Deputy Director

Sightsavers is looking for a Deputy Director Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme Delivery Unit to manage the section of the NTD PDU which focuses upon Nigeria-based projects.

Salary: UK: c. £57,876.00 Other locations: Local terms and conditions apply

Location: UK remote – with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex when required

Contract: Three-Year Fixed-Term Contract

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working

The Deputy Director NTD PMU role is accountable for the on time and budget, quality delivery of NTD projects in Nigeria and the management of the relevant NTD PDU team programme managers and officers and other Sightsavers resources. Key duties will include:

• Managing the NTD PDU team of programme managers
• Ensuring that all Sightsavers resources are managed and used to maximum effect and efficiency
• Accountability, in partnership with country and regional directors, for ensuring the NTD programmes are delivered within the guidelines of the NTD packages and use the most up to date tools and reporting processes, and are aligned to the relevant global/ WHO NTD related preferred practices
• Supporting the management of relations with the relevant ministries of health, in strict coordination with the country and NTD Ops teams
• Facilitating the timely, quality, evidenced-based reporting on programmes for management of donors
• Supporting the grant programme directors to effectively manage donor requirements
• Supporting funding applications, assisting in both initiating and maintaining strategic donor relationships
• Approval of country NTD annual budgets
• Managing operational risk and escalate when required
• Ensuring that all interventions uphold a commitment to gender, equity, social inclusion, value for money and sustainability

Please read the job description for further details.

To succeed in this role you will need:

• Detailed understanding of Sightsavers NTD packages and global preferred practices relating to the 5 PCNTDs
• Extensive experience and/ or qualifications in programme/project management in private, humanitarian or development sectors including budget management
• Experience of sharing and capturing good practice
• Understanding and experience of a partnership approach to programme implementation
• Experience in developing country contexts – essential
• Experience of managing research programmes – an advantage
• Experience of managing difficult, political relationships and problem solving
• Ability to work within a complex matrix structure without compromising the roles of key programme personnel.
• Ability to work collaboratively and build stakeholder consensus
• Ability to identify key risks problem solve and rapidly escalate critical issues (no surprise environment)
• Fluency in French – desirable

This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place on Monday 16 September and the evaluation process may include a role-specific task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.