Country Performance and Special Initiatives Specialist at Pathfinder International

Summary of Role:  

The Specialist, Country Performance and Special Initiatives will contribute to the CPSI team focused on two primary areas:

Country Performance: 

This team will play a crucial role in identifying needs and proposing solutions to help move countries along the path to country led. The CPSI team will develop and implement systems to monitor program quality and performance, including the country management dashboard, identify possible course corrections or adjustments, and document and propose lessons learned and next steps. Additionally, this team will provide strategic programmatic advice and support to activities in the Africa region and provide technical and subject matter expertise as needed. The CPSI team will also play a key role in inputting, reviewing, and otherwise supporting business development and resource mobilization.

Special Initiatives: Special initiatives refer to timebound, priority projects that require the collective energy and intellect of various Pathfinders across the global organization. CPSI will identify and lead special initiatives in coordination with the Africa leadership team and define a process for implementing and assessing performance of special initiatives. Given the global nature of many special initiatives, such as increasing business development capacity in Africa country teams and improving and standardizing technical quality across countries, this team will act as convener and manager of cross-organizational and cross-functional teams, collaborating across all operating structures and departments.

Key Responsibilities:

Special Initiatives: 

• Assists to identify and propose special initiatives to Africa Leadership Team.
• Supports implementation of special initiatives under leadership of Managers and Director.

Country Performance:

• Supports systems to monitor program quality and performance (dashboard card), identifies possible course corrections or adjustments, and documents lessons learned and next steps.
• Acts as primary and/or secondary point of contact for programmatic activities in several countries.

Collaboration:

• Supports Managers and serves as point person on specific country programs and strategic initiatives to work across Business Divisions, including Technical Services, Operations, Finance.
• Participates in cross-functional team initiatives.

New business:

• Actively participates in coordination of new business efforts with other Business Divisions.
• Coordinates and assists in the preparation of funding proposals/concept notes, strategies, work plans and assessments.
• Supports with analysis of relevant data and documents; aligning of project proposals with budget and other required activities to ensure submission of strong technical and financial proposals.

Required Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in management, public health, business, marketing, social science or related discipline.
• 3 years’ experience in global health, business/management, or development with strong international background
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• French proficiency is required.
• Basic understanding of multiple Sub Sahara Africa countries’ public health systems.
• Basic skills in program and project management, financial management, and planning to fulfill performance objectives, including the timely implementation, and reporting of donor-funded program activities.

Preferred Competence and Work Experience:

• Preferred experience living or working in Sub Sahara Africa
• Experience with project or program management preferred.
• Experience in non-profit preferred

Other Information: 

Technology to be Used:

• Uses cellular and office phone, laptop, or desktop computer.

Travel Requirements:

• Travel required (10% or less)