Job Summary
- Health and social professions
- Addis Ababa - International
- 5 to 10 years
- Bachelor - Master
- Fixed-term contract
Company
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AKROS RESEARCH
- Industries : Health, pharmacy, hospitals, medical equipmentSocial, public and human services
- Website : https://www.akros.com
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Company description:
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Job Ad & Profile Description
Position : Country Manager - Addis Ababa
Akros Research is supporting a program, funded by the Mastercard Foundation and in partnership with the Africa CDC, to increase Covid19 vaccine uptake in Africa.We are looking for a Country Manager
Responsibilities:
● In coordination with project senior management and member state points of contact in 3-6 countries, oversees the implementation of country-based activities defined in approved member state micro plans.
● Monitors program expenditures and ensures budget alignment within each country.
● Ensures timely program implementation, proactively escalating risks to address potential delays.
● Manages a team of local consultants and program officers to ensure adequate program documentation, professional program representation, and high-quality technical support.
● Understand day-to-day delivery process requirements of all assigned countries, assists program staff with critical thinking of program gaps and necessary improvements.
● Ensures that clients (program or government staff) are collaboratively engaged throughout project implementation. Works closely with and builds relations with clients to ensure that program objectives remain relevant.
● Supports creative problem solving at the country level to identify activities to improve safety surveillance data reporting and investigation.
● Conducts country visits to ground-truth program reports, assist with troubleshooting program challenges, and engage member state representatives.
● Coordinates and/or generate monthly and quarterly programmatic report inputs.
● Documents lessons learned and best practices. Generate communications materials.
● Supports direct reports to identify professional goals and develop professionally during their time with Akros.
● Other duties as assigned.
Required profile for job ad : Country Manager - Addis Ababa
- Master’s degree (highly preferred) in health promotion, pharmacovigilance, vaccinology, or related field
- Minimum of 6 years of experience managing public health programs in East or Southern Africa
- Previous experience with project and organizational representation to the Ministry of Health at national/regional/local levels is required. The ideal candidate will have experience working in multiple countries in East and Southern Africa.
- Self-starter who will thrive through exemplifying ownership and initiative against complex and challenging delivery schedules
- Excellent technical writing, quantitative and critical thinking skills
- Excellent computer skills with fluency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Candidate should be culturally adaptable and sensitive
- English fluency required. Additional competencies in French, Swahili or Amharic desired.
- Demonstrated ability to operate with minimal instruction in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to productively communicate remotely
Job criteria for job ad : Country Manager - Addis Ababa
- Job category : Health and social professions
- Industries : Health, pharmacy, hospitals, medical equipment
- Employment type : Fixed-term contract
- Region : Addis Ababa - International
- City : Addis Ababa
- Remote work : Yes
- Experience level : 5 to 10 years
- Educational level : Bachelor - Master
- Spoken language : english > fluent
- Number of Position(s) : 1
- Team management : Yes
- Team Management
- Budget Management
- Budget Monitoring
- government interaction
- Program Management
- Pharmacovigilance
- Public Health
- Management
- Health
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Job Summary
Country Manager - Addis Ababa
- Health and social professions
- Addis Ababa - International
- 5 to 10 years
- Bachelor - Master
- Fixed-term contract
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