Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FHI 360, also known as Family Health International, is a global nonprofit organization focused on improving health and well-being through international development programs. The Associate Director, Management & Operations will provide cross-cutting program management and operational support for a large, multi-country global project, including systems development, donor compliance, sub-award oversight, risk management, and troubleshooting. The role will collaborate with project, technical, finance, and operations teams and supervise select staff.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and management support of a large, complex project, ensuring strategically coherent project direction, well-managed growth, and compliance with and donor regulations
- Provide cross-cutting program management support, including setting up systems and managing trackers
- Liaise with contracts management services staff on submission, review and prioritization of subawards, updating tools and templates and relaying feedback to program team members
- Review and track workplans and no-cost extensions submitted to donors
- Provide program management support to select core-funded activities
- Manage monthly meetings and provide oversight to core partner sub-awards and deliverables
- Coordinate with the PMT and other members of the project management and operations team on appropriate management, compliance, and performance standards, as well as effective systems for budget management, knowledge management and risk management associated with the projects assigned to the project
- Work closely with the Director, Management, Project Director and Department-level Operations leadership to mitigate any potential risk to ensure that programming staff fully understand financial and administrative processes
- Serve as a focal point for operations-related troubleshooting to limit implementation bottlenecks and escalate as appropriate
- Forge and maintain solid cooperation with select partners through regular communication, cooperation and, where appropriate, joint decision-making
- Supervise select management and operations staff
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- Management and operations experience on a large multi-country global project is a requirement for this position
- Effective knowledge of design, implementation, and management of sector specific and/or multi-sector/international development projects/programs funded by US government or other international donors
- Knowledge of various funding mechanisms, general contracting, and reporting requirements
- Knowledge of donor planning and reporting systems
- Knowledge of business development processes, specifically proposal development, within an international NGO context
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the political and ethical in countries outside of the US
- Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent in Business Administration, Public Health, Social Sciences or Related Field
- Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience (including 3+ years of line management experience) in business administration, project management transformation, change management, strategy consulting, or internal corporate strategy
- Demonstrated experience in USG and global health project management and implementation
- Experience working on large, multi-country global projects
- Experience working in a non-governmental organization (NGO)
- English fluency required
- Project Management (PM) Certification preferred
- Fluency in a second language (e.g., French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, etc.) an added benefit
Benefits
- FHI 360 contributes 7% of monthly base pay to a money purchase pension plan account.
- All US based staff working full-time, which is calculated at 40 hours/week, receive 18 days of paid vacation per year, 12 sick days per year, and 11 holidays per year.
- Paid time off is reduced pro rata for employees working less than a full-time schedule.
- Competitive benefits package
- Professional development
- Policies and programs that support a healthy work/life balance
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