Tuberculosis Project Director

The Project Director will lead a large multi-country USAID funded Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR TB) project and be responsible for achieving the project’s vision and strategy, directing the project technical team, and managing critical relationships with national and international partners and other key stakeholders. They will have overall programmatic and fiscal responsibility for the project, including achieving project results, effectively communicating accomplishments, making financial reports, and ensuring compliance with all US government and the organization’s regulations.

This position is contingent upon donor funding.

Accountabilities:

• Responsible for creating, promoting, and maintaining safe and equitable work environments for all personnel, including a harassment- and violence-free work culture, and systems for safeguarding project participants

• Develop and execute overall project strategy and work plan and achievement of project results.

• Direct and monitor implementation of activities within the work plan, ensuring that activities are performed to a high professional standard, effectively implemented, and fulfill donor and the organization’s requirements.

• Fosters an innovation-friendly environment that enables and empowers the identification, generation and circulation of ideas, approaches, solutions and collaborations towards quality person-centered DR TB care.

• Provide direction on senior-level policy and technical dialogue with the Ministry of Health and other government ministries and units, working in staff as appropriate.

• Maintain a strong and wide network with key partners and stakeholders in the tuberculosis arena and ensures that the project is represented on appropriate steering and advisory groups.

• Oversee all technical assistance and administrative support activities under the project.

• Ensure the timely and complete submission of all performance reports and responses to donor requests for performance, success stories, and financial information for the project.

• Ensure that all project deliverables are met in a high quality and timely fashion.

• Ensure compliance with all donor-related, organization’s, and project-specific policies.

• Supervise and mentor all senior management staff.

• Provide managerial oversight to all project activities and partnerships, and ensure compliance with the organization’s and USG regulations

• Oversee the sub-contract and sub- grant cycle from pre-award to close- out including solicitation processes, pre-award, award, monitoring and close-out of sub-awards based on donor regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Respond to issues that arise during sub-award/contract, and award project implementation including but not limited to financial reporting, issuing modifications, oversight of compliance with terms and conditions and resolution of disputes, and resolving audit (financial and/or general performance) findings.

• Provide oversight for the project’s financial management systems and ensure that they are in line with the organization’s policies and procedures and donor rules and regulations.

• Ensure preparation and submission of complete and accurate financial reports and cash requests to organization’s HQ and USAID.

• Oversees project budget development and undertake regular analysis of project expenditure, sub- awards and lead the preparation of budget amendments/modification for negotiation with donor.

• Review and monitor project budgets vs. actual expenditures including Life of Project (LOP) and Field office Financial Reports and Monthly Expense Reports received from the organization’s headquarters.

• Recruit, supervise, mentor, and motivate project team which includes staff from the organization and international and national partners.

• Actively work on team- building to ensure productive staff.

• Oversee execution of the organization’s personnel policies and ensure that policies and procedures are clearly communicated to staff and are respected.

• Liaise with donor personnel, including the COTR and Contracts on funded activities.

• Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with government federal and regional entities to support project implementation.

• Maintain effective linkages between technical components, grants and finance and administrative functions within the project.

• Liaise with headquarters Technical Team, Contracts & Grants, Finance, and Compliance staff to monitor donor regulations and policies for changes affecting the project.

• Ensure effective communication across the entire project with team and relevant stakeholders.

• This includes (1) providing regular briefings and updates to relevant parties (e.g., supervisors) (2) facilitating regular team meetings to share information across project components and (3) contribute to positive and smoothly functioning relationships with external partners, including international partners and national implementing partners.

• Coordinate with other donor implementing partners on common objectives and activities, as needed.

• Supports performance management and professional development of direct reports, including ongoing feedback, coaching, and career support.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent management, communication, and organization skills are required.

• Technical leader in DR TB and/or strong expertise in project management. Comprehensive knowledge of theories, concepts, and practices with project management, process development and execution.

• Knowledge of non-profit funding streams, including government and philanthropic strong time-management, multi- tasking and organizational skills.