Country Director - Angola, April 2024

The MENTOR Initiative is the world’s leading non-profit organisation dedicated to the control of malaria and other vector borne diseases in emergency settings, operating across countries in west, central, and eastern Africa and the Middle East. The organisation directly delivers large scale disease control interventions to the most vulnerable communities caught up in emergencies, and in parallel, also works to build the technical and operational capacity of local and international partners on the ground, to incorporate medium and long term disease control systems into their operations and country strategy.

The MENTOR Initiative seeks a dynamic and highly motivated candidate with a strong interest in disease control to lead and develop its country programme in Angola partnering with a strong headquarters team.

The MENTOR Initiative (MENTOR) works in partnership with the Government of Angola, through the Ministry of Health, supporting the implementation of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria programmes.

MENTOR currently focuses mainly on 7 provinces: Huambo, Uige, Zaire, Bengo, Kwanza Sul, Bié and Cuando Cubango provinces. There is a residential base in the capital Luanda.

Place of Service: Angola. The position is currently based mainly in Luanda with frequent travel to Huambo and other provinces of Angola, Some International travel to represent MENTOR may also be required.

Responsibilities and Tasks

The Country Director (CD) is required to assist the MENTOR Initiative in the overall implementation of the projects in Angola. Key to this is ensuring that programme objectives are fully achieved in a timely manner, whilst concurrently identifying needs, opportunities and informing strategic and operational response.

The CD will lead in-country organisational representation providing leadership overall responsibility for the management of all fundraising financial and grant management, human resource management, technical program support and logistics support*.*

He/she will coordinate the different programs in order to ensure consistent levels of high quality delivery, accountability and transparency across them all. He/she will directly supervise and support the MENTOR Initiative senior staff in the country, working closely with Admin/Fin Coordinator and the NTD and Malaria Senior Coordinators to provide solid management support to all programmes.

Job Requirements

· Academic: a minimum of a Master’s degree in Public Health, International development, Programme management, epidemiology, or statistics.

· Job experience: Public Health or programme management with a minimum 5 years’ experience in managing large operations

· Skills: HR management, complex program management, M&E, Financial expertise and knowledge of Angola context

· Solid experience with large operations

· Organised, self-starter, able to build and maintain partnerships

· Experience in managing teams in the field

· Flexible and willing to learn

· Excellent team worker and communications skills

· Practical, hands-on approach

· Fluent in English and Portuguese

How to apply

CV and letter of motivation to [email protected]

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MENTOR Initiative

The MENTOR Initiative saves lives in emergencies through tropical disease control and then stays to help people recover from crisis with dignity, working side by side with communities, health workers and health authorities to leave a lasting impact. Our PurposeThe MENTOR Initiative is a discrete and agile humanitarian organisation purpose built to relieve human suffering from tropical diseases. We act in some of the world’s most austere and vulnerable communities, who are often devastated and forgotten. Regardless of race, creed or nationality, MENTOR strives to deliver disease control to populations at greatest risk of suffering and death. Our first and last considerations are the needs of the people we serve.smiles WMDAs signatories of the International Committee of the Red Cross Code of Conduct, we believe that aid should be given to everyone who is in need, and not be used to further a particular political, social or religious viewpoint.Experts in malaria and neglected tropical diseases, we establish large scale control during humanitarian emergencies to save lives and reduce suffering, whilst concurrently developing indigenous capacity and long term sustainable control of these diseases. Collaborating with communities, health workers, health authorities and international organisations, MENTOR leaves a lasting impact ensuring effective disease control surveillance, preventative and curative services, and providing learning for the future.We invest in targeted operational research to bring evidence based and proven disease control solutions to all our programmes. MENTOR use this learning to innovate, influence and implement international policy and practice.In all our endeavours, we strive to attain the highest professional values and standards, quality, accountability and our teams are committed to stay until the job is done. Notre VisionThe MENTOR Initiative sauve des vies pendant les situations d’urgences par le contrôle des maladies tropicales puis reste sur le terrain pour aider les gens à se remettre de la crise avec dignité, travaillant côte à côte avec les communautés, les personnels sanitaires et les autorités sanitaires pour avoir un impact durable.Notre ObjectifThe MENTOR Initiative est une organisation humanitaire discret et agile, conçue pour atténuer la souffrance humaine causée par les maladies tropicales. Les équipes de MENTOR agissent au sein de communautés qui sont parmi les plus austères et les plus vulnérables du monde, souvent dévastées et oubliées. Quelle que soit la religion ou la nationalité d’une population, MENTOR fait tout son possible pour lutter contre les maladies qui leur posent les plus grands risques de souffrance et de mort. Les premières et les dernières considérations sont les besoins des personnes que MENTOR sert.En tant que signataires du code de conduite du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, MENTOR croit que l’aide doit être donné à chacun qui en a besoin, et ne doit pas être utilisé pour promouvoir un point de vue politique, social ou religieux.MENTOR utilise son expertise dans le paludisme et les maladies tropicales pour établir des programmes de lutte à grande échelle pendant des crises humanitaires afin de sauver des vies et réduire la souffrance. Il cherche en même temps à développer la capacité indigène et la lutte durable des maladies. En collaborant avec les communautés, les personnel sanitaires, les autorités sanitaires et les organisation internationales, MENTOR laisse un impact durable qui assure des services de contrôle, de surveillance, de prévention et de traitement efficaces, et qui fournit un apprentissage pour le futur.MENTOR investit dans la recherche opérationnelle ciblée afin que ses programmes de lutte contre les maladies utilisent des solutions basées sur des preuves et éprouvées. MENTOR utilise cette apprentissage pour innover, influencer et mettre en œuvre la politique et la pratique internationale.Dans tous ses efforts, MENTOR cherche à atteindre des valeurs et des normes de qualité et de responsabilité professionnelles les plus élevées ; les équipes de MENTOR s’engagent à rester jusqu’à ce que le travail soit terminé.

0 USD Angola CF 3201 Abc road Consultancy , 40 hours per week MENTOR Initiative

MENTOR currently focuses mainly on 7 provinces: Huambo, Uige, Zaire, Bengo, Kwanza Sul, Bié and Cuando Cubango provinces. There is a residential base in the capital Luanda.

Responsibilities and Tasks

Job Requirements

· Academic: a minimum of a Master’s degree in Public Health, International development, Programme management, epidemiology, or statistics.

· Job experience: Public Health or programme management with a minimum 5 years’ experience in managing large operations

· Skills: HR management, complex program management, M&E, Financial expertise and knowledge of Angola context

· Solid experience with large operations

· Organised, self-starter, able to build and maintain partnerships

· Experience in managing teams in the field

· Flexible and willing to learn

· Excellent team worker and communications skills

· Practical, hands-on approach

· Fluent in English and Portuguese

How to apply

CV and letter of motivation to [email protected]

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