David Burrows

Experience

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  Peace Corps

  Apr 1997 - Dec 1999

  Peace Corps Volunteer - Health Sector

  Assigned to health center and worked with extension workers to deliver outreach immunization, family planning, and nutrition services. Gained understanding of primary health care realities in rural setting in the southern Africa region. Organized delivery of Permaculture-Nutrition workshops designed to enhance the grassroots extension worker’s knowledge of sustainable agriculture and basic nutrition practices.

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  Jhpiego

  Jan 2006 - now

  Serves on the leadership team of the USAID-funded, $34 million Family Health and Nutrition Activity. The project aims to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by strengthening Zambia's Ministry of Health to deliver high-quality health services, strengthen health systems, and increase community engagement in health service delivery across four provinces, 48 districts and over 1,000 health facilities. Lead annual workplan development, implementation and monitoring applying adaptive management approaches to adjust project strategies to achieve objectives. Working with the Monitoring and Evaluation Director, develop project monitoring strategies, build knowledge management systems, and coordinate project reporting. Show less Serves on the senior management team and is responsible for strategic leadership to Jhpiego/Zambia’s $11 million portfolio with seven active projects. Facilitates strategic planning and business development initiatives. Provides strategic leadership and supervision to team responsible for day-to-day project operations while ensuring compliance with Jhpiego/Zambia's standardized system for work planning, budgeting, schedule and cost monitoring, maintaining compliance, risk management, and change control. Leads translation of project design and strategic approach into feasible, cost efficient proposals. Uses online platforms to encourage knowledge management. Provides mentorship to Zambia operations staff to improve project planning, financial management, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills required to advance along their career path. Show less Led startup of Jhpiego/Malawi’s USAID-funded $65 million Support for Service Delivery Integration project to improve access, utilization, and quality of maternal child health services while improving health-seeking behaviors among community members. Negotiated and executed consortium partner sub-agreements, guided annual workplan and budget development, established project performance monitoring system linking schedule and cost performance, established system to capture and monitor cost share, and coordinated communications with the USAID Agreement Officer. Show less Backstopped Jhpiego/Malawi office. Duties included coordinating development of $5 million annual workplans, managing project reporting, monitoring schedule and financial performance, recommending any corrective actions, and keeping Jhpiego/Baltimore updated on progress. Organized close out of two USAID-funded Jhpiego/Malawi projects resulting in project achieving deliverables on time and within budget. Served on startup team for USAID-funded global five-year, $600 million Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) program. Facilitated MCHIP’s global core workplan and budget for first two years of the project. Show less

  • Deputy Chief Of Party

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Senior Program Officer

    Jan 2013 - Nov 2021

  • Program Officer II

    Feb 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Program Officer

    Jan 2006 - Feb 2011