USAID IntraHealth International Grant Careers – Deputy Chief of Party

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Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party
Organisation: IntraHealth International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Funding Source: USAID
Reports to: Chief of Party
Requisition Number: 14-0017
About IntraHealth:
For over 30 years, in more than 100 countries, IntraHealth
International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need.
IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving
health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology,
and leveraging partnerships.
In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and
private-sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth champions the needs
and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses to community health
workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure they have the tools,
supplies, information, training, and support they need to provide communities
they serve with the best possible opportunity for health and well-being.
Job Summary: The Deputy
Chief of Party (DCOP) will technically support the Chief of Party (COP) in
providing technical program leadership in the development, management and
support of project activities. In the absence of the COP the DCOP will assume
overall responsibility for the project. The DCOP will take the lead in
coordinating program development, implementation and reporting, and will work
very closely with the Intermediate Results (IR) Leaders overseeing the
project’s major components, and other program staff to ensure results and
synergy in the development and implementation of the project.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Oversee IntraHealth Team Leads and
    facilitate achievement of their program objectives and targets with
    technical backstopping and support.
  • Initiate and facilitate regular technical
    meetings to review program implementation, and identify measures to
    overcome implementation bottlenecks and enhance quality of deliverables.
  • Account to the COP on the delivery of
    strategic program objectives, with regular reporting on a monthly,
    quarterly and annual basis.
  • Steer the documentation and sharing of
    knowledge and emerging practices from the program internally within
    IntraHealth and externally with the wider stakeholder audience.
  • Ensure daily operations of overall program
    implementation activities are on schedule and that reports, new plans and
    budgets are prepared with sufficient lead time to get the necessary
    approvals.
  • Work closely with the Chief of Party to
    provide technical and administrative support in all aspects of the project
    and carry out any duties that may be assigned by the COP.
  • Oversee and represent the project in the
    absence of the COP.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant must possess a Master’s
    degree in International Health, Social Sciences, Health or related
    discipline and at least ten years’ relevant professional experience.
    Preferred experience with USAID-funded projects.
  • Significant experience in human resources
    management, preferably in the public sector with in-depth knowledge of at
    least one HRH technical area.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience of
    social, cultural, economic and political developments and trends in
    Uganda.
  • Proven ability to direct and manage a team
    and to work with partners, USAID and headquarters staff
  • Demonstrated experience overseeing
    development of activity budgets, managing activity costs, and monitoring
    program spending against budget in an accurate and timely manner
  • Demonstrated experience to develop and
    work within approved work plans
  • Proven ability to manage confidential
    matters discreetly and with the trust and confidence of colleagues and
    clients including USAID and Ministry of Health
  • Demonstrated diplomatic and interpersonal
    skills and ability to work in a complex and changing environment with all
    levels of stakeholders
  • Proven customer-service (client-focused)
    management skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication
    skills in English
  • Proven ability to hire and train local
    staff and consultants
  • Computer literacy in MS Office
    applications including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook
  • Willingness to travel 25% within the
    country and internationally on occasion
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who desire the USAID IntraHealth
Project in the aforementioned position, please visit web link below.
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