Deputy Director, Management

The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project is an eight-year, global project focused on HIV, global health security, and combatting trafficking in persons using funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the United States Agency for International Development. EpiC is seeking a qualified and highly motivated Vietnamese candidate to serve as the Deputy Director, Management based in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. This individual will report to the Project Director and oversee the project management.

Main responsibilities:

Portfolio Management (~60%)

• Develop and manage work plans, reporting, and budgets, ensuring activities are delivered on-time, within budget, and in accordance with USAID and FHI 360 policies.
• Oversee the development, execution, and monitoring of project subawards and large procurements in collaboration with EpiC’s headquarters portfolio management team. Manage staff responsible for project management, communications, knowledge management, and more.
• Develop and implement solutions for administrative, business, and/or functional challenges to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure consistency in project staffing and resourcing efforts.
• Facilitate cooperation between stakeholders to achieve project aims.
• Lead organizational development efforts to ensure a diverse, inclusive, collaborative and innovative team.
• Ensure local alignment with global safeguarding standards.
• Build and manage relationships with senior government leaders at the national and provincial level.

Representation (~20%)

• In collaboration with the Deputy Director, Technical, serve as acting Project Director in their absence.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with the donor, FHI 360 headquarters, and Government of Vietnam and serve as the senior representative with these stakeholders.
• Oversee the execution of events for high-level stakeholders from the US and Vietnamese governments.
• Prepare and deliver reports and presentations on project progress.

Technical Leadership (~20%)

• Engage in business development efforts and oversee the creation of new business areas.
• Ensure available budget and management procedures are in place to allow the project to meet international best practice standards, innovate, and respond to urgent requests or emerging evidence. .
• Lead management inputs to annual work plan and ad hoc implementation/action planning.
• Perform other relevant duties as requested.

Experience and abilities for the position:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in public administration, public health, medicine, communications, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience, with demonstrated experience in managing complex health and development projects including at least 3 years in a senior management role.
• Thorough understanding of international NGOs.
• Project management certification preferred
• Ability to work well with teams, implementing agencies, government counterparts, and USAID or other international donor(s).
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills in Vietnamese and English.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

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