Project Director for FCI Project (Maputo, Mozambique)

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As Project Director for FCI Project, you will provide overall in-country leadership and management for the Faith and Community Initiative (FCI) in Mozambique, ensuring the effective, high-quality, timely, and compliant delivery of the FCI country program within the FCI global strategy, standards, and results framework set by the FCI Global Management Team.

You will serve as the principal in-country point of contact with the U.S. Embassy as directed by the National Director and the WVUS GMT team, host-government, Christian Health Association (CHA)/Faith-based organizations (FBOs), and key stakeholders. You will lead the FCI country team and oversee the FCI budget to achieve FCI project goals and objectives.

You will collaborate with government/Ministry of Health and CHA/FBO for progressive transition and absorption of program activities, staff, and systems into government ownership and financing. You will bring sufficient technical familiarity with integrated health programming (HIV, TB, malaria, MCH, and nutrition) to lead credibly, while relying on the FCI Technical Director/Manager and the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Director/Manager for technical depth.

You will personify World Vision’s mission, vision, and strategies through life, deed, word, and signing of our values.

Requirements include:

• Master’s degree required in public health, international development, business/public administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience managing donor-funded health programs, including senior management and staff supervision, with a strong track record engaging institutional donors, host governments (including Ministries of Health and Finance), and multi-organization consortia;
• Prior Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, or senior country program management experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience representing programs to U.S. Embassies/USG, national governments, the Global Fund, and other partners, and negotiating the transition or absorption of program activities into government systems and financing.
• Proven experience ensuring compliance and clean audits on donor-funded awards. Sufficient technical familiarity with integrated health programming (HIV, TB, malaria, MCH, and nutrition) to provide credible leadership.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; proficiency in the national/local language(s) strongly preferred.

TRAVEL AND/OR WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Country office environment with regular in-country travel to implementation regions, districts, and field sites (typically up to 40% of the time). May require travel to insecure or hazardous locations. Occasional international/regional travel for consortium and donor engagements.

Applicant Types Accepted: Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted

*** Please submit your CV and cover letter in English.