Democratic Republic of the Congo: Project Manager

Project Manager needed to provide overall leadership and oversight in the design and day-to-day management of implementation for an upcoming UNITAID project to expand access to preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women in Democratic Republic of the Congo. This project aims to scale up an innovative, community-based approach to expand coverage of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp), with quality assured sulfadoxine-pyrimithimine (SP), for pregnant women. The project will operate over a five-year period.

Required Qualifications:

Advanced degree in public health, health administration, international health or a related field; MD preferred.

1. 15+ years' experience successfully managing large, multi-year international health sector development projects (approximately $10M per year) that have implemented successful activities in areas such as maternal, newborn and child health, malaria prevention, care and treatment and health systems strengthening
2. Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing project start-up
3. Understanding of the Democratic Republic of Congo social and political context, and developments in the health sector
4. Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving program needs
5. Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, PVOs, the private sector and other donors.
6. In-depth knowledge of donor projects, regulations, compliance and reporting.
7. Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building and representational skills.
8. Management, training or clinical background in maternal, newborn and child health, malaria prevention, care and treatment, or health systems strengthening
9. Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities
10. Previous experience working in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with intimate understanding of local health system and health systems strengthening, malaria prevention, care and treatment, and maternal, neonatal and child health care gaps and opportunities, and solid relationships at government agencies
11. Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
12. Experience managing a budget
13. Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
14. Excellent interpersonal skills
15. Demonstrated programming, management and technical skills
16. Experience developing strategic and tactical plans in cooperation with others who represent a wide range of interests and needs
17. Strong change management, results oriented and decision making skills
18. Proven expertise in providing technical assistance
19. Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff
20. Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple projects/tasks, short deadlines, competing deadlines and intense pressure to perform
21. Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners
22. Appreciation for socio-cultural differences in countries, preferably having lived and worked in one or more low resource settings
23. Awareness of, sensitivity to, and experience in working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural staff and groups
24. Ability to develop productive working relationships with counterparts in other agencies and organizations nationally
25. Proficiency in Microsoft Office
26. Fluent in written and spoken French and English
27. Ability to travel nationally

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