Sub-District Manager at BroadReach

Purpose of the position

• The Sub-District Manager is a key member of the district-level management team. The Sub-District Manager supports the District Lead to deliver the APACE project and is responsible for achieving the project targets in sub-district focus areas. The Sub-District Manager manages the Fixed Teams, Roving Teams, and Hospital Teams to ensure quality and consistency in the delivery of the package of interventions to achieve the 90-90-90 targets. With responsibility for the success of the program in the sub-districts, the Sub-District Manager delivers, with fidelity, the goals, objectives, and activities in the sub-district; manages and develops program staff; coordinates partners; maintains good working relationships with the funder (OGAC & USAID), host government, stakeholders, and local partners; manages donor reporting; ensures compliance with all funder and host country requirements; and ensures high-quality cost effective delivery of services. At all times the Sub-District Manager must be a leading brand ambassador, adhere to the highest ethical and legal standards, and create a fair, positive and equitable work environment.

Key Accountabilities (included but not limited to)
In Your Role As Sub-District Manager You Will
Achieve the required results

• Attain the sub-district targets, goals and objectives (overall and on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis)
• Ensure operational plans are in place and aligned to achieving the targets within specified timeframes
• Provide effective transformational leadership and management in the district
• Provide sub-district leadership in project planning, including the development of annual work plans and budgets; help guide and oversee the alignment of the budget to expected results; and review annual budgets and quarterly reports
• Provide effective project and program management and coordination across departments, units and teams including sub-awardees, vendors, other PEPFAR implementing partners, government, PEPFAR agencies and other stakeholders in the district
• Provide effective stewardship and accountability over financial resources
• Implement the performance management system and drive the district team to continuously improve
• Ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations, local country laws and BroadReach policies and procedures
• Fulfil sub-district reporting requirements
• Proactively identify any risks across the districts and ensure mitigation plans are developed and executed accordingly
• Build and sustain a strong, competent, informed and enthusiastic district teams
• Ensure that the best and most competent talent is hired in the sub-district
• Lead, manage, mentor and develop key team members
• Create and foster healthy, positive, collegial safe and motivating work force and work environment

Support and strengthen the BroadReach brand and reputation

• Represent BroadReach in sub-district and provincial forums to share the successes and experiences from the district
• Participate in key communications internally and externally
• Serve as a brand ambassador and inculcate brand ambassadorship throughout the organisation

 

Qualifications
Essential qualifications

• A nursing qualification or a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as public health or business/public administration

 

Experience & Skills

• Minimum 5-7 years of professional experience in health or international development
• Strong understanding of the district health system
• 3 or more years of experience with donor-funded development programs/ PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS initiatives, preferably within public health in South Africa would be advantageous
• Demonstrated experience in successful program start-up, program close out and establishment of sustainability which goes beyond the period of the donor funding
• Proven ability to establish strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders including government representatives, non-profit associations, donors, media, academic and research institutes, and other stakeholders
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication

 

Personal qualities & behavioural competencies

• Customer-centred mindset
• Operational leadership and management skills with the ability to foster followership, loyalty, commitment and build high performing teams
• Sense of introspection, self-awareness and ability to foster positive working relationships and work collaboratively across the organization to optimize the client experience
• Solutions focused, open minded, creative, innovative whilst being extremely decisive, action and results oriented
• Ability to endure failure, learn rapidly from it, get back on track and meet targets
• Socially and culturally respectful, aware, adaptable and adept at finding acceptable and productive ways forward though complex constellations of stakeholders, interests and agendas
• Maturity, discernment and able to maintain confidentiality when required

 

Behavioural Competencies

• Accountability
• Results Orientation
• Strategic Thinking
• Client Orientation
• Business Acumen
• Project Management