We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Country Director with a strong interest in disease control to lead and develop a country programme, partnering with a strong UK-based team.
The successful candidate will be trained in our systems and approaches and then take on the leadership of a country programme in an emergency setting.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Strategic planning and management of MENTOR’s programmes in the country.
- Promoting effective relationships with national and international partners.
- Fundraising for existing and new activities and expansion of the disease control programmes portfolio.
- External relationships with strategic partners such as government institutions, donor organisations, diplomatic embassies, NGOs, UN agencies and community-based organisations and private sector partners.
- In-country personnel recruitment, development, training, and supervision.
- Ensuring the development and implementation of disease control programmes to meet the needs of communities in the most vulnerable settings.
- Supervision of evidenced based operational research activities in addition to ensuring routine disease control monitoring and evaluation. Developing and stewarding annual and specific project budgets consistent with both the organisation and donor requirements.
- Meeting financial and other reporting as required by donors and MENTOR.
- Development and enforcement of field office administrative, security, operational and logistics policies.
- Country strategy development and own team capacity building
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