DAI seeks a Deputy Chief of Party – Head of Programs for a four-to-five-year USAID funded Integrated Health Service Delivery program. This project will deliver health services such as Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Services; HIV/AIDS; Family Planning and Reproductive Health from the Ministry of Health’s Essential Package of Health Services through facilities and attending communities.
Responsibilities:
The DCOP – Head of Programs will be responsible for supporting the Chief of Party (COP) in design and implementation of program components and project activities. S/he will oversee the local technical team and short-term experts in achieving project results. Other responsibilities include:
- Evaluating the performance of the program activities and prepare regular progress reports detailing program results against strategic objective and intermediate result indicators
- Recommending to the Chief of Party additional methods of identifying and assessing program impact
- Participating in diagnostic and training needs assessment
- Assisting the COP to find and implement solutions to keep program activities on track and providing overall guidance and direction focusing on achieving agreed targets and long-term strategic objectives;
- Assisting the COP in preparing weekly, quarterly and other reports for USAID or home office;
- Editing documents prepared by local staff to ensure that they are native-English quality and appropriate USAID/DAI format;
- Ensuring that program activities and successes are appropriately recorded and shared within DAI;
- Assisting the COP to investigate and identify new ways of achieving program efficiencies;
- Assisting the COP in coordinating with the USAID Agreement Officer Representative (AOR) and other USAID field staff in implementing the terms of reference of the contract
Qualifications
- Prior Deputy Chief of Party (Team Leader or Project Director) experience leading and managing complex projects
- At least ten to fifteen years’ experience related to implementation of projects in lower – middle – income economies
- An advanced degree in Public Health or related field, MD preferred
- Sound understanding of health service delivery, MNCH, HIV, TB, and community health
- Sound understanding of the health system in Haiti
- Substantial prior experience working on USAID-funded projects, and knowledge of USAID operations, priorities, and programming
- 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, CSOs, and the private sector
- Demonstrated strategic leadership abilities
- Fluent in English, and fluent in either French or Haitian Creole preferred
Only short-listed candidates will be notified