Applications have opened for the Vacancy for Project Director at Jhpiego in the USA. Interested candidates can apply for the position now.

• The Project Director (PD) will serve as the grantee’s first point of interface with Unitaid on both routine and strategic matters.
• Additionally, this includes ensuring effective organizational, management and communication interacting with project partners, other projects, host country governments at all levels, stakeholders and international partners and agencies.
• Furthermore, the position will be based in Baltimore or Washington DC and report to Vice President, Global Program Operations.

Responsibilities

The incumbent will do the following duties

• Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure the programmatic, technical and financial integrity of IPTi project and to achieve rapid and sustained project goals, objectives and targets
• Additionally, Provide oversight of project activities to achieve the stated objectives
• Also, lead and participate in the project management team that will review project implementation and make course corrections as needed
• Work closely with all consortium partners, including building relationships and monitoring partner deliverables in line with respective scopes of work
• Furthermore, Develop and maintain strong working relationships and alliances with UNITAID, target country’s Ministries of Health.
• Also, Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to key target country stakeholders, UNITAID and implementing partners in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
• Moreover, Provide technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions.

Qualifications

The incumbent must meet the following qualifications for Vacancy for Project Director at Jhpiego in the USA

• Advanced degree in public health, health administration, international health or related field
• Additionally, 15+ years of progressively responsible international public health management experience or an equivalent of advanced education and experience could be considered
• Previous experience serving as Project Director or higher (COP, DCOP) including managing large, multi-year international health sector development projects
• Similarly, strong knowledge of malaria programming, especially chemoprevention-
• Strong knowledge of the most up to date WHO guidance and experience managing malaria programs across countries
• Also, Stellar verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary, multicultural teams;
• Furthermore, Excellent existing relationships with WHO, Global Malaria Program, Unicef, PMI, Global Fund and other global partners supporting malaria programming.
• Moreover, Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing project systems, processes and overseeing project start-ups.

About Jhpiego

• Jhpiego is an “international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University.”
• The group was founded in 1973 and initially called the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, but is now referred to simply as Jhpiego.

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