United States of America: Project Director - Impact Assessment
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 31 May 2014
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Project Director (PD) will provide day-to-day leadership of a project to implement population-based HIV Impact Assessments in 15-20 countries with generalized or mixed HIV epidemics. The goal of the Project is to strengthen the monitoring of impact and outcomes to more comprehensively inform national responses to HIV.
The position requires a high level of technical, analytical, and managerial abilities, as well as demonstrated experience and sound judgment.
This position is contingent upon project award and funding.
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:
The PD is expected to provide vision, direction, leadership, and management to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity of the program. The PD will guide overall program administration, technical implementation, and fiscal management and will be the primary point of contact with the funder in-country, local government counterparts, and partner institutions.
The PD will assume the following responsibilities:
- Work with project staff to ensure effective implementation and coordination of project activities and monitor progress toward the achievement of project goals and objectives
- Harness human, material, and financial resources appropriate for the project
- Oversee the development and tracking of project budgets
- Participate in planning meetings with CDC
- Supervise and manage the central project team, and provide oversight to country teams of highly qualified staff, aligning their efforts with project goals
- Oversee all activities, outputs, and outcomes related to project management and administration, including reporting, financial transactions, execution of project plans, and project performance monitoring and evaluation
- Provide technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of impact assessments
- Assure the quality of HIV impact assessments
- Assure the sustainability of interventions, particularly in the area of capacity building
- Advise country counterparts on technical issues and participate in relevant technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions
- Troubleshoot to prevent and resolve potential problems and review outputs for quality control
- Represent the project in all matters pertaining to the execution of program-related activities before local governments, CDC, and other partners, including interactions with the most senior level representatives of these institutions
- Cultivate strategic relationships and alliances with the other USG partners and funders, including private sector partnerships
- Serve as the primary advocate for the project with national/international partners
- Present progress, achievements, and lessons learned to key stakeholders, including CDC, the government, and other implementing partners
- Increase the visibility of the project through representation at high-level visits with the CDC
EDUCATION:
- Advanced degree in demography, public health, economics, sociology, or related health, medical, or social science discipline; master’s degree at minimum, doctoral-level degree preferable
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- At least twelve (12) years of experience in the management of large-scale international health or development projects, with proven capacity in building and managing a diverse team of technical and support staff
- At least ten (10) years of experience in managing or implementing population-based surveys in developing countries (this 10 years of experience can be concurrent with the previous requirement of 12 years of experience in the management of large-scale international health or development projects)
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating the dissemination and use of population-based and/or facility-based data in developing countries
- Demonstrated competence in the analysis of population-based and/or facility-based data preferable
- Demonstrated competence working within CDC or similar regulations and procedures
- Proven experience in establishing working relationships and collaborating with USG, other bilateral and/or multilateral donor agencies, and with host-country governments
- Fluent English oral and written communication skills; ability to interact professionally in English
- Fluency in French preferable
How to apply:
Please send a cover letter and CV by email with a subject title “Impact Assessment – Project Director” to icap-jobs@columbia.edu.
Please do not attach any certificates when submitting on-line. Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
