Project Director - Rwanda, April 2024

Overview

Jhpiego seeks a Project Director to provide project and technical guidance for an upcoming CDC project which aims to implement evidence-based HIV prevention interventions among KPPs, including targeting sexual partners of FSW and MSM, in Rwanda. The project will operate over a five-year period.

The Project Director will work closely with technical implementation teams to ensure the project is is delivering on expected results. S/he will also work with M&E staff to ensure project deliverables are monitored and course corrections are identified and implemented as appropriate. Other responsibilities will include supervising project management or operational staff, overseeing annual work planning, leading the design, implementation and reporting of project activities, and the management of projects as required.

This position is contingent upon award from CDC. Rwandan nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

•Provide day-to-day technical and programmatic oversight for design, planning and implementation of activities in support of the project goals and objectives

•Foster relationships with local implementing partners as a representative of Jhpiego and the KPP project

•Facilitate the project team member’s relationship with their designated counterparts within CDC, the Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Center, as well as private sector partners and other key stakeholders in Rwanda such as NGOs and CSOs, to ensure effective technical assistance and the smooth implementation of activities

•Provide technical leadership and ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions

•Represent Jhpiego and the project’s progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors, other key stakeholders, and through meetings, conferences, and presentations

•Facilitate annual work planning, in close collaboration with CDC, Ministry of Health, project team and project partners

•Contribute to the mentoring, and managing a team of highly qualified staff and aligns their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results

•Oversee technical and programmatic capacity building for subcontractors and subgrantees

•Responsible for development of accurate and timely project reports to CDC, in line with CDC reporting requirements

Required Qualifications

•Advanced Degree in public health, health administration, public administration, business administration; MD or RN preferred

•A minimum of 8 years of experience in a mid-to-senior management (project administrative and financial) position for , multi-year international health sector development projects (of approximately $ 2 million per year) that have implemented successful activities in areas such as HIV/AIDS, prevention, care and treatment activities, including those focusing on key and vulnerable populations

•In-depth knowledge of CDC’s projects, regulations, compliance and reporting

•Demonstrated ability to provide oversight of local capacity development efforts, including working with local partners to ensure adherence to all sub-award requirements

•Demonstrated knowledge and skills in financial planning and management, human resources, and procurement, among other management support areas/functions

•Previous direct supervisory experience of project technical and operational staff

•Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities

•Previous experience working in Rwanda, with intimate understanding of the local health system and HIV prevention, care and treatment strategies, gaps and opportunities, and solid relationships with government agencies

•Previous experience providing support to KPPs

•Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills in English

•Experience developing strategic plans in cooperation with others who represent a wide range of interests and needs

•Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical and operational capacity of staff in regional and national projects

•Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners

•Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building, and representational skills

•Ability to travel nationally and internationally 30%

How to apply:

Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

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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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