Director of Country Programs

Director of Country
Programs

In-Country Logistics, USAID Next Generation GHSC Suite
of Programs – Global

Company Overview:

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of
Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic
value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities,
and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate
lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a
team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global
network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is
committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly,
people’s lives.

Position Overview:

The Director of Country Programs for the In-Country
Logistics project will provide senior management
direction and oversight for all project field support buy-ins. S/he oversees
country directors and works with technical leads and operations staff to ensure
coordinated country programs. The Deputy Project Director for Country Programs
is a member of the Project Leadership Team and the Technical Leadership Team
and participates in relevant discussions and
decision-making for the project.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

-Provide senior management direction and oversight for all project field support buy-ins.
-Identify, orient, coach and supervise country directors (CDs) who serve as leads for country programs.
-Assure timely, high quality conduct of team planning meetings and participatory assessments.
-Ensure timely, high quality development of country workplans that meet established guidelines and corporate quality standards.
-Monitor implementation through regular meetings with CDs.
-Ensure appropriate linkages between Core and Field programs as well as scaling up efforts and broad testing of tools and approaches.
-Provide periodic reports/presentations/updates on field programs to AORs and others as indicated.
-Supervise Country Programs staff including senior managers, CAMs and country directors.
-Facilitate and nurture excellent relations with partners, providing them technical guidance and oversight for optimal participation and efficient use of project resources and technical expertise.
-Oversee high-quality capacity development approaches, technical assistance, and reports as well as administrative and financial support.
-Work collaboratively with Finance and Operations team to ensure successful field programs.
-Travel as needed to countries for workplan design, monitoring, reporting.
-As a member of the Project Leadership Team (est. 10% time): Contribute to project strategic and technical direction, management, staffing allocation, and leadership across all areas of the project.
-Draft and/or contribute to USAID, partner, and other external communications and relationships.
-Supervise staff at HQ and in the field, and work collaboratively with all levels of staff on the project.
-Serve on both the Project Leadership Team (PLT) and the Technical Leadership Team (TLT) and provide ongoing project guidance with particular reference to field programs.
-Other corporate requirements (est. 5% time): maintain coordination with the firm’s U.S. Business Unit Health practice area.
-Maintain knowledge of funding and strategic trends in the health field, particularly for USAID, and provide such input to corporate health practice area and to business development (BD) on appropriate opportunities.
-Assist in identifying common lessons learned, cross fertilization and sharing of technical outcomes.

Required Qualifications:

-Demonstrated
in-depth knowledge of developing country health systems, with a focus on
supply chain management, procurement, warehousing or logistics.
-Demonstrated leadership capacity, strategic vision, problem
solving, and ability to effectively build and sustain positive teams,
working relationships and partnerships with donor agencies, host country
governments, partners and local teams.
-A steady trajectory of increasing levels of managerial
responsibility in directing multi-discipline development projects,
preferably with USAID.
-Proven expertise supporting and mentoring junior staff to grow
professionally.
-Proven ability to manage all aspects of staffing including
recruitment, promotion, retention and dismissal, in a multi-cultural
setting.
-Proven success in managing field programs for USAID projects.
-Excellent English oral and written communication; fluency in
French or at least one other USAID-relevant language strongly desired.