- Malawian applicants encouraged to apply. CARE Malawi seeks a Program Deputy Chief of Party to lead the upcoming, USAID-funded, Girls' Empowerment through Education and Health Activity (ASPIRE). ASPIRE will improve reading skills for girls in upper primary school so they have the foundation of reading to be able to succeed in secondary school. ASPIRE's focus on reading is a continuation of what the Early Grade Reading Activity is already effecting in lower primary school. ASPIRE will focus on all primary and secondary schools in Balaka and Machinga districts, two of USAID/Malawi's focus districts under its Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). Interventions will achieve the following outputs:
Reading skills for girls in upper primary school improved;
Adoption of positive sexual and health-care seeking behaviors, and social norms among youth ages 10-19 increased; and
Key structural and cultural barriers for girls' access to schooling decreased. Implemented together, the three outputs [improved reading skills (Output 1) supported by increased sexual and health seeking behaviors (Output 2) and decreased structural and cultural barriers to girls' education through community support and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions at schools (Output 3)] will lead to improved achievement of girls in upper primary and secondary school. The resident Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) is expected to have both technical and management experience. The DCOP must be experienced in managing and implementing sexual and reproductive health programs for adolescents, especially girls and will provide a key leadership role, supporting both the technical direction of the program and overseeing programmatic operations projects. The successful candidate will also have a sexual/reproductive health background for adolescents, especially with respect to girls.
Minimum qualifications:
- A Master's degree or higher in one of the following fields: public health, health policy or other related field is required.
- At least 7 years of demonstrated technical expertise, with substantial developing country context experience preferably in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, in a combination of the following technical areas: HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health.
- At least 5 years of demonstrated excellence in a management position, preferably in an international development context, including direct supervision of professional and support staff, quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables, and contract/grant management is preferred.
- Experience supervising and leading teams and monitoring staff performance is required.
- Experience integrating gender into development programming is preferred.
- Strong communication and coordination skills is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in overseeing projects or components of projects which include HIV and sexual and reproductive health is preferred.
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and ability to motivate staff to be accountable for project outcomes are preferred.
- Demonstrated organizational skills and strong track record in meeting deliverables and deadlines and ability to provide oversight of financial and operational aspects of projects is preferred.
- Experience interacting with government agencies, host †country government partners and counterparts, and international donor agencies is preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required.
The proposed candidate's experience and education are complementary to those of other proposed candidates.
