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.
Duties
The USAID-funded Africa IRS (“Indoor Residual Spraying”) Project supports the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), as well as USAID Missions and Bureaus with malaria programs outside the PMI focus countries, in planning and implementing IRS programs with the overall goal of reducing the burden of malaria in Africa by enhancing USAID’s ability to implement IRS programs on the ground through cost-effective commodities procurement and logistics systems, access to technical expertise, and implementation of IRS in countries affected by malaria.
Under the supervision of the US-based Project Director, the Mozambique Chief of Party manages, and supervises the successful implementation of the Africa IRS Project in Mozambique, and acts as the primary liaison between the project and USAID and the Government of Mozambique. The COP has responsibility for the strategic direction, and technical leadership to produce project results, as well as overall management of the operational, financial and administrative aspects of the project, working to assure that the full potential of the contract is realized in Mozambique through the promotion of high quality work and internal control.
Specific duties and responsibilities
- Represents Abt Associates and the project to the PMI Advisor of the USAID Mozambique Mission, the Ministry of Health, the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), and other key stakeholders
- Carries full authority and accountability for project decisions, as delegated by the US-based Project Director
- Sets and pursues a results-oriented program strategy in coordination with the project team and in consultation with USAID, other partners and stakeholders.
- Leads in the development and production of the annual country work plans, semi-annual reports, and End-of-Spray reports
- Ensure that all country planning activities, spray operations, technical compliance measures, and other deliverables are achieved in a timely manner.
- Develops a capacity-building plan for transferring IRS knowledge and skills to local institutions
- Ensures that gender initiatives increase the participation of women at all levels and in all aspects of IRS programming, and ensure their safety
- Supervises and mentors the functional managers
- Ensures that staff, team members and consultants understand their roles and responsibilities and comply with contract requirements, USAID and Abt policies and procedures
- Oversees development and timely implementation of monitoring plans for all project activities and ensures that data required for USAID performance benchmarks and results frameworks are produced
- Oversees effective utilization of short-term technical assistance
- Ensures that project budget projections, expenditure, tracking and reporting are in accordance with USAID and Abt Associates requirements, procedures and practices
- Ensures that lessons learned and best practices are documented and shared
- Ensures that project budget projections, expenditure, tracking and reporting are in accordance with USAID and Abt Associates’ policies and procedures
- Oversees and direct all aspects of administrative support for the project including developing, managing, and monitoring project budgets, conducting financial reporting, submitting monthly field expenses, etc
Requisites
- Masters Degree (minimum), or a PhD (desirable) in Public Health, Health Administration, Medicine, or other relevant health specialization
- 13-15 years of relevant international health experience with a Masters Degree, or 8-10 years with a PhD, with significant experience in the area of malaria prevention and control
- Experience in the geographic/cultural region of the project is preferred.
- At least 5 years of senior project management experience in large international health projects/programs
- Demonstrated leadership in management skills and ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary, multicultural teams
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with USAID, ministry officials, and other development partners
- Experience developing and communicating a project vision, aligning key stakeholders around the vision, and assuring the vision is translated into an efficiently implemented program
- Fluency in English and Portuguese