Position Focus:

The Yale Global Health Leadership Initiative (GHLI) generates cutting-edge research and high-impact educational programs in management, leadership, and organizational performance.  For over ten years, GHLI has served as a leading academic partner, working in the US and around the world.   GHLI brings diverse teams together in pursuit of ambitious healthcare goals, engaging faculty, students, and practitioners from across disciplines to promote leadership capacity and efficient management systems at the national, sub-national, community, and health facility level.  GHLI leadership development programs are guided by a model of experiential learning that enhances both individual and group problem-solving capacity, develops effective relationships and organizational cultures, promotes the use of data for decision-making and generates evidence-based solutions that can be scaled up.

The Yale Ethiopia country office was established through an MOU with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has been operating since August 2015, registered as “Yale Global Enterprises” (YGE). YGE serves as a hub for collaboration with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health in management, leadership, and organizational performance and a platform for broader Yale collaboration across Ethiopia in support of diverse faculty from Yale University.

The Country Director will be hired as a Yale Global Enterprise (YGE), a full time, employee and serves as the institutional authority, with responsibility/authority to act on behalf of YGE through an agreement with Yale General Counsel.  The Country Director will be responsible for the management of a small administrative team (generally including a finance and operations manager, administration and logistics officers) ensures the quality of key finance and human resource functions including payroll and management of local taxes and expenses, work permits, visa support, on-boarding, and other operational support such as renting of vehicles and securing of office space.  In addition, the Country Director will manage the hiring of additional technical staff for project-specific needs as full-time employees of YGE, with a salary and benefits package developed to align with local regulations. The Country Director oversees YGE contracts with local individuals and agencies to provide a set of professional services.

Reporting to the Director of Global Health Leadership Initiative, the Ethiopia Country Director will be responsible for conceptualizing and managing a portfolio of research and education projects in Ethiopia, including new proposal development, program design, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of project reports and other program communications.  The Country Director will participate in the GHLI leadership team activities to proactively foster a sustainable pipeline of projects that engage diverse Yale faculty in Ethiopia-based activities. He/She will be responsible for overseeing reliable and efficient business operations in Ethiopia, including serving as Yale’s institutional authority in the country, liaising with offices and agencies of the Government of Ethiopia, and overseeing human resources, finance, safety and security, and operations in the country. The Country Director will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with occasional in-country travel as required.  The Country Director may be required to travel to Yale home office in New Haven, CT, annually.

Essential Duties

• Oversee the advancement and growth of the program. Give direction and leadership supporting the philosophy, mission, strategy, and annual goals and objectives.
• Assume primary accountability for disseminating and publishing all program information to create public awareness and support of the program.
• Work closely with GHLI and YSPH leadership, internal and external stakeholders, MOH and other government representatives to further develop and implement strategic plans.
• Identify, solicit, and cultivate partnerships and collaborations to assist in the development and growth of the program. Develop the metrics to identify and measure the success of the program. Responsible for measurements of grant success and project activity related evaluation.
• Assist in identifying and evaluating potential future funding sources and contributes to the submission of grants and contracts supporting the program, including the annual writing and submission of all content areas and budgetary sections of grant applications.
• Develop and manages the program’s operating budget.
• Develop and manage the administrative infrastructure of the program such as human resource and administrative functions of the program, including staffing and hiring, supervision, performance development, counselling and discipline, if warranted. Oversee and manage information systems, facilities, and space needs.
• Investigate, identify, implement, and oversee the maintenance of systems to gather, track, and report information to support the initiatives of the program. Track all program activities and regularly inform the leadership of progress on each initiative. Recommend structural or programmatic adjustments, changes or additions based on full knowledge of the mission, goals, and objectives of the organization.
• Initiate, design, and manage the compilation of program communications; identifying outreach potential and promoting philanthropic and collaborative support of the program. Contributes to the development and assists in the management of content on the program’s website and monitors all changes and additions to the editorial content.
• Act as Yale’s authorized representative in-country
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in healthcare administration, public health, or a related field and a minimum of 7-10 years of demonstrated experience in health care management and leadership; strong project management experience; financial management and oversight; well-developed problem-solving abilities; experience working in interdisciplinary and intercultural work teams; experience in maintaining organizational relationships and affiliations.\

Required Skill/Ability

• Demonstrated experience and success in managing large projects in low-income country settings as well as human resources management of high performing teams.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate and work with a variety of stakeholders, one-on-one and in group settings. Well-developed writing skills, including the ability to write public materials and reports for various constituencies.
• Proven experience in supervising and collaborating with diverse teams and projects.
• Ability to work independently and with little supervision on multiple tasks and projects at once in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment with some ambiguity. Capacity and flexibility to work as a team player.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite programs, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Has residence or work permit to live and work in Ethiopia
• Fluency in written and spoken English and functional Amharic