OVERVIEW:
Chief of Party (COP) needed to provide vision, leadership and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity for an upcoming USAID integrated health project in Malawi. This project aims to increase utilization and quality of primary health services to reduce maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality. COP will have the overall responsibility for leadership and management of and reporting on the recipient’s activities, making key decisions and solving problems in short timeframes while ensuring operational and program quality and integrity and serving as the recipient’s first point of interface with USAID on routine and strategic matters. This includes ensuring effective organizational management and communication interacting with other projects, host country governments at all levels, and international partners and agencies.
This position is contingent upon an award from USAID. Malawian nationals strongly encouraged to apply.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of integrated health project and to achieve rapid and sustained project goals, objectives and targets
- Ensure compliance with the project award results and the oversight of project activities to achieve the stated objectives
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships and alliances with USAID, the Malawian Ministry of Health as well as other USG implementing partners, private sector partners and other key stakeholders in Malawi to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort
- Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to key Malawian stakeholders including USAID and implementing partners in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
- Provide technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions
- Ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions particularly in the areas of maternal, newborn and child health, family planning/reproductive health, malaria, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health systems strengthening and capacity building
- Participate in relevant technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions
- Lead the annual work planning process in close collaboration with USAID, Malawian Ministry of Health, project team and project partners
- Oversee preparation of periodic project reports to donor
- Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
- Provide guidance, in collaboration with key staff, to subcontractors and sub-grantees and coordinate activities with other agencies
- Manage multiple project partners
- Write and/or review technical components of materials and publications related to integrated health and its development
- Ensure resources for project implementation are available
- Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets
- Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to develop M&E frameworks and effectively track data/results
- Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation
- Ensure compliance with USAID operational policies and regulations
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced degree in public health, health administration, international health or a related field; MD preferred
- Previous back-to-back experience serving as COP or DCOP on USAID-funded programs
- 15+ years' experience managing large, multi-year international health sector development projects (approximately $20M or more per year) that have implemented successful activities in areas such asmaternal, newborn and child health, family planning/reproductive health, malaria, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health systems strengthening
- Must have managed USAID bilateral experience
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing project start-up
- Understanding of the Malawian (or similar) social and political context, and developments in the health sector
- Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving program needs
- Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID missions, host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, PVOs, the private sector and other donors
- In-depth knowledge of USAID projects, regulations, compliance and reporting
- Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building and representational skills
- Management, training or clinical background in maternal, newborn and child health, family planning/reproductive health, or health systems strengthening
- Expertise in research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities
- Previous experience working in Malawi, with intimate understanding of local health system and health systems strengthening, family planning/reproductive health, and maternal, neonatal and child health care gaps and opportunities, and solid relationships at government agencies
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Ability to travel nationally
HOW TO APPLY:
Please visit: www.jhpiego.org for more information.
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Job #: 2016-2656
