Country Director at Duma works

Responsibilities

1. Represent Zipline to senior government officials, international donors, and to press and media. Develop and foster effective working relationship with clients from national to grassroots level.
2. Manage all country office staff including oversight of country office finance, administration and human resources. Provide coaching and results-oriented leadership of the country staff. Stimulate individual staff performance and lead overall team development
3. Working with global staff to ensure effective reporting and developing continuous process improvements.
4. Deliver performance management objectives, agreed business plans, budget and targets and report on all major factors impacting on the business.
5. Establish strategic alliances to explore areas for collaboration and expanding and strengthening Zipline’s impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in management role
• Minimum 8 years working in logistics, supply chain, or healthcare
• Excellent communication skills for day-to-day relations with public health officials and the local communities served by the Zipline system
• Ability to navigate complex government processes with multiple influencers, and to negotiate and achieve consensus
• Strong organizational, project management, and project execution skills
• Demonstrated ability to work with organization leadership on strategic, operational, and organizational issues, as a strong yet collaborative team member
• Experience conceiving, planning and executing complex programs or projects with verifiable results
• Exceptional strategic thinking, problem-solving, team building and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently to solve complex problems and work under tight deadlines
• Ability to travel up to 60% of the time within Rwanda and internationally.

Advanced Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, transportation, logistics, or supply chain management
• Familiarity with aviation, flight controls, or unmanned aerial vehicles
• Experience with maintenance programs that combine software and hardware

Languages

• Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Kinyarwanda and French proficiency preferred but not required