Interim Country Director

Jhpiego seeks an Interim Country Director located in our Pakistan Country Office. This is a temporary assignment for an estimated duration of 3 months. The Country Director will ensure strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity in the Jhpiego Pakistan Office.

Responsibilities

Program Management

• Work closely with Project Leads to ensure that the projects are technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the country and donors
• Work closely with Jhpiego US staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation

Financial Management

• In collaboration with the Senior Finance Manager, manage the country office budget, ensuring efficient resource allocation and financial sustainability.
• Oversee financial reporting, compliance, and audit processes, in accordance with Jhpiego’s policies and donor requirements.
• Ensure that all awards are performed on time, on scope and on budget, and raise potential overspending to VP GPO and Director Program Finance in a timely manner
• Ensure preparations and timely submission of all programmatic and financial reports to Jhpiego US office and donors

Compliance & Ethics

• Ensure compliance with local laws and Jhpiego’s ethical standards.
• Ensure compliance with Jhpiego’s policies, procedures and practices related to the financial reporting and internal controls
• Ensure compliance with donor policies and procedures applicable to management, technical, programmatic, financial and human resources
• Meets all legal requirements for filing reports, withholding and remitting income taxes for all staff, consultants and vendors

Transition Planning

• Collaborate with GHR in the selection and onboarding of a permanent Country Director.
• Ensure a smooth transition, providing necessary handover documentation and knowledge transfer.

Stakeholder Management

• Provide strategic leadership to the country office in alignment with Jhpiego’s mission and objectives and maintain the flow of information to and from Jhpiego US senior leadership.
• Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors and other key stakeholders in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations

Supervision

• Provides coaching, guidance and mentorship to direct report(s) where needed
• Sets targets and objectives for assigned area and delivers results
• Grows team expertise to align with program and organizational direction while continually looking for ways to provide / enhance the value delivered
• Leads a high-performing team and provides ongoing feedback and performance reviews
• Tracks, monitors and effectively addresses and / or rewards performance of team members
• Manages employees in compliance with all HR policies, procedures, guidelines
• Shares knowledge, information, skills and subject matter expertise among the team and ensures the timely communication of issues while encouraging good working relationships with other functions / teams
• Recruits for all hires to ensure a highly diverse, qualified workforce with the necessary capabilities needed to achieve goals

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field i.e. MPH, International Health, Health Administration
• 10 years of relevant experience
• Previous experience serving as COP/Project Director or DCOP/senior level management
• Previous experience inclusive of demonstrated ability to successfully manage large, multi-partner, multi-year international health sector development projects that have implemented successful activities in health system strengthening
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing project systems and overseeing project start-up and close-out
• Experience working on USAID programs and in-depth knowledge of USAID projects, regulations, compliance and reporting requirements
• Progressively responsible professional development experience, a significant portion must include managing international health projects in a developing
• country, with several years including general management experience
• Demonstrated experience in institutional capacity development/systems strengthening in public health and in working effectively with a broad range of counterparts, including high level government officials and organizations
• Previous experience working in Lesotho, with intimate understanding of the local health system and health systems strengthening gaps and opportunities, and solid relationships at government agency and related levels, preferred
• Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving project needs
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID, host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building, and representational skills
• Capacity for analyzing technical and programmatic challenges that impede efforts to provide improved health care to populations, and building skills of staff to do the same
• Ability to develop technical solutions to these challenges and assisting in the design of operational research that could yield appropriate solutions
• Ability to work in a complex environment charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to deliver
• Excellent communications (written and oral English), interpersonal, presentation, and coordination skills to fulfill the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the activity and to coordinate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent skills in facilitation and team building
• A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts
• Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time

The salary range for this role is expected to be hourly: $60.45

Total Rewards

The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees’ health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Job Description

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

• Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

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