Overview

• Objective 1: Strengthening the supply of quality maternal and newborn health services.

• Objective 2: Improving the demand for quality services through social behavior change communication and accountability mechanisms.

• Objective 3: Fostering innovations and building the evidence base to inform national and sub-national policy reforms which will establish institutional quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall successful leadership, strategic vision, and management and operations within budget and compliance parameters, including financial management, cost control, sub-contractor management, performance monitoring, and client relations.
• Responsible for management and oversight of the program’s technical, operational, and administrative staff across offices; Directly supervise and mentor project staff.
• Ensure synergy across technical components of the project; ensure good team planning and coordination, deployment of resources and intra-team communication in support of project objectives.
• Oversee performance monitoring and evaluation to ensure all governance project targets are met or exceeded – making recommendations for improvement in program implementation.
• Build strong relationships and lead collaboration with USAID/Indonesia and high-level stakeholders, such as Indonesian ministries and regulators, other IPs, and local partners. Ensure that client and stakeholder expectations are met.
• Lead annual project work planning and reporting and be the principal point of contact with USAID, Government of Indonesia, other implementing partners.
• Lead technical meetings to ensure adaptive management and inclusion of guiding principles across all objectives.
• Serve as the liaison with USAID, the Ministry of Health, and RTI home office.
• Ensure the timely and quality completion of all program technical and financial deliverables and reports in accordance with USAID guidelines.
• Ensure all contractual deliverables and reporting requirements are met and in compliance with contractual requirements and U.S. federal regulations.
• Direct and supervise the performance and delivery of services by both international and national subcontractors.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in a relevant field and 14 years of experience.
• Progressively responsive experience in a senior role managing international donor-funded (including USAID) health projects, with substantial knowledge and experience related to health sector improvement methodologies, capacity development, decentralization, or civil society strengthening in Indonesia highly preferred.
• Substantial experience managing and leading technical and administrative teams for health projects focused on one or more areas: MNCAH, malaria, FP/RH, nutrition, global health security, and/or HSS.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with government, donors, the private sector, and community organizations to achieve health objectives in Indonesia.
• Knowledge of the Indonesian health sector and established local networks, including relationships with the Government of Indonesia and other health donors and IPs preferred.
• Ability to work in complex, politically charged, unstable environments, work across different cultures, and manage diverse teams to deliver impact within agreed timelines across a broad geographic area.
• Experience managing diverse, high-performing multidisciplinary teams working across satellite offices to achieve health results in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel and work in any of the anticipated priority states.
• Ability to build and maintain strong teams and relationships with host-country counterparts and other donors.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, writing, and oral presentation skills.
• Proven ability to work under pressure, and with multiple concurrent demands.
• Verbal and written English proficiency is required.
• Work experience in Asia, southeast Asia, and Indonesia specifically preferred.

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