Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director

The Technical Director will provide state-of-the-art technical leadership in the full range of technical areas related to strengthening primary health care services. S/he will liaise, negotiate, and interact with key stakeholders including other donors, implementing partners, and the host country government.

Note: This position is subject to project award and funding.

Specific Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:
• Lead the development of activities that lead to increased use of quality health services within the context of strengthened primary health care systems.
• Serve as a technical expert in the design and implementation of interventions to integrate MNCH, FP, HIV/AIDS services, and RH.
• Conduct and/or participate in operations research to generate evidence for effective implementation of program activities.
• Work with the respective M&E advisor to establish a functional quality M&E system that measures progress in achieving targets and results, and provides evidence for decision making.
• Manage the project technical assistance (TA) plan to avail needed technical expertise to partners.

Project Management:
• Lead participatory development of project plans with local counterpart partners.
• Manage staff and consultants as appropriate.
• Participate in the leadership