Vacancy title:
Director, Project

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
ChildFund International

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 5 2025

Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 25 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Required Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required, e.g. public health or health sciences, internal development, administration and management. Master’s degree holders will be preferred.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in donor-funded international development or humanitarian programs. Experience with World Bank-funded projects will be preferred.
• At least 5 years in leadership positions within these programs (manager or above). Candidates with at least 3 years in the position of Chief of Party or Project Director will be preferred.
• Experience and/or training on capacity strengthening of local organizations is required.

Primary Responsibilities

The Project Director responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• To lead ChildFund and its consortium partners in achieving the project objectives.
• To mentor and supervise the ChildFund staff assigned to this project (approximately 8 staff in 6 countries).
• To lead the selection and management of sub-grantees and the provision of technical assistance to them.
• To represent the project with WB/GFF and major stakeholders in each targeted country.
• To lead the planning and reporting of the project activities and resource management with WB/GFF and other stakeholders.

Required Competencies

ChildFund’s Core Competencies

Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.

Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.

Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.

Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.

Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.

Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.

Other Required Competencies

• Advanced proficiency in English.
• The ability to lead teams comprising members of different organizations and located in different countries.
• Knowledge of sub-granting to local organizations.
• Knowledge of policy engagement and advocacy of CSOs towards the integration of innovations into government policies, strategies and investments.
• Knowledge of adolescent health and nutrition.

Preferred: Working proficiency in French.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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