Position Title: Chief of Party
Deadline: April 07, 2014
Location: Accra, Ghana
Salary Range: Competitive Market NonProfit
Compensation Package
Benefits: Competitive Market
Non-Profit Benefit Package
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Conditional Funding
Priority: Conditional -- Funding
Description:
IMA World Health is currently seeking a Chief of Party (COP) to manage an
anticipated USAID funded
project, Systems for Health. The COP will provide
overall leadership for an anticipated health systems strengthening program in
Ghana. The COP will oversee all aspects of program implementation, including
technical, financial and administrative management, monitoring and evaluation,
and reporting, assuring the quality, impact and cost effectiveness of the
program. Fostering collaborative working relationships with Ghanaian government
officials, the Ministry of Health and its related agencies, key stakeholders
and international and local partners, this position will also maintain a
collaborative relationship with USAID, ensuring activities and project targets
are closely monitored.
Duties:
• Provide leadership and overall technical and management responsibility
for program implementation, including staff and program activity supervision.
• Work with IMA headquarters to ensure quality control, monitor progress of
program objectives, and maintain regular contact with staff and consultants by
e-mail, telephone, and regular site visits.
• Manage quality, timely reporting to USAID through the monthly, semester
and annual reports.
• Lead development of the annual work plan and M&E plan.
• Serve as IMA’s representative to host country government, other donors
and multinationals, technical agencies and other participating organizations as
required.
• Ensure visibility of program results, achievements and lessons learned
through presentations at conferences and workshops and publishing articles
through professional journals.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and determine corrective action needed to
improve goal achievement.
• Manage funds and sub-agreements by preparing annual budgets together with
field project staff, ensure and supervise regular financial reporting, closely
monitor project expenditure, and keep the Country Director apprised of
significant variances.
• Ensure proper technical capacity of staff and provide technical
assistance backstopping when required.
• Ensure project expenses are reasonable, allocable, prudent, and spent in
accordance with USAID rules and regulations, and support annual auditing
procedures.
• Oversee property and equipment acquisition, disposition, and management
in compliance with donor requirements.
• Other relevant tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
• Master’s or doctorate in related field (i.e. international health, public
health).
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in field-based work in Africa, implementing
and managing integrated, health development programs, preferably those with a
focus on health systems strengthening and capacity building activities, with
national governments, international NGOs and/or national faith-based health
organizations.
• Demonstrated familiarity with and understanding of USAID regulations and
policies and other donor requirements.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in implementing effective monitoring
and evaluation systems and generation of published materials documenting
outcomes of program services.
• Experience supervising professional and support staff in a multicultural,
multi-linguistic environment.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity a must.
• Demonstrated leadership in working with host country officials from the
health, community, NGO/FBO/CBO sectors.
• Fluency in English in both oral and written communication.
• Ability to travel within the country or region and internationally as
needed.
How to Apply:
If you are qualified and interested in discussing this engagement in more
detail,
please submit your resume in confidence to the website on the link below:
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