Please submit a cover letter with your resume describing your interest in this position and how you meet the requirements. Application materials must be submitted in English. PATH offers a highly dynamic work environment and provides competitive compensation and benefits based on experience.
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
PATH seeks a Chief of Party for an upcoming USAID funded project based in Maputo, Mozambique. This project will support the national goal of controlling malaria and ultimately eliminating malaria in Mozambique. Malaria is endemic throughout Mozambique, and its entire estimated population of 26 million people is at risk.
The Chief of Party will be responsible for the strategic direction, overall coordination and management of the project and will serve as the liaison with USAID and key stakeholders within the Ministry of Health, partners, and donors and other government agencies. The Chief of Party will ensure the program meets stated goals and reporting requirements in a timely manner. Specific responsibilities include:
- Provide strategic leadership, vision and managerial oversight to all aspects of the program; coordinate effective implementation of program activities, including development of work plans and facilitate their timely implementation; develop annual program implementation budgets and monitor budget expenditures; manage and supervise local staff including technical experts and program partners.
- Model and promote best practices among all staff and in particular with the Deputy Chief of Party.
- Recruit and supervise staff to meet evolving program demands; provide technical assistance, mentoring and skills building to local staff and key local counterparts.
- Make programmatic decisions and trouble‐shoot implementation challenges; oversee program data quality compliance, including developing data tracking systems and monitoring records to ensure the program meets USAID audit standards; approve local financial transactions and manage and authorize expenditures from local bank accounts; supervise and approve all aspects of project procurement and logistics, including office infrastructure and vehicles; sub grant development, including compliance with programmatic objectives and PATH/USAID financial and administrative regulations.
- Submit timely program reports to USAID and PATH Headquarters on a quarterly, semi‐annual and annual basis; disseminate program success stories and share information.
- Serve as a spokesperson and advocate, represent PATH projects to USAID, donors, cooperating agencies, and others.
- Develop new business opportunities for PATH, as appropriate.
- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the PATH policies and applicable laws.
- Other responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Required Skills:
- Ability to provide strategic vision for PATH malaria health programs.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in working collaboratively with other donors, host country institutions, and international organizations.
- Excellent organizational, analytical and result‐oriented skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines.
- High standards of integrity.
Required Experience:
A Master’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Social Sciences or equivalent field. A minimum of 10 years of progressively increasing responsibility working in public health in the fields of and/or health promotion. Experience managing malaria health projects, as well as experience interacting with donor agencies including central and local government, development partners, civil society and community‐based organizations. Relevant field experience in similar settings with significant management responsibility, including relevant supervisory experience of professional staff.
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