Country Director

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Company Name

Malaria Consortium

Job Title

Country Director

Location/ Country

Headquarters London, E2 9DA.

Salary (Relative Currency)

USD 87,277

Job Description

Representation and Coordination 15%
• Act as principal liaison for Malaria Consortium with the government and donor agencies on contractual and programmatic issues, ensuring financial and programmatic accountability.
• Provide high level representation (directly or through designated technical staff), at key governmental meetings as well as at donor, UN and NGO coordination fora.
• Consolidate and expand Malaria Consortium Cambodia partnerships with MoH, bilateral and multilateral organisations, research institutions, private sector and civil society.
• Advocate for increased attention and resources for malaria, dengue and other communicable disease control and elimination in Cambodia.
• Ensure effective linkages between Malaria Consortium Cambodia, and the UK office, including support to advocacy/global policy activities and wider sharing of experiences or collaborations in line with Malaria Consortium’s global strategy.

Delivery of Programmes 20%
• Oversee preparation of annual work plans and budgets and quarterly project reviews for delivery of high quality programmes.
• With support from senior technical staff, oversee the detailed planning and implementation of Malaria Consortium projects, ensuring the technical quality and timely delivery of all programme and project outputs and deliverables.
• Work with programme staff to identify technical and operational needs and mobilise the required support from regional and UK teams or external consultants.
• Review regular donor and government reporting to ensure that performance indicators are being achieved and that corrective action is taken where improvement is needed.
• Ensure project activities are reviewed, properly documented, and disseminated internally and externally.

Administration and Finance 10%
• Support the Country Finance Manager to maintain sound financial controls, compliance with internal and donor processes and policies, monitoring of budget versus actual expenditure, and accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Oversee national payroll and ensure compliance with statutory regulations.
• Ensure, with support from relevant functions, Malaria Consortium policies and procedures are compliant with national law and donor contracts.
• Ensure that Malaria Consortium employees are aware of, trained in and adhering to Malaria Consortium’s policies and regulations.

4. Overall management of the Malaria Consortium Cambodia Staff and Other Resources 20%
• Provide management support and oversight to senior programme, finance and operations staff.
• Ensure that internal and external project, management and financial reports are submitted on time.
• Manage and regularly review operational systems and coordination between the Phnom Penh country office and field operations.
• Ensure project grants and contracts are efficiently and accurately managed and there is full accountability of resources and transparency of financial information.
• Review staffing levels regularly to maintain an optimum team size for efficient programme delivery and support; plan and ensure timely recruitment of staff.
• Ensure all HR requirements relating to national law and Malaria Consortium policy are met, including overall responsibility for the setting of staff objectives, monitoring of performance, review of performance prior to completion of probationary period and staff development.
• Work with Malaria Consortium’s Global Management Group and other Country Directors to identify and address challenges and opportunities.

Security and Risk Management 5%
• Assume overall responsibility for the safeguarding, safety and security of Malaria Consortium staff, assets and reputation.
• Ensure Malaria Consortium security plans and procedures are up to date and fully adhered to.
• Ensure security focal points are aware of their roles and able to deliver on their responsibilities.
• Provide security training opportunities to existing and new staff.
• Ensure offices and mobile field teams are equipped with the tools required to live and work in a safe and secure environment.
• Monitor available security information and ensure security focal points are attending all security coordination meetings to help prevent security incidents from occurring.
• Establish contingency planning exercises in anticipation of major events, to provide requisite security whilst minimizing programmatic disruption.

Business Development 30%
• Lead active growth of the Cambodia portfolio by identifying and pursuing new donor opportunities, including institutional donors, private foundations, and other bilateral and multilateral sources, in coordination with global, regional, country and field teams.
• Build and maintain relationships with new and existing donors, government counterparts, INGO and local partners, and research institutions to position Malaria Consortium for new funding and consortia opportunities.
• Drive the country office toward greater financial sustainability by diversifying the funding base, reducing reliance on any single donor, and ensuring that new business secured covers full costs and supports the operating platform.
• Lead concept notes and proposal development in collaboration with the Asia Deputy Regional Director and technical leads, ensuring submissions are technically strong, competitive, and aligned with Malaria Consortium’s global strategy.
• Undertake additional tasks as assigned by the Asia Deputy Regional Director.

Job Requirement

Essential:
• At least a Master’s degree in public health or related field.
• Relevant experience in health sector.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Extensive work experience as a Country Director, programme director or team leader, preferably in South East Asia.
• Experience in human resource management.
• Experience in financial management and budgeting.
• Demonstrable experience in successful business development in the health sector.
• Experience developing and leading high performing teams.

Desirable:
• Postgraduate level degree in international health or relevant discipline.
• Work experience in Cambodia.
• Experience in Public Health programming.
• Familiarity with the health system in Cambodia.

Work-based skills:
Essential:
• Understanding of different donor requirements, including institutional donors.
• Experience with writing proposals and budgets.
• Willingness to undertake travel at short notice.
• Established agile leadership skills with a proven ability to develop and deliver through teams.
• Excellent strategic, analytic and systems thinking.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively and sensitively in a cross-cultural context.
• Results- and solutions-oriented.
• Ability to create functional work relationships at a distance and to relate to people at all levels, internally and externally.
• Ability to create strong networks with senior government officials and key development.
partners in the health sector.
• Proven ability to manage staff performance.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Proactive and able to take initiative.

Desirable
• Ability to function effectively under pressure.
• Familiar with approaches to improve the quality of project implementation.
• Able to foster a learning environment amongst senior country staff.
• Familiarity with the international development assistance community.

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