Country Director - Liberia at Jhpiego, April 2024

Overview:

Country Director will provide vision, leadership and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity of Jhpiego’s programs in Liberia. This position also serves as Chief of Party for one of the two Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) programs in Liberia – the Restoration of Health Services in Liberia Program. The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) is a global, USAID Cooperative Agreement operating in 24 high priority countries to introduce and support high-impact health interventions with the ultimate goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths within a generation. The Program is focused on ensuring that all women, newborns and children most in need have equitable access to quality health care services to save lives. USAID’s MCSP supports programming in maternal, newborn and child health, immunization, family planning and reproductive health, nutrition, health systems strengthening, water/sanitation/hygiene, malaria, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and pediatric HIV care and treatment.

The Country Director is the primary contact for all information and requests for technical and programmatic assistance for new or ongoing Jhpiego and MCSP activities in Liberia. This includes guiding the strategic planning, design and implementation of country programs and achievement of planned results and working closely with donors, stakeholders and international and local partners, including the Ministry of Health, to streamline efforts and ensure complementarity of projects. The Country Director is responsible for timely and cost-effective project implementation, compliance with Jhpiego policies and procedures and adherence to the program and technical standards of the organization.

Responsibilities:

Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of Jhpiego’s efforts in Liberia
Develop and revise, or update as needed, the Liberia Country Strategy
Develop and maintain outstanding working relationships with donors and potential donors, MOH, national and international implementing partners, and others who can help in Jhpiego’s efforts to strengthen support to Liberia
Ensure that all Jhpiego activities are in line with country priorities, and include substantial engagement of national partners, especially in support of Liberia’s national response to Ebola
Engage regularly and early on with the Regional Director and Vice President of Global Programs on issues that could positively or negatively impact country operations
Provide oversight of program activities, ensuring that the programs are technically sound, follow organizational standards and are responsive to the needs of the country
Ensure the quality and sustainability of all program approaches; work with program staff, partners and funders to continually improve programs to address challenges and meet needs and ensure achievement of the goals, objectives and targets of each project
Provide programmatic and/or technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions
Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to ensure M&E frameworks are developed and data/results are effectively tracked and appropriately reported
Ensure preparations and timely submission of all programmatic and financial reports to Jhpiego and donors
Ensure that ICR and external audit findings are corrected in a timely manner
Ensure the program is working within available resources and that the program is fiscally sound
Ensure country compliance with country laws, Jhpiego policies and donor rules and regulations as well as all contractual requirements
Provide guidance, and take overall responsibility for ensuring accountability of subcontractors and sub-grantees
Oversee finance and project staff to ensure that realistic budgets are developed and expenditures tracked
Engage regularly and early on with HQ regarding any irregularities in financial management or compliance
Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
Conduct annual staff evaluations and support professional development for staff
Align team members’ efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
Revise staffing strategies to meet the changing needs of the country office
Lead intensive efforts to develop new business/program opportunities; this will include identifying and developing opportunities; leading program design efforts; and identifying and coordinating proposal development teams
Work closely with Jhpiego’s home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated responses to new program opportunities
Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors and other key stakeholders in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
Lead by example in communicating Jhpiego key messages to external audiences and complies with Jhpiego standards for submission of communication deliverables
Designate a communications liaison who delivers at least 3 communications pieces (success stories, high profile events with stakeholders and photo assets) annually to ERCO for use in Jhpiego’s newsletter, corporate website and social media
Build the capacity of staff to serve as Jhpiego public spokespersons on intervention areas

Required Qualifications:

Advanced degree in public health, health administration, public administration, business administration or related degree
10+ years of progressively responsible international public health management experience including design, implementation, monitor, reporting, and financial management
Demonstrated ability to manage donor funded public health projects and budgets
Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects in countries
Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management
Proven experience in leading highly skilled and qualified program, technical and administrative and finance personnel
Ability to build capacity and collaboration between governmental and non-governmental partners and other project implementers
Demonstrated experience working with large consortiums and across multiple partners
Understanding of USG donor’s regulations and compliance, reporting requirements, and health strategic framework
Fluent in written and spoken English
Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence
Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills
Ability to work in a complex environment charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
Technical knowledge in one or more of Jhpiego’s core competencies
A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education assistance plan and more.

