Job opening. Country Director India - MSI

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Country Director India

Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a results-orientated Social

Business, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to

provide family planning, reproductive and sexual healthcare and

allied services. MSI's goal is to meet the needs of underserved

individuals and dramatically improve access to and use of family

planning and other reproductive health services. Forming part of

Marie Stopes International's Global Partnership, which operates in

over 38 countries worldwide.

The core responsibility of this post is to use your:

initiative

drive

persistence

results orientation

energy

integrity

enthusiasm

commitment to personal development

to further MSI's Goal: THE PREVENTION OF UNWANTED BIRTHS

and its Mission of ensuring the individual's right to:

CHILDREN BY CHOICE NOT CHANCE

Job Title: Country Director

Location: New Delhi

Reporting to: Senior Programmes Support Manager (MSI London),

ultimately responsible to the Chief Executive of MSI.

Duration of contract: TBC

Probationary period: 6 months, with 3 and 6 month reviews

The Country Director (CD) is responsible for a successful and

sustainable programme. S/he ensures the attainment of MSI goals and

objectives and provides leadership to the MSI team to develop and

implement and expand the national programme efficiently and

effectively.

The overall programme objectives are: TO BE COMPLETED AFTER THE FIRST

THREE MONTHS IN COUNTRY WHEN THE PROGRAMME STRATEGY WILL BE

DEVELOPED.

The CD is expected to ensure good collaboration and coordination with

key stakeholders while ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of

MSI's distinct contribution to the attainment of these objectives.

The post involves travel within country and externally.

Responsibilities

1. Programme implementation (to be reviewed at 3 months and 6 months

and after that and on an annual basis)

Objective 1: Establishment and smooth functioning of an MSI Branch

office.

• Recruit and induct a support team in accordance with MSI best

practice.

• Establish MSI as an appropriate legal entity.

• Ensure that all relevant permits and operating authorisations are

obtained to enable MSI to function efficiently.

• Ensure that robust MIS and efficient office systems and procedures

are in place and utilised.

Objective 2: Satisfactory progress to attaining the objectives of

access to and utilisation of quality, sustainable SRH services

through MSI centres in large urban areas, outreach services and a

network of franchised private providers.

• Establish service centres following MSI guidelines.

• Recruit and train a team of service providers for each centre

according to MSI good practice.

• Set up effective referral networks once centres are up and running

to enable other NGO's, public hospitals and private clinics to refer

clients to MSI's centres along with establishing MSI outreach

services to public and private service centres.

• Develop a tailored franchise programme from an initial feasibility

study.

• Establish and utilise a structured monitoring programme to focus on

clinical supervision and high standards of quality of care.

• a positive working relationship with government officials

and other key programme stakeholders, including consortium partners.

2. Strategic and Annual Planning

Objective: Successful strategic development and national expansion of

MSI, in line with the values of the MSI Global Partnership and the

end goal of a sustainable organisation leading the way in the sector.

• Lead the development of strategic plans, in liaison with MSI UK,

aimed at maximising the opportunities available to MSI as a

sustainable, long term, leading service organisation.

• Maintain an overview of key developments in the sector and in the

country relevant to MSI strategy and utilise this in planning.

• Review and update strategy as required in the light of changing

circumstances.

• Oversee the development of a comprehensive marketing plan in order

to effectively promote all aspects of the programme to target groups

and to establish strong corporate and brand identity.

• Oversee the development and implementation of annual operational

plans and annual working budgets, in conjunction with other team

members, actively participating in meetings as needed.

3. Team Leadership

Objective: A motivated, productive and appropriately managed MSI team

• Provide overall leadership and direction to the team.

• MSI Management culture and social business approach across

the MSI

team.

• Plan and budget, with the management team for MSI human resources

requirements to meet its objectives.

• Directly manage the management team to include recruitment,

induction, performance monitoring, motivation, support to personal

development and dealing with disciplinary issue in line with MSI

employment policies.

• Ensure that good human resource systems and procedures, in line

with MSI best practice, are developed and implemented.

• Ensure that skill requirements are identified and that team members

receive appropriate training to support them in performing well in

their role.

• Ensure that effective and appropriate external technical assistance

is called on to provide high quality inputs and outputs.

4. Finance

Objective: MSI has good financial health

• Ensure effective financial management and accounting systems

following MSI and international standards are established, used and

maintained.

• Ensure MSI adheres to all local statutory obligations.

• Ensure that management team are provided with and understand key

financial and statistical performance information in and timely

manner to be used for decision making.

• Ensure that MSI sends accurate and timely monthly financial and

statistical reports to MSI.

• Undertake financial planning and lead the annual budgeting process.

• Monitor cash flow and expenditure against budget and ensure

corrective action is planned and taken where needed.

5. External relations and resource development

Objective: Ensure MSI is well regarded, well resourced and influential

• Build and maintain good relations with central and local

government, relevant health professionals, businesses, NGOs and

community groups, as appropriate, in order to secure a high level of

support for the programme among relevant groups and individuals.

• Actively seek and secure increased financial resources for further

programme expansion and ongoing programme development.

• Maintain good relations with donor agencies.

• Ensure donor reports are on time and to a high standard.

6. Accountability to MSI

Objective: A fruitful and harmonious working partnership

• Agree strategic and annual plans with MSI and liaise closely with

MSI over resource development.

• Report to MSI in a timely fashion in accordance with MSI

requirements.

• Ensure that the Partnership manual guidelines are observed.

• Actively participate in occasional regional or international

meetings of the MSI partnership as required.

7. Other

• Any other duties that ensure the smooth and effective running of

MSI.

Key Performance Indicators Year One:

Key Performance Indicators Year One:

1. Recruitment and training of suitable office and centre teams

accomplished by (date to be agreed).

2. Centres and outreach functioning by (date to be agreed) and show a

steady increase in CYPs, MSPs and income to cost from date of

opening.

3. Robust financial and human resource management systems are

established and followed.

4. Quality monitoring systems are established, followed and the

necessary follow-up action is taken.

5. Relations with stakeholders demonstrate positive efforts to

collaborate and to coordinate activities in the interests of the

programme.

6. In-country donor funding has been raised.

7. Programme Budget is monitored and corrective action taken where

needed to ensure there is no overspend.

8. Reporting to MSI is timely and of good quality.

Person profile

All requirements essential unless otherwise stated

Knowledge

• understanding of the issues surrounding provision of reproductive

health care services internationally

• understanding of major policies/ issues of large

bilateral/multilateral donors

• strong working knowledge of business practices

• understanding of basic research processes

Experience:

• significant project/ programme management experience gained within

the reproductive healthcare sector or related field

• demonstrated experience in team management and leadership

• proven ability to work in partnership with other NGO's, government

bodies etc., to achieve project/programme objectives

• experience of implementing service delivery projects/programmes

• must have experience in working in/with overseas programmes

• experience of running a country programme would be a distinct

advantage

• experience in financial planning/ management and institutional

fundraising

• track record in achieving financial and non•financial targets

Skills

• advanced interpersonal/ communication skills • both oral and written

• leadership skills; able to build effective teams

• analytical and organisational skills

• strategic planning skills

• negotiation skills

Personality • inspirational and persuasive

• collaborative approach to team working

• strong personal commitment to the goals of MSI and the vision to

put it into practice.

Other

• able to travel extensively both in•country and overseas.

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