About Us:
Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a global organisation providing personalised contraception services to women and girls. Our local teams of professionals are passionate about the work they do in communities across 37 countries. The services we provide give a woman the power to choose when she has children so that she is free to pursue her plans and dreams for herself and her family.
The primary responsibility of this role is to further MSI’s Goal: The Prevention of Unwanted Births and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to: Children by Choice Not Chance.
The Role:
The Senior Operations Director is a key member of the BLM senior leadership team and is responsible for bringing modern business approaches to the organisation’s operations and programmes in order to move towards financial sustainability, effective management, high productivity and growth. The role will work collaboratively with other members of the senior leadership team to achieve BLM’s mission and goals. The Senior Operations Director will be required to deputise for the Country Director. The role is likely to require frequent travel both within and outside of Malawi.
About you
To succeed in this role, you must have:
- A post-graduate level qualification in Business Administration, Health Sciences or International Development.
- Knowledge of international development, clinical health, family planning, community outreach and social marketing is also required.
- Experience working in an overseas development programme is essential; ideally within Africa and within the health or family planning sector.
- Extensive experience in a senior management role is required, preferably in international development or the health sector; ideally in a high-risk environment that includes clinical and legal components to the work.
- Experience managing multi-tiered management structures of medical professionals, project managers and marketing agents is required.
- Extensive experience required in managing donor funded project life cycles including USAID, EC and DFID.
- Strong networking skills and advocacy skills required.
- Excellent communication skills are required particularly around negotiation, influencing and conflict management. Advanced analytical and business analysis skills.
- A strong track record in achieving both financial and non-financial targets.
For more information about the role, please view the job framework on our website.
In addition, you will be pro-choice on children by choice & not chance
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Closing date: Sunday 8th October 2017 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
Salary: Competitive – we will consider both local and international applications.
More Information
- Job City Lilongwe