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego Liberia

Jhpiego

Our History

Responding to the Changing Needs of Women and Families Worldwide

Since its founding in 1974, Jhpiego has been innovating to save the lives of women and families worldwide. From the first day, Jhpiego has been asking the question: How can we make lifesaving services available and accessible to the people who need them—all over the world?

Dr. Theodore M. King, an early innovator and champion for women’s health, was the moving force behind the founding of Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. In the early 1970s, King recognized the need to make physicians, nurses and administrators from developing countries aware of reproductive health breakthroughs, such as laparoscopy (a procedure used to inspect internal reproductive organs for infertility or to provide contraception by closing off the fallopian tubes) and modern contraceptives. Originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under King’s leadership, as a founder, trustee and later president of Jhpiego for 14 years, the organization conducted a steady stream of programs throughout the developing world.

How Did We Get from There to Here?

Early on, Jhpiego established itself as a leader in reproductive health training. Beginning in 1974, Jhpiego held training sessions on family planning/reproductive health for doctors and nurses in the USA In 1979, Jhpiego started its first in-country training programs in Tunisia, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand and the Philippines. From 1987 through 2004, Jhpiego conducted three global Training in Reproductive Health Projects, funded by USAID. Beginning in 1993, Jhpiego published learning materials on long-acting family planning methods.

Over the years—to respond more effectively to the needs of individual countries—Jhpiego became increasingly field-based and established its first field office in Kenya in 1993. Today, Jhpiego has field offices in more than 30 countries worldwide. Similarly, Jhpiego’s programming areas have expanded to meet changing needs in the field. In addition to family planning and reproductive health, Jhpiego now has expertise in maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

Jhpiego’s work has also expanded to address reproductive health policy and guidelines and to support health systems strengthening. For example, in 1996 in Brazil, Jhpiego launched a performance and quality improvement approach, now known as Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R), which has since been implemented in 30 countries. SBM-R empowers health workers and facilities to improve the performance and quality of their services by providing them with the tools and methods they need to make decisions, solve problems and innovate at the local level.

Innovations in Training Methods and Technologies

In 1986, Jhpiego pioneered a competency-based training (CBT) approach that emphasizes learning by doing. CBT focuses on how the participant performs and promotes the trainer’s ability to encourage learning. Jhpiego also introduced the use of anatomic models for “humanistic training.” To minimize risk to clients, learners first practice on models until they achieve competency. In 1995, a clinical training skills manual—the cornerstone of Jhpiego’s training approach—was published. Using a systematic “training of trainers” approach, Jhpiego has created a global network of qualified physician, nurse and midwife trainers.

As early as 1984, Jhpiego collaborated with the University of the West Indies to deliver reproductive health courses, via satellite, to six islands in the Caribbean. In 1987, Jhpiego sponsored a global meeting on reproductive health education and technology with the World Health Organization (WHO) and introduced computer-assisted instruction to simulate clinical situations in several of its US-based courses. In 1995, ReproLine, an online source for reproductive health information, was launched. Today, Jhpiego continues to explore new learning technologies: mobile phones in Afghanistan, a computer-based learning management system in Ethiopia, computer-based training in Ghana, a distance learning program in Zambia.

Practical Solutions for Low-Resource Settings

Since the 1992 publication of its international reference standard Infection Prevention for Family Planning Service Programs, Jhpiego has been at the forefront in promoting evidence-based practices that can protect health care professionals, staff and clients from potentially life-threatening infections. To this end, Jhpiego has tested and introduced practical, low-cost infection prevention procedures that can be implemented effectively in settings with limited resources.

