Project Director, CDC Funded Health System Strengthening Activity

About Corus

Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class social impact organizations that collaborate in the world's most vulnerable communities to deliver the holistic and sustainable solutions needed to address the interconnected challenges of poverty, access to healthcare, and climate change. Corus is a new model in the international space, creating a consortium of specialized nonprofit and for-profit entities for greater impact.

Corus combines more than 150 years of experience from our nonprofit and for-profit affiliates-IMA World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and LWR Farmers Market. Together, these organizations take a systematic approach to developing rural economies, eliminating extreme poverty, ensuring access to quality healthcare, and responding to urgent humanitarian needs in fragile contexts.

Further details about the organization can be found at: Corus International

About the Job

IMA World Health is seeking a Project Director to lead an anticipated CDC-funded public health project in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The 5-year project will focus on:

• Improve prevention of avoidable epidemics including naturally occurring outbreaks and intentional or accidental releases of dangerous pathogens;
• Improve ability to rapidly detect threats early, including detecting, characterizing, and reporting emerging public health threats;
• Improve capacity of rapidly and effectively responding to infectious diseases and public health threats of international concern.

Key Responsibilities

Project Implementation Leadership and Technical Oversight

• Provide overall management, strategic direction, and technical leadership to the project to achieve expected project results within budget and timeframe.
• Oversee implementing partners and advise on technical issues.
• Lead project teams (e.g., technical, program, finance, and operational staff) to ensure program tasks, deliverables, and responsibilities are met.
• Oversee project deliverables and ensuring cross-cutting issues are effectively integrated into project implementation.

Budgetary Oversight

• Actively manage the field operations budget, including providing regular budget projections for field costs.
• Monitor budget utilization to ensure a reasonable consumption rate in accordance with IMA World Health and donor instructions.

Project Representative

• Serve as principal liaison to CDC and the DRC government, ensuring high levels of coordination and while nurturing relationships with all key stakeholders.
• Liaise with donor, government and implementing agencies to ensure coordination of and harmonization with other relevant global health security programming.

Reporting Oversight

• Ensure high quality report preparation and timely submission in accordance with the donor's schedule for the project as outlined in the award.

Project Team Management

• Ensure good collaboration with team members and communicate transparently and effectively while maintaining a calm working environment.
• Oversee the recruitment and hiring of staff and consultants.
• Develop job descriptions for staff and consultants under your supervision, as needed.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics degree. Postgraduate degree (Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., public health, epidemiology).
• At least 10 years of experience in development project management, preferably in African countries, with a strong focus on field implementation.
• Previous experience in a leadership or management position in an CDC-funded project is highly desirable.