VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position: Program Director
Report to: Africa Project Director, A&T HQ (FHI360)
Duty Stations: Addis Ababa
Project Duration: The Duration of this project is through December 2020
FHI 360 Background
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories.
Alive & Thrive (A&T) is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth and development. Good nutrition in the first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is critical to enable all children to lead healthier and more productive lives. Alive & Thrive is scaling up improved infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and maternal nutrition through large-scale programs in several countries in Asia and Africa and through strategic technical support and the dissemination of innovations, tools, and lessons learned worldwide. Alive & Thrive is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the governments of Canada and Ireland. The initiative is managed by FHI 360.
New Program Summary (2017 -2020)
A&T has been working in Ethiopia since 2009 in close partnership with the government and key NGO partners to increase optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices nationally. A&T’s used a social behavior change (SBC) framework that included advocacy, interpersonal communication and community mobilization, mass media, and strategic data collection and use to improve infant and young child feeding in four regions of the country.
A&T anticipates being awarded a new grant by the BMGF to advance the Government of Ethiopia (GoE)’s National Nutrition Program II and National Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Strategy. Under this new grant A&T will provide analytical, technical, and systems-building support to deliver comprehensive, high quality, and geographically tailored nutrition-specific and -sensitive programs and policies.
Job Summary / Responsibilities:
The Program Director for Alive & Thrive in Ethiopia leads the project and is responsible for providing vision, technical leadership and overall management direction to achieve the project’s objectives. S/he is also responsible for project strategy, external representation and coordination with project counterparts. The Program Director has overall programmatic and fiscal responsibility for the project, including achieving results, effectively communicating accomplishments, submitting financial reports, and ensuring compliance with donor and the organization’s regulations (e.g., quality and timeliness of deliverable). The position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Accountabilities
Management
· Supervises, mentors, and motivates the project team of approximately twelve to fifteen staff including senior management and technical officers from multiple disciplines and actively supports team-building. Participates in recruitment efforts as needs arise. Oversees execution of the organization’s personnel policies and ensure that policies and procedures are clearly communicated to staff, and are respected.
Technical support, knowledge integration and learning
Problem Solving & Impact:
Supervision Given/Received:
· Supervises Ethiopia based project team.
· Leads coordination of resources for ongoing projects across functional areas and addresses/resolves project issues.
Travel Requirements:
Qualifications:
Applied Knowledge & Skills:
· Demonstrated experience in leading, managing and implementing large scale international projects with similar depth and complexity of this program.
· MIYCN technical and familiarity with social and behavior change communications, policy/advocacy, systems strengthening and performance improvement, monitoring, evaluation and implementation research.
· Demonstrated experience in multi-sector project management and implementation.
Additional Information:
Technology to be Used: Personal Computer, Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), e-mail, telephone, printer, calculator, copier, cell phones, PDAs and other hand held devices.
Typical physical demands: Works in a typical office setting environment.
This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.