PSI Project Director, Sanitation Marketing in Maputo 118 views

What are we looking for?

The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:

Collaboration: You can work independently but thrive within a team.

Trust: You trust that your manager and team will have your back and care deeply about gaining that same trust from your teammates

Pragmatism: You dive in and maintain momentum even when things are ambiguous, and you don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough.

Honesty: You aren’t afraid to speak up and speak your mind.

Measurement: You set clear and challenging goals and hold yourself accountable to driving measurable results.

Commitment: You are independent and a free thinker, but you’re ready to buy in to the direction of the team and commit to its success.

The basics

• Masters’ degree in Public Health / Environmental Health or related field
• Minimum 15 years working experience in commercial or social marketing
• At least 5 years’ experience in urban sanitation, hygiene promotion and behavioral change project
• Minimum 2 years of successful experience as Team Lead/Project Director in behavioral change assignments, with progressively responsible supervisory experience, including direct supervision of staff; quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables.
• Demonstrated skills in effectively negotiating with host governments, donors, UN agencies, other local organizations, and partners.
• Ability to successfully recruit, train, develop and manage staff
• Ability to manage agreements and all required programmatic and financial reporting requirements, including sub-grants management.
• Ability to perform internal control functions to manage day to day operations of the projects
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent management skills.
• Capacity to effectively deal with and resolve conflict.
• Fluency in English is required, fluency in Portuguese is a plus
• References will be required.
• The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.

What would get us excited?

Capacity Builder: You have experience in building institution, local technical, management and leadership capacity.

Market developer: You have the demonstrated ability in the concepts, principles, methods, and techniques of delivering market-based approaches to sanitation.

Collaborative manager. You are able to inspire a shared vision for the project staff. You have successfully helped your staff learn, grow, and thrive in their work.

A connector. You have experience working with Ministries and Governments’ bodies, health care companies, or global health donors. You are able to spot trends and keep the PSI global headquarters informed about health needs and opportunities in Mozambique.

A Strategist and an innovator. The successful candidate will be a creative, innovative, and strategic thinker, and will have excellent communication, analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and cross-cultural skills; a passion for commercial approaches to development; and proven ability to produce results.

STATUS

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PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.

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