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Deputy Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme Delivery Unit (NTD PDU) at Sightsavers
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 5 days ago (22 Oct 2026) Updated about 4 hours ago
Job Description
The Deputy Director will oversee the NTD Programme Delivery Unit, coordinating planning and implementation across Ethiopia and other target countries. The role provides technical guidance to national NTD programmes, manages budgets and ensures alignment with health‑system strengthening priorities. It involves building partnerships with governments, donors and implementing partners while monitoring progress, risks and expenditures. Strong leadership and expertise in public health are essential.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Master’s degree in public health, health management or a related field (MBA/MSc/MA acceptable)
- • Significant experience in international development and delivery of complex, high‑profile programmes
- • Extensive programme or project management experience in private, humanitarian or development sectors
- • Technical understanding of the five preventive‑chemotherapy NTDs and mass drug administration processes
- • Proven ability in multi‑partner planning, budgeting, risk management and programme delivery
- • Excellent influencing, analytical, reporting and problem‑solving skills
- • Fluency in English and proficiency in French, Spanish or Portuguese
- • Willingness to travel extensively, particularly to Ethiopia and other programme countries
- • Commitment to disability inclusion and equality of opportunity
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Lead programme planning and oversight for Ethiopia and support additional countries as needed
- • Provide management support and technical guidance to national NTD programmes across multiple portfolios
- • Lead annual planning, budgeting and in‑year revisions with ministries of health and Sightsavers teams
- • Build trusted relationships and consensus with government, donors, consortium partners and implementing organisations
- • Oversee SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, Environmental improvement) implementation in line with trachoma strategies
- • Monitor progress, expenditures, risks, agreements, due diligence, logframes and contract closures
- • Support preparation of elimination dossiers and related documentation