Program Deputy Director/Head of Professional Development, USAID Global Health Technical Professionals (GHTP) Project, Arlington, VA

Job Description

Program Deputy Director/Head of Professional Development, USAID Global Health Technical Professionals (GHTP) Project, Arlington, VA

Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Proposal Objective:

SI is preparing a proposal response for the anticipated five-year project, with the purpose to develop a new cadre of USAID Global Health Technical Professionals (GHTP) while also providing non-direct hire global health Technical Professionals (TPs) to the USAID Bureau for Global Health (GH) and other Agency offices in Washington and overseas.

Position Description:

SI is seeking a senior-level human resources/personnel specialist with substantial program management experience to oversee the recruitment strategy and hiring practices of Technical Professionals (TPs) for the project, and provide oversight of their professional development. This is a full-time position, based in the Washington, DC area.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the professional and career development to TPs, including development of trackers, budgets and plans for professional development.
• Collaborate with the USAID COR and GHTP Director of Recruitment to ensure maximum recruitment of Technical Professionals (TPs), consistent hiring practices and comprehensive orientation.
• Lead the development and implementation of strategies, annual work plans and budgets for recruitment and performance management. Work with the Director of Finance to develop individual employee budgets.
• Prepare employment agreements and contracts for the advisor placements as necessary, negotiate terms and conditions, and prepare employment packages for COR approval.
• Backstop the Program Director and serve in the capacity of Program Director in his/her absence.

Qualifications:

• Director-level manager with a minimum of five years of directly applicable work experience in program management.
• Demonstrated expertise in human resources management, recruitment practices and professional development.
• Experience in human resources management and recruitment in the health industry or on health sector projects.
• Strong knowledge of USAID or other government agency program management, hiring, contracts and recruitment procedures.
• Human resources management experience is considered a plus.
• Experience and a background in financial management and employment contracts negotiation a plus.

Come join our energetic and innovative team! We offer you the opportunity to play a leading role in the growth of our company, work as part of a creative and committed team, and make a difference in the well-being of our world.

To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com

SI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please, no phone calls.

About the Organization

SI was founded upon the growing global desire-and pressure—to make international development more effective in improving people's lives. The world's most pressing challenges-widespread poverty, HIV/AIDS, environmental degradation, civil war and conflict-call for new ways to manage societies and social and economic change. Foreign aid is increasingly a catalyst for development, and is helping to create conditions to remove people from poverty. Better policies in developing countries, improvements in aid allocation with the end of the Cold War, and learning about aid effectiveness and participation, make aid more effective today at reducing poverty than ever before. Social Impact's mission is to create dramatic improvements in the performance of organizations and programs working to enhance the social and economic wellbeing of people around the world. SI's unique approach-drawn from global "best practices" in managing positive social change—harnesses the participation, collective knowledge and commitment of diverse groups to accomplish measurable and enduring development results. SI provides a full range of innovative management consulting, technical assistance and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations and policies. SI works across sectors to reduce poverty; improve health, education and the lives of women and children; promote peace and democratic governance; strengthen civil society; foster economic growth; and protect the environment. SI's clients include public and private aid agencies, civil society organizations and governments at various levels.