goals and objectives of the activity.
• Support M&E teams to ensure project reporting structures are in place to track project deliverables. 

Strategic Communication

•  Represent Project HOPE before relevant government authorities, donors, and others. 
•  Promote Project HOPE’s efforts to relevant stakeholders. 

MINIMUM REQUIRED SKILLS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least 8 years of demonstrated experience managing donor-funded projects (i.e. USAID, CDC, GAVI, Global Fund, etc). Previous Chief of Party, Project Director, Deputy Chief of Party, or senior management experience in immunization, EPI, HSS, and/or related field, preferably in Nigeria.  
• Leadership skill in designing, managing, and implementing donor-supported programs and ability to manage programmatic and financial reporting requirements, including sub-grants management. 
• Demonstrated experience managing consortiums and building capacity of local organizations. 
• Experience hiring and supervising personnel.
• Excellent diplomacy skills and ability to sustain professional relationships. 
• Previous experience working in Nigeria, with understanding of local health system and solid relationships with government agencies.
• Experience managing multi-country projects. 

CHARACTERISTICS/TRAITS:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills that allow for productive cooperation with duty station employees and regional teams.
• Proficiency in team motivation, including presentations, training, mentoring, and skill transfer.
• Excellent fluency in written and verbal communication
• Able to lead a team or project, manage several priorities, and operate with little guidance or supervision.
• Demonstratable critical and creative thinking skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:   

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment. 
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form. 

Work environment:  

• May experience the current weather while performing job duties.
• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level. 
• Expect to travel fifty percent or more of the time.
• Project HOPE employees work in the global health field and may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship”.