In developing countries, cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In 1995, Jhpiego began research with the University of Zimbabwe to find a low-cost alternative to the Pap test that could make cervical cancer prevention a reality in low-resource settings. Based on the results of this research, Jhpiego helped form the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in 1999 and received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its cervical cancer program. Since that time, Jhpiego has developed and piloted the single visit approach in which women are screened and treated during the same visit.

In 1995, Jhpiego began addressing HIV/AIDS and its integration with family planning services. Six years later, Jhpiego began work in HIV voluntary counseling and testing with a USAID-funded project in Jamaica. In 2002, Jhpiego received its first funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for work in HIV/AIDS and, the following year, developed a global learning package on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV—with CDC, WHO and university partners—to enable global scale-up. Also in 2003, Jhpiego began work on male circumcision for HIV prevention in Zambia. In 2008, Jhpiego developed a global learning package on male circumcision for HIV prevention with WHO and UNAIDS.

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Overview:

Responsibilities:

Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of Jhpiego’s efforts in Liberia
Develop and revise, or update as needed, the Liberia Country Strategy
Develop and maintain outstanding working relationships with donors and potential donors, MOH, national and international implementing partners, and others who can help in Jhpiego’s efforts to strengthen support to Liberia
Ensure that all Jhpiego activities are in line with country priorities, and include substantial engagement of national partners, especially in support of Liberia’s national response to Ebola
Engage regularly and early on with the Regional Director and Vice President of Global Programs on issues that could positively or negatively impact country operations
Provide oversight of program activities, ensuring that the programs are technically sound, follow organizational standards and are responsive to the needs of the country
Ensure the quality and sustainability of all program approaches; work with program staff, partners and funders to continually improve programs to address challenges and meet needs and ensure achievement of the goals, objectives and targets of each project
Provide programmatic and/or technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions
Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to ensure M&E frameworks are developed and data/results are effectively tracked and appropriately reported
Ensure preparations and timely submission of all programmatic and financial reports to Jhpiego and donors
Ensure that ICR and external audit findings are corrected in a timely manner
Ensure the program is working within available resources and that the program is fiscally sound
Ensure country compliance with country laws, Jhpiego policies and donor rules and regulations as well as all contractual requirements
Provide guidance, and take overall responsibility for ensuring accountability of subcontractors and sub-grantees
Oversee finance and project staff to ensure that realistic budgets are developed and expenditures tracked
Engage regularly and early on with HQ regarding any irregularities in financial management or compliance
Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
Conduct annual staff evaluations and support professional development for staff
Align team members’ efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
Revise staffing strategies to meet the changing needs of the country office
Lead intensive efforts to develop new business/program opportunities; this will include identifying and developing opportunities; leading program design efforts; and identifying and coordinating proposal development teams
Work closely with Jhpiego’s home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated responses to new program opportunities
Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors and other key stakeholders in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
Lead by example in communicating Jhpiego key messages to external audiences and complies with Jhpiego standards for submission of communication deliverables
Designate a communications liaison who delivers at least 3 communications pieces (success stories, high profile events with stakeholders and photo assets) annually to ERCO for use in Jhpiego’s newsletter, corporate website and social media
Build the capacity of staff to serve as Jhpiego public spokespersons on intervention areas

Required Qualifications:

Advanced degree in public health, health administration, public administration, business administration or related degree
10+ years of progressively responsible international public health management experience including design, implementation, monitor, reporting, and financial management
Demonstrated ability to manage donor funded public health projects and budgets
Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects in countries
Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management
Proven experience in leading highly skilled and qualified program, technical and administrative and finance personnel
Ability to build capacity and collaboration between governmental and non-governmental partners and other project implementers
Demonstrated experience working with large consortiums and across multiple partners
Understanding of USG donor’s regulations and compliance, reporting requirements, and health strategic framework
Fluent in written and spoken English
Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence
Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills
Ability to work in a complex environment charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
Technical knowledge in one or more of Jhpiego’s core competencies
A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation. 2018-02-24

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