Chief of Party, Uganda | ReliefWeb

About us

Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a leader in reproductive, sexual health and family planning services. We are a results oriented social business and are well known for our innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

Since 2010, the USAID Long Term Methods (LTM) Program has been empowering Ugandan women and men to choose when they have children by voluntarily selecting a family planning method of their choice.

The LTM Program expands affordable services and choice of the full range of contraceptive choice to rural and underserved communities through a dynamic mix of mobile clinical outreach and social franchising. In partnership with the Ministry of Health, the LTM Program supports the long term capacity of public and private sector providers to deliver high quality family planning counselling and services.

It’s a high profile programme with an annual budget of c.$12m, and c.180 staff. The programme provides long term services to well over 1m Ugandan’s every year, and impacts the lives of many more. To find our more take a look at our website mariestopes.or.ug

About the role

The senior role of Chief of Party (COP) is based in Kampala, Uganda and is responsible for the delivery of the LTM Program and all USAID programming managed by MSI Uganda.

This opportunity will ensure USAID supported activities fully meet MSI’s global standards for clinical service delivery, client care, and programmatic management.

You will develop and lead the successful implementation plans that will deliver the high quality results expected of the program, on time and to budget. Ensuring full compliance with all USAID contractual, policy and legislative requirements across all program activities and reporting.

About you

The successful candidate will have operated at a Chief of Party level or similar, ideally in a health or family planning programming context. Experience of USAID would be beneficial but not critical.

Ideally we are looking for someone to start this role during April 2015 for a period of at least 18 months.

In return we offer a competitive compensation package and the opportunity to improve the lives of those in Uganda, enabling them to have children by choice and not by chance.

The successful candidate will be pro choice.

Due to the urgency of this assignment we will be reviewing application on submission.

If the successful candidate is an expatriate they will be engaged on an international contract. If the successful candidate is Ugandan, living in Uganda we will be in a position to negotiate the terms and benefits of engagement.

Closing date: midnight 8/3/15 (UK time)