About GX Foundation:

GX Foundation was founded in 2018 in Hong Kong as a response to the Belt and Road Initiative for International Cooperation. It is a tax-exempt charity. The name GX is derived from the Chinese word“共享”, pronounced "Gong Xiang", meaning "sharing". Leveraging Hong Kong's institutional and talent advantages, GX Foundation is a unique non-governmental, non-profit organization specializing in executing humanitarian medical aid in foreign countries.

Our short-term objective is to complete the cataract blindness elimination projects in Lao, Cambodia, Djibouti, Mauritania, and Senegal, and to implement vector borne disease control projects in Timor-Leste and other Belt and Road countries. In the medium to long term, GX Foundation aims to become a humanitarian NGO of global influence in the international public health and medical aid sector. GX is headquartered in Hong Kong. Most of the staff are Hong Kong residents.  
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement GX medical humanitarian programs in project countries along the Belt & Road
• Oversee project implementation, financial and administration oversight, reporting, budgeting, and monitoring and evaluation of project
• Prepare high quality and timely programme progress reports, including documentation of successes, data analysis for indicator aggregation and reporting, summary of qualitative results
• Supervise oversea and Hong Kong project teams
• Proactively build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external counterparts (Oversea, Mainland China and Hong Kong)
• Allocate resources and supplies as to ensure staff and volunteers can complete their responsibilities to their highest potential
• Provide analysis and recommendations to improve the project process
• Ensure the project products the specific results in the annual workplan(s)
• Ensure staff receive regular support, supervision and performance appraisals
• Manage or participate in staff recruitment as needed for the project
• Other duties assigned by Chief Executive Officer
   

Job Requirements:

• Advanced degree holder (master’s degree or above)
• At least 8 years’ experience of managing projects with multiple partners especially government agencies.
• Experience in leadership position managing health related programs in the developing countries is an advantage
• Experience working in NGO, ideally in a program’s role is a plus
• Good understanding of mainland context / experience working with mainland government is also plus
• Proven ability to write technical reports, program documents, and deliver presentations (in English and Chinese)
• Good diplomatic, management, and communication skills to liaise and advocate with counterparts
• Strong ability to complete multiple assignments concurrently whilst balancing competing priorities and meeting deadlines
• Fluency in English and Mandarin with strong ability to master communication across multiple stakeholders of the projects
• Capacity with working in other language is a plus. Language ability such as French, Spanish and Arabic are preferable
• Outstanding problem-solving skills with “can-do” spirit and innovation mindset
• Excellent ability to engage and influence others across all levels of the organization and other stakeholders, ability to develop and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) s to measure the success of project management processes
• Strong capability and handle uncertainties and emergencies in the field
• Strong passion and commitment to serve people in need
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, and visionary leader with high integrity
• Willingness to travel to region / countries with resource scarcity in Southeast Asia, Africa and other region. 
• Candidate with less experience may be considered as Assistant Project Director

 How to Apply:

If you are interested in this position, please click the 'Apply' button below to apply online or send your CV to [email protected]. All information provided will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purposes.

Applicants who do not hear from us within 2 weeks from the date of application may consider their applications unsuccessful, and their information will be destroyed within 6 months of receipt.