Director of Medical Writing

4 weeks ago


United Kingdom The MENTOR Initiative Full time

The MENTOR Initiative (‘MENTOR’) is a humanitarian organisation specialising in disease control and improving access to healthcare in emergency settings currently across countries in Africa , the Middle East and South America . MENTOR delivers large scale disease control interventions working with remote and underserved communities affected by emergencies such as conflict and natural disasters. We also help build the technical and operational capacity of local and international partners to incorporate medium- and long-term disease control systems into their operations and country strategy.

We are now looking for an experienced and highly motivated Country Director with a background in vector-borne disease control to lead and develop an overseas country programme , partnering with a strong UK-based team.

A strong background in Programme Management, Humanitarian work or Development highly desirable.
Experience managing medical emergency and post emergency programmes in insecure environments.
Experience of a similar position managing health programmes and/or country offices .
Fluency in English and a second language (French, Portuguese or Spanish) highly desired .

Represent MENTOR in any kind of required meetings with stakeholders, donors, partners and local authorities.
Timely and efficient implementation of all health, VBD control, WASH and nutrition activities in line with donor and local government requirements.
Review and ensure HQ approval of all training material, prevention tools, M&E protocols and case management prior to implementation.
Ensure that data collection is managed appropriately.
Support the implementation of targeted field studies when needed.

Responsible for the implementation and MENTOR finance systems.
Ensure proper implementation of logistics procedures (procurement, stock management, fleet maintenance, communications etc)
Ensure that HR management systems are in place and implemented including compliance of all MENTOR staff and contracted services with MENTOR strict guidelines on safeguarding, anti bribery and anti-corruption practices.

Coordination and team management
Direct line management of all technical and operational support coordinators.
Overall responsibility for adherence by international and national team members to the MENTOR code of conduct including policies in regards to sexual harassment.
Responsible for briefing international staff upon arrival in country, carry out performance evaluations as required and ensure a formal debriefing for all expatriates leaving the mission.
Grant management, programme reporting and proposal development
Responsible for the elaboration of narrative and financial reports to donor partners in line with their specifications and schedule deadlines.
Ensure that existing security and safety policies and practices for MENTOR are maintained and updated as and when needed.
This includes writing/contributing to security guidelines for the country, strict respect of general security rules (vehicle usage, curfew, appropriate behaviour etc) by all team members and daily gathering and analysis of security related information.

This report shall include identification of areas of weakness and strengths and recommendation for improvement in implementation and performance of the related tasks .
The CD will also be required to submit a final report detailing the overall accomplishments, challenges and analysis of the ways in which the organisation may best achieve ongoing objectives in relation to the programme.

As The MENTOR Initiative is working in a constantly changing humanitarian environment, reasonable specific work duties may be requested that may not fit into the above job description, but which will help promote overall programme goals and aims.

The MENTOR Initiative is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at its company. The MENTOR Initiative is committed to promoting diversity and gender equality within the organisation. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.
The MENTOR Initiative applies a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse, mistreatment or harassment, and other types of unethical behaviour including fraud.



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