PATH is a global non-profit organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. With expertise in science, health, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and innovative approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide. PATH has projects in over 70 countries, offices in over 20 countries, and approximately 1,400 full-time employees worldwide.
PATH is recruiting a Director to lead our East Africa Regional HUB and Kenya country office. PATH is looking for a strong manager and leader who will work closely with the Chief of Africa Region and program leaders to contribute to PATH’s commitment to accelerating health equity. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record of program expertise, leadership, representation, and team building and business development.
The East Africa Regional HUB consists of Country Offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. For two decades, PATH has been assisting the East Africa region’s health sector through partnerships with local and national governments, community organizations, civil societies, and the private sector to build capacity to improve health and wellbeing. We built our core strengths in HIV/TB, Global Health Security, Nutrition, Immunization, and other health programs. Other strategic objectives include improved health outcomes for women and children, strengthening implementation science around selected programs, strengthening health information systems in-country, as well as addressing digital health and other new technologies for health systems.
OVERVIEW:
The Regional HUB & Country Director will provide overall leadership and is responsible for people, program oversight as well as business development to enable a diversified and sustainable portfolio and for quality execution of solutions and projects across all of the PATH’s platforms. They will also develop and nurture partnerships to ensure regional, local, and global impact as appropriate. This role will represent PATH regionally, locally, and internationally and elevate our standing as the leading NGO in global health innovation, especially in the development of program services.
The Regional HUB & Country Director mobilizes the technical, programmatic, and operational resources and expertise to meet the needs of the countries in the region. They are responsible for PATH’s organizational strategy to harness strengths across teams to maximize our impact and value at the regional and country level. They will also lead the development of a strong agenda on knowledge management and shared learning to achieve the scale and impact of our work. This will be accomplished through strong leadership to ensure programs are executed with the highest quality, have a sustainable program design, demonstrate value for money, and ultimately improve the health of targeted populations.
Reporting to the Chief of Africa Region, the Regional HUB & Country Director is located in the Nairobi office and has the accountability for the performance of regional program portfolios in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other countries where PATH may establish a presence within the HUB, providing strategic leadership, advice and managerial oversight of country-specific revenue centers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The core functions of the Regional Hub & Country Director are to:
The Regional HUB & Country Director is responsible for business development for the Hubs including:
The Regional HUB & Country Director is responsible for the delivery of HUB and country portfolios, ultimately ensuring quality, partner satisfaction, and financial sustainability. This includes:
The Regional HUB & Country Director is responsible for organizational, team, and people development. This includes:
Supporting PATH’s approach to organizational excellence by the role-modeling quality and sustainable development improvements.
Planning, recruiting, managing, and developing flexible teams with the skills and competencies needed to ensure optimum performance, gender, and geographical diversity.
Promoting teamwork, collaboration, and diversity by providing clear direction, objectives, and guidance to enable teams to perform their duties responsibly, effectively, and efficiently in line with PATH values.
Encouraging contributions to the development of management policies, ensuring that requirements and potential solutions for new or improved policies, instructions, guidance, and tools are channeled to the relevant countries and programs.
Ensuring, in coordination with relevant Programs, that the knowledge, skill, and experience of country practitioners are applied in support of PATH’s Operational Effectiveness and Quality initiatives and continuously improved through employee development and training.
Ensuring that structural arrangements at all levels of the country are appropriate, maintained, and documented.
Encouraging innovation and creativity in the delivery of the country portfolio.
Operational Hub Leadership responsibilities include:
Ensuring that country operations are consistent with PATH values and management policies and guidelines, and that functions are operated to guarantee timely and cost-effective execution.
Supporting the implementation of PATH’s Operational Effectiveness and Quality initiatives and overall Strategic Plan.
Leading by example, reinforcing appropriate behavior, and motivating teams.
Establishing priorities and supervising the implementation of programs and projects, managing the strategic and operational risks associated with the regional portfolio of engagements.
In collaboration with the Chief of Africa region and Country Directors, establish annual objectives and targets, performance measurements, standards in order to ensure timely execution of regional strategy.
Monitoring implementation and overseeing progress toward annual objectives and to ensure the delivery of results.
Planning and allocating resources to achieve goals and ensuring financial sustainability in accordance with PATH’s standards of ethics, integrity, and accountability framework.
Partnering with GFTS to oversee, monitor, and direct appropriate measures to maintain the safety and security of team members as well as our assets, property, and competitive intelligence.
Organizing and implementing operation support in partnership with the Global Business & Financial Operations Team.
Required Skills Required Experience
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:
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