VP, Global Programs
VillageReach, Kenya
Job Description
ABOUT VILLAGEREACH
VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone, so that each person has the health care needed to thrive. We develop solutions that improve equity and access to primary health care. This includes making sure products are available when and where they are needed and primary health care services are delivered to the most under-reached. Radical collaboration with governments, the private sector and other partners strengthen our ability to scale and sustain these solutions. Our work increases access to quality health care for more than 58 million people in Africa. VillageReach in incorporated in Washington State and has offices in Seattle (USA), Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, and Mozambique.
Summary
The Vice President, Global Programs is an Executive Level position responsible for inspiring leadership of VillageReach’s programmatic strategy, quality, and execution. Reporting directly to the President, the Vice President leads a team of country directors and senior technical leaders responsible for developing and executing high quality programming to transform health care delivery to reach the most under-reached communities, in support of the organization’s strategic goals. This position works closely with the VP, Global Operations and the VP, Partnerships amp; Impact to drive strategic focus, impact, business acumen, excellence, collaboration, and health and wellbeing across teams.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.
Program Strategy amp; Leadership (35%)
- Provide effective and inspiring leadership for VillageReach programs, developing a broad and deep knowledge of programmatic work and impact and helping us meet our strategic objectives of doubling our reach, significantly increasing our impact, and increasing the scope and scale of our collaborations over the next 3 years.
- Monitor current industry trends and anticipate their impact on the organization’s direction, impact, growth and programmatic development. Drive change management across program teams in response.
- Oversee VillageReach solutions, including identifying technical capabilities needed, ensuring adequate resources, and assessing overall impact of solutions. Champion continuous quality improvement to strengthen solution execution, growth, quality and impact.
- Maintain high standards of quality and excellence in the execution of VillageReach programs, in support of our strategy and theory of change, and in compliance with all organizational policies and practices. Ensure that VillageReach works in all countries with sufficient strategic and operational support.
- Provide strategic oversight and development of new opportunities and new programs. Ensure appropriate strategic leadership to major programmatic initiatives, especially during planning, start-up and early investment phases.
- Provide programmatic leadership and input for all strategic planning processes with the President and staff. Guide executive and board decision-making towards achieving our organizational goals and strategies.
Team and Talent Management (25%)
- Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high performing team of country directors and other senior directors under VP, Global Programs portfolio.
- Develop strategic country leadership, representation and operations required to deliver on organizational Goals amp; Strategies
- Collaborate with People Team to build best-in-class talent management for programmatic staff development, training, mentoring, and performance assessment.
- Clarify responsibilities, deliverables, milestones, limits for decision-making and interests of the program's donors, beneficiaries and VillageReach management.
- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
Financial Management (10%)
In collaboration with the Finance and Operations Group:
- Drive investment mindset across the organization, understanding the relationship between community impact, business need, and organizational financial model to develop and execute revenue growth models.
- Stay informed of country/program funding status and ensure close monitoring of program revenue and expenditures takes place throughout the fiscal year.
- Ensure the continued financial viability of VillageReach’s program/service units through sound fiscal management.
Strategic Organizational Representation amp; Business Development (30%)
- Promote the organizational mission and goals through personal commitment and modeling of organizational values.
- Partner with the President and VP, Partnerships amp; I