Technical Director

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Medical Degree (doctor or nursing), and Master of Public Health preferred
  
• At least 10 years of experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance in Urban health
  
• At least 10 years of experience in implementing and/or providing technical assistance of $5-10 million per year in donor-funded projects and in the design and implementation of overseas health projects; preferably in in Uganda in public and private facilities, local government institutions systems
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in or with private sector health care providers or entities
  
• Demonstrated experience training clinical and community-based healthcare workers on [ Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH); family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH); nutrition; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)/infection prevention and control (IPC ]
  
• Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels
  
• Skilled in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery projects; training; pre-service education; performance and quality improvement health (FP/RH); nutrition; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
  
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Uganda healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Uganda preferred
  
• Familiarity with USAID’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems
  
• Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering team work
  
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector
  
• Expertise in research to practice—identifying and adapting best practices to specific project contexts
  
• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English
  
• Ability to travel nationally to project sites