Project Director, Addis, Ethiopia

Job Description

The Project Director will lead and direct implementation of the Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems (STRIDES) Activity in Ethiopia to enhance Polio Eradication and related Global Health Security (GHS) priorities aimed at strengthening capacity across laboratory and surveillance systems to prevent, detect, and rapidly and effectively respond to emerging infectious diseases and other public health threats. S/He will fulfill the diverse managerial requirements of the STRIDES project and have technical and management responsibility for all activities, personnel, and budget/spending. S/He will serve as the Activity's primary liaison with the United States Department of State Missions in country, the Federal Republic of Ethiopia government representatives and other polio eradication implementing partners working in country. The Project Director will lead the development and implementation of annual work plans and monitor implementation from project initiation through close out. The Project Director will provide oversight for the technical and financial reporting, and other administrative elements of the project. S/He will organize project activities and ensure completion of the project on schedule and within budget constraints.

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.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities for STRIDES project to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Establishes work plans, project teams, MOU's, and SOPs to meet project goals and ensure compliance with policies.
• Directly manages technical, program, finance, and operational staff responsible for all aspects of the STRIDES project.
• Reviews project proposals and plans to determine scheduling, budget, procedures, staffing, and allotment of resources needed for projects.
• Manages in-country relationships with national, regional, and local government counterparts and multisectoral partners and identifies technical assistance needed to fulfill polio eradication and global health security objectives and targets.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and collaboration for the team and in-country stakeholders, including US Department of State Missions in country, implementation partners, government partners, Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners and other key stakeholders.
• Leads in-country team and liaises with STRIDES leadership at the global level to define, develop, implement, monitor and adjust technical work plans, budgets, presentations, and reports.
• Provides guidance and training to managers and staff to achieve project goals.
• Provides leadership to the project team, ensuring clarity over plans and priorities, and encouraging effective teamwork.
• Serves as the technical lead and provides technical oversight and direction for the STRIDES project to ensure technical objectives are met.
• Ensure that the project technical deliverables meet or exceed quality standards.
• Responsible for onboarding project staff and ensuring their familiarity with organizational and project mandate, values, quality standards, policies and objectives and their individual responsibilities in upholding these standards and policies.
• Supports performance management and professional development of direct reports, including ongoing feedback, coaching, and career support.
• Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality deliverables and reports.
• Ensures financial and contractual compliance with FHI 360 and donor rules and regulations.