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• Build
  and maintain excellent relations with central and local government,
  relevant health professionals, businesses, NGOs and community groups to
  enable the country programme to strengthen its partnerships and meet
  organisational objectives.
• Actively
  seek and secure increased financial resources for programme expansion and
  ongoing programme development through defined sources.
• Build
  and maintain excellent relations with donor agencies.
• Ensure
  donor reports are on time and to a high standard.
• Ensure
  programme is seen as a leader on Sexual and Reproductive health by central
  and local government, relevant health professionals, businesses, NGOs and
  community groups

• Lead
  the development of strategic and annual plans aimed at maximising the
  opportunities available to MSI as a sustainable, leading service delivery
  organisation; review and update strategy as required in the light of
  changing circumstances and evidence of programme impact.
• Maintain
  an overview of key developments in the sector and in the country relevant
  to the programme strategy
• Review
  an update strategy as required in the light of changing circumstances and
  evidence of programme impact.
• Oversee
  the development of a comprehensive marketing plan in order to effectively
  promote all aspects of the programme to target groups and to establish
  strong corporate and brand identity.

• Ensure
  effective financial management and accounting systems, ensuring MSI Global
  Partnership, national and international standards are respected.
• Ensure
  programme adheres to all local statutory obligations.
• Ensure
  that management team are provided with and understand key financial and
  statistical performance information in a timely manner to be used for
  decision making.
• Ensure
  that programme sends accurate and timely monthly financial and statistical
  reports to MSI.
• Monitor
  cash flow and expenditure against budget and ensure corrective action is
  planned and taken where needed

• Continue
  to develop and strengthen systems and processes to support field
  operations (outreach), including provision of technical and management
  support, and central as well as local level marketing and promotion.
• Robust
  monitoring systems established and utilised across the programme
• Provide
  appropriate guidance and leadership to clinical teams in overcoming
  difficult/unforeseen situations.
• Ensure
  quality of care is maintained at all times with set quality standards and
  targets in all service delivery locations.
• Ensure
  timely and accurate collection and collation of statistics and information,
  and timely reporting to MSI and other government or non-government
  organisations as requested.
• Ensure
  effective communication between support office and field based teams.

• Provide
  support and leadership to the programme team in designing and establishing
  new interventions.
• Oversee
  the implementation of donor funded projects to ensure satisfactory
  delivery of project outputs.
• Maintain
  regular high level contacts with important donor agencies to facilitate
  project implementation.
• Maintain
  regular high level contacts with important donor agencies to facilitate
  project implementation
• Taking
  lead role in managing formal review/evaluation missions.

• Provide
  overall leadership and strategic direction through the empowerment of the
  senior management team
• Foster
  MSI management culture and social business approach across the team.
• Directly
  manage the senior management team to include recruitment, induction,
  performance monitoring, motivation, support to personal development and
  dealing with disciplinary issues in line with MSI policies.
• Ensure
  that human resource systems and procedures are in line with best practice
  and local legislation, and are developed and implemented.
• Ensure
  that skill requirements are identified and that team members receive
  appropriate performance development opportunities.
• Ensure
  that effective and appropriate external technical assistance is called on
  where necessary to provide high quality inputs and outputs.

• Agree
  strategic and annual plans with MSI and liaise closely with MSI over
  resource development and negotiations with government and donors.
• Report
  to MSI in a timely fashion in accordance with Partnership requirements.
• Ensure
  that the MSI Partnership Manual guidelines are observed.
• Actively
  participate in regional and international meetings of the MSI Global
  Partnership.

• Educated
  to degree level
• Relevant
  Post-graduate qualification e.g. MBA, MSc, MA (desirable)
• Proven
  general management experience in operationally demanding and challenging
  environments.
• International work experience – will have successfully worked in a
  senior management role in two or three different countries; preferably
  developing countries.
• Experience of developing and successfully
  executing a compelling organisational strategy.
• Proven track record of making things happens.
• Experience of successful change management,
  including identifying required change, leading the change programme and ensuring
  change is embedded and sustained.
• Experience of building lasting relationships
  with key external stakeholders.
  
• Experience of P&L responsibility
• The design and delivery of successful
  programmatic solutions
• Successful management of a commercial entity,
  and proven commercial acumen.
• Successful management of government and donor stakeholders.
• Experience of business development including
  writing compelling tender proposals.
• Leadership skills: able to build effective
  teams.
• Advanced interpersonal/communication skills
  – both oral and written.
• Adaptable and agile business skills to manage effectively in
  changing environments.
• Change Management.
• Analytical and organisational skills.
• Strategic planning.
• Fundraising and negotiation skills.
• Ability to identify innovative programmatic
  ideas and ensure they
  are well implemented.
• Fluency in French and/or Spanish is
  essential for some Country Director positions.

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