Senior Associate / Deputy Chief of Party

Senior Associate / Deputy Chief of Party
Senior Associate / Deputy Chief of Party

Job ID: 2011-5629
Location: UG-

Posted Date: 4/27/2011
Category: International Health

Division/Department: Private Sector Health Systems
More information about this job:
Organization Overview:
The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.
Job Responsibilities:

Abt Associates is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party/Technical for an upcoming USAID project in Uganda focused on expanding access to, utilization, and integration of HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria prevention, treatment, care and support activities, along with maternal, reproductive and child health programs in Northern Uganda.

In coordination with the Chief of Party (COP), this position is responsible for providing management and technical guidance to overall project interventions to achieve project results. The DCOP will supervise a team of technical and program managers responsible for achieving project component objectives.
Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:
* Provides technical leadership and oversight to project activities under the project’s key technical areas: maternal, reproductive, and child health, HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria.
* Supervises senior technical and program managers.
* Leads strategic program design and work planning for all technical areas.
* Oversees project teams in development and implementation of innovative approaches to expanding access and utilization of health services, capacity building at the facility and community levels, service integration (particularly in technical areas mentioned above), community-based service delivery and demand creation
* Ensures project strategies are aligned with other donor and Government of Uganda efforts.
* Consults regularly with MOH counterparts at different levels and with other stakeholders to ensure that activities reflect government strategies, priorities, and highest standards.
* Provides technical support to the Chief of Party on issues related to the technical areas/functions and ensures that all activities are consistent with best practices.
* Provides input to project’s research and monitoring and evaluation indicators and activities.
* Responsible for compiling/writing technical component of all monthly activity updates, quarterly and annual progress reports.
* Participates in international technical networks, meetings, and select technical working groups as appropriate to represent the project and ensure collaboration on relevant technical work.
* Documents success stories and lessons learned in various project components.
Skills Prerequisites:

* Masters in public health, medical degree or PhD.
* 13 - 15 years of experience in public health, preferably in Northern Uganda.
* At least ten years of experience in a senior technical role for a public health and/or international development project, including USAID funded projects.
* Demonstrated technical skills, abilities and experience in: HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal and reproductive health, and child health; health services integration, development and application of innovative approaches to increase access and utilization of HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB services; operational research, and other programmatic activities pertaining to the technical areas mentioned above.
* Proven ability to work collaboratively across technical disciplines.
* Demonstrated experience supervising sizeable experienced teams.
* Willingness to relocate to Gulu, Uganda
* Fluency in English required.
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