Director of Programs - Population Services International - Lilongwe

PSI seeks highly qualified candidates for the position of Director of Programs, Malawi. The candidate will provide effective leadership and strategic management of PSI Malawi’s health interventions in reproductive health, child survival and HIV prevention to ensure they are targeted; evidence based, and are using international best practice approaches to achieve health impact.  This full-time position is based in Lilongwe, Malawi and reports to the Country Representative. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The Programs department is responsible for:

1. Designing projects and marketing strategies (including overall health area strategy, and log frames);
2. Leading Social Behavior Change Communications (SBCC) campaigns from inception to implementation
3. Preparing donor funding proposals;
4. Contributing public health and program management technical inputs;
5. Monitoring progress against performance (financial and programmatic) and feedback back into operational strategies;
6. Managing donor and government and stakeholder relations and reporting; and
7. Programmatic relations with national level sub-grant partners.

The Director of Programs is directly responsible for the management and overall performance of the program teams, who are responsible for the actual development and implementation of marketing plans for all project activities, including the management of field operations including sales, health services, communications and field level sub-grants. Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for public health technical inputs into project design
• Responsible for SBCC and gender technical inputs into project design
• Responsible for setting DALY/CYP targets and monitor performance against them
• Monitors overall project spend against budget
• Contributes to the development of the departmental budgets
• Maintains effective donor relationships
• Approves requisitions, approves advocacy strategies for health areas, approves log frames, approves donor reports
• Identifies new health areas for interventions, and develops concept papers and proposals, including donor budgets
• Responsible for securing technical inputs and approvals from PSI/W Research and Metrics team for study designs and manages relations with external research agencies
• Develops higher level marketing strategies used by the Social Marketing Department to develop marketing plans
• Represents program teams on procurement committees for major procurements
• Responsible for ensuring adequate MIS systems (including mHealth systems) to meet donor reporting needs
• Build capacity of the programmatic team through effective coaching, training and supervision
• Represent the Program Teams at the regular Senior Leadership Team meetings
• Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of PSI Malawi’s five year strategic plan 

Desired Skills & Experience

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters degree in relevant field (MBA, MSW, MPH) or equivalent experience
• Technical expertise in SBCC and gender programming
• Technical expertise in the health areas of reproductive health, maternal and/or child health, HIV prevention preferred
• At least 6 years demonstrated staff management and project oversight experience
• At least 4 years of work experience managing a team in a developing country
• Familiarity with international health, development issues and the international donor community
• Experience developing and managing budgets
• Ability to work effectively in partnership with a variety of audiences and organizations
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• INGO experience strongly preffered
• Knowledge of and experience using Microsoft Office
• Excellent writing, presentation and interpersonal communication skills preferred

Company Description

  PSI is a leading global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV and reproductive health. Working in partnership within the public and private sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, PSI provides life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that empower the world's most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.   PSI's core values are a belief in markets and market mechanisms to contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor; results and a strong focus on measurement; speed and efficiency with a predisposition to action and an aversion to bureaucracy; decentralization and empowering our staff at the local level; and a long term commitment to the people we serve. PSI has programs in 67 countries.  For more information, please visit www.psi.org.