Exciting leadership opportunity Make your mark Rapidly expanding Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) program
A rare and exciting opportunity exists to join one of Australia’s most well respected and fastest growing international development organisations – The Fred Hollows Foundation. Working across 25 countries, our vision is for a world where no one is needlessly blind. We have an ambitious 5 year strategic plan that aims to take The Foundation even closer to realising our vision of ending avoidable blindness. The Foundation has restored sight to more than 2 million people worldwide and we are continuing this work in Ethiopia.
We established the Ethiopia program in 2013 and are now the largest implementing partner for USAID NTD funding. Our program head office is in Addis Ababa, with four operational hubs, across 16 zones in the Oromia region. We are currently scaling up our programs to reach a population of over 26 million people. We need a talented senior program executive to join us to help with this rapid growth.
Reporting to the Country Director you will be a key contributor to organizational strategic thinking and planning and will have direct responsibility for programming. You will have the assistance of senior program leaders and a team of approximately 30 people. You will need to help us establish and maintain quality best practice standards, determine system improvements and implementing changes.
A strong and passionate leader is needed to make your mark on a rapidly growing program, who has the energy to drive change and achieve significant outcomes via their large team and external partners. You will need to have a significant amount of complex program management experience in international development, preferably from the health sector. Your communication skills need to be first class, to establish strong external relationships, to get things done, as well as have had experience navigating a centralised western office. You will also need to have had significant change management experience, be an adaptive leader and have proven ability learn on the fly.