Overview:
Jhpiego seeks a Chief of Party (COP) to provide vision, leadership and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity for an upcoming USAID Global Health Security (GHS) activity in Philippines. The project aims to strengthen the country's resilience or capacity to prevent avoidable outbreaks; detect threats early; and respond rapidly and effectively when outbreaks occur using the One Health approach. The project will also build the capabilities of local government units (LGUs) to strengthen its capacity to prevent, detect, and respond effectively to infectious disease threats.
The COP will have the overall responsibility for leadership and management and reporting of all project activities. The COP will be responsible for making key decisions and solving problems in short timeframes while ensuring operational and project quality and integrity. They will serve as the project's main point of contact with USAID and the Government on routine and strategic matters. The COP will ensure effective organizational management and communication with host country governments and key stakeholders at all levels, including international entities.
The project is expected to operate over a five-year period.
This position is contingent upon award from USAID. Philippine nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities:
Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of the project and to achieve rapid and sustained goals, objectives and targets
Ensure the project is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of countries, its people and donors
Advance goals of locally led development and work closely to strengthen capacities of local institutions
Ensure compliance with the terms of the award and organizational compliance and adherence to policies and guidelines
Represent Jhpiego and the project's progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors, other key stakeholders, and through meetings, conferences, and presentations
Provide technical leadership and ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions
Collaborate with the project team to build capacity in area of GHS, One Health and the intersections with health systems strengthening and primary health care
Ensure USAID guiding principles e.g. Locally led development, Sustainability, inclusive development and Diversity Equity Inclusivity, gender equality, Private Sector Engagement to name some, are woven into project implementation approaches
Lead the annual work planning process with the project team, and in close collaboration with USAID, DoH, and district/sub-district offices, key stakeholders, partners, and ensure effective resource planning and utilization
Responsible for the overall management of the project budget and ensure the project delivers on time, on scope and on budget
With the Technical Director /deputy COP oversee the preparation, and timely submission of quality project reports to donor
Participate in relevant technical working groups and other knowledge exchange forums and provide technical leadership and guidance as required
Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
Lead and motivate the project team, ensuring high levels of performance across all areas, fostering a culture of critical problem solving, innovation and strategic thinking
Provide guidance, in collaboration with staff, to sub-grantees and partners to ensure they deliver on their scope
Support the development of local organization capacity development plans
Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to develop M&E frameworks and effectively track data/results, and provide strategic inputs to the project's Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) agenda
Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets
Coordinate efforts with the country team lead to ensure alignment with organizational strategy, mission and goalsRequired Qualifications:
Advanced degree in medicine, nursing, health sciences, epidemiology, public health, environmental health or a related field
Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing project systems and overseeing project start-up and close-out
Experience working with sub-/grantees, local and international and knowledge of capacity development approaches for locally-led development
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and ability to translate data into action, and communicate results to wide ranging audiences
Intimate understanding of local health system and gaps and opportunities in the mentioned technical areas
Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving project needs
Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID, host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs and CSOs
Previous experience working on USAID-funded projects, matched with an in-depth knowledge of USAID regulations, compliance and reporting requirements
Expertise in research to practiceidentifying and adapting best practices to specific project contexts
Excellent skills in facilitation, team building, and coordination
Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English
Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in regional and national projects and technical staff
Ability to travel nationally and internationally
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume and references.
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
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