IRC recruits 01 Technical Director
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Description de l’entrepriseThe International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and help people to survive, recover, and gain control… lire la suite
Détails de l’annonce
Poste proposé : Technical Director
Requête nº: req23515
Intitulé de poste: Technical Director
Secteur d’activité: Administration du programme
Type de contrat: Proposal
Taux d’occupation: Plein temps
Ouvert aux expatriés: Oui
Lieu de travail: Dakar, Senegal
Descriptif du poste
The IRC seeks a Technical Director for the $25 M – 49.9 M PROPEL(Promoting Results and Outcomes through Policy and Economic Levers) Round 2 opportunity. Overall, the PROPEL Annual Program Statement (Promoting Results and Outcomes through Policy and Economic Levers) will focus on policy, advocacy, health financing and governance activities as well as technical assistance, and transition initiatives for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), and FP/RH integration with maternal health, HIV/AIDS and other health areas. FP/RH integration across health, gender, youth, health equity, capacity development, and private sector engagement are all central to this APS. For Round 2 – PROPEL Adapt – the specific focus will be on policy, advocacy, financing, and governance (PAFG) unique to fragile settings, including responses to country epidemics or global pandemics such as COVID-19.
The Technical Director will support the Chief of Party in providing technical leadership and implementation of family planning (FP); reproductive health (RH); maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), immunization, nutrition, and WASH activities, as well as cross cutting priorities in health systems strengthening (HSS), gender, and social and behavioral change (SBC). This includes supervising strong technical experts and providing planning and management support to ensure delivery of program results. They will support quality control and efficiency of project activities.
This position is contingent on award from USAID.
Major Responsibilities
• Provide overall technical leadership for project strategies and program activities and ensure they are based on and use global and project generated evidence
• Mentor and build capacity of technical staff in policy, advocacy, governance, financing, HSS and emergency preparedness for FP/RH programs in fragile settings.
• Regularly use and apply data to inform program direction and decisions.
• Provide technical leadership in staffing, work planning, assessments, monitoring and reporting in collaboration with partners
• Lead relationships and maintain collaborative links of key partners at country, regional, and global levels
• Encourage technical coordination between implementing partners, with other USAID projects, and external organizations
• Work creatively with technical staff and provide quality assurance for their outputs
• Provide dedicated representation with key counterparts and in technical working groups, and step in for the COP and/or Deputy COP as needed
• Ensure PROPEL Round 2 proactively identifies and engages local organizations equipped to deliver program interventions in PROPEL’s purview and ensure that their technical and managerial capacity is enhanced through the partnership with PROPEL R2.Profil recherché pour le poste : Technical Director
Experience and Qualifications
• Advanced degree in public health or related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 6-8 years’ experience providing technical assistance to large and complex health projects in fragile settings
• Demonstrated experience in strengthening the capacity of individuals, organizations and government agencies
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, health systems strengthening
• Successful record of leading large teams and serving as a mentor to staff
• Demonstrated ability to maintain strong relationships with USAID, Ministry of Health officials, and partners
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with donor, project partners, in-country collaborators, and staff at all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to convene/chair high profile meetings and productively interact with a wide range of organizations (e.g., government, private sector, NGOs, and research institutions).
• Demonstrated experience in effectively engaging partners and managing multi-partner collaboration in the field;
• Fluent English oral and written communication skills, and fluency in French preferred.
• Familiarity with USAID projects, compliance and reporting preferred.Critères de l’annonce pour le poste : Technical Director
Métier : | Management, direction généraleMétiers de la santé et du socialR&D, gestion de projets |
Secteur d´activité : | Activités associativesServices autresServices collectifs et sociaux, services à la personne |
Type de contrat : | CDD |
Région : | Dakar – Diourbel – Fatick – Kaffrine – Kaolack – Kédougou – Kolda – Louga – Matam – Saint-Louis – Sédhiou – Tambacounda – Thiès – Ziguinchor – International |
Niveau d’expérience : | Expérience entre 5 ans et 10 ans |
Niveau d’études : | Bac+5 et plus |
Nombre de poste(s) : | 1 |