Senegal: Project Director - HRH2030 Program

Based in Dakar, and reporting to the Senegal Project Management Unit (PMU) director, the Project Director is a senior leadership position that assumes overall responsibility for program operations, the achievement of annual work plans, and stakeholder engagement with Government of Senegal counterparts, other donors and development projects, HRH2030 in-country consortium partners, and USAID. The Project Director also provides direct supervision and guidance to project technical advisors and administrative staff. This position requires a maximum of 35% travel to the seven (7) target districts in Senegal.

Responsibilities include

• Providing overall leadership, management, and general technical direction of the program, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors and a focus on achieving results.
• Serving as the project's primary liaison with USAID, international and regional partners, and host-country government officials.
• Acting as primary liaison with the Chemonics Washington D.C. office in technical and managerial matters.
• Supervising project technical and administrative staff, ensuring staff are successfully managing project activities and operations.
• Providing supervision to the project’s technical advisors. This includes but is not limited conducting regular written performance reviews as well as providing interim feedback and coaching when needed to improve employee performance.
• Ensuring compliance with USAID regulations and Chemonics policies and systems.
• Representing the project at periodic meetings with stakeholders to report on planned activities and actions, including implementation status.
• Taking overall responsibility for recruiting an in-country team that has the correct technical skill mix and work style to achieve activity objectives. This includes long term staff as well as short-term consultants.
• Ensuring that activity work plans are developed and completed in a timely fashion.
• Ensuring that activity reporting is done in a comprehensive and timely manner.
• Looking for ways to improve the projects technical scope by suggesting innovative ideas or approaches that mirrors generally accepted best practices.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• At least 12 years of professional experience in managing global health projects including developing and implementing work plans, controlling budgets, and managing a team
• M.D. or advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, medicine, international development, or a related field
• Demonstrated leadership experience on a USAID-funded project required, preferably as chief of party/project director or deputy chief of party
• Knowledge of emergency response and disease surveillance approaches
• Ability to proactively anticipate and respond to rapidly changing conditions and project needs and deliver project results
• Familiarity with the Senegal government system, including but not limited to the Ministry of Health.
• French and English fluency required.

This position will be based in Dakar, Senegal, and will be open to all qualified Senegalese citizens. Please apply by sending an electronic application including a CV, a cover letter and the names and contact details of 3 references to HRH2030recruit@chemonics.com no later than 15 April 2016. Candidates will be interviewed on a rolling basis. Please write the position in the subject line. No phone calls please. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the position.