Position title:\u00a0 Director, Field Operations<\/p>\n
Reports to:\u00a0 Senior Vice President\/COO<\/p>\n
Job Location:\u00a0 Orange County, California<\/p>\n
Deadline for applications:\u00a0 June 10, 2008<\/p>\n
Send resume to:\u00a0 hr5@venturestrategies.org<\/p>\n
Director, Field Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n Venture Strategies is a unique nonprofit organization combining scientific evidence about tractable problems in health with opportunities inherent in the power of local market forces around the world. We are using business approaches to find ways to help large numbers of low income people.<\/p>\n At the same time we are redefining how a U.S. nonprofit working internationally should function, and what it should be able to achieve by leveraging donor funds.<\/p>\n Government health services frequently do not have the capacity to reach most of their low-income populations. The sad reality is that in developing countries the poorer people are, the higher percentage of their health care is paid for out of their own pockets. Often the products they need to achieve better health are not available to them at affordable prices.<\/p>\n We are working with medical leaders, government officials and pharmaceutical manufacturers around the world to find ways to make high quality, low cost, off-patent products available to low income people through market distribution systems.<\/p>\n VSHD’s current office is in Berkeley, and we will be opening a second office in central Orange County in the summer of 2008 where this position will be based.\u00a0 Locations being considered include Santa Ana, Tustin, Orange, and Fullerton.<\/p>\n Role and Responsibilities Specific Duties:<\/p>\n
\nPosition Announcement
\nMay 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>The Director, Field Operation’s job is to support and enable the Sr Vice President\/COO to achieve VSHD’s targeted objectives by effectively managing the programs, people, operations and financial resources of VSHD.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 S\/he will be responsible for:<\/p>\n\n
\nQualifications
\n<\/span>The right deputy will have strong, demonstrated program, people and project management expertise.\u00a0 They will handle models, spreadsheets and team conflicts equally well.\u00a0 And preferably not be new to a start-up and\/or international development environment.<\/p>\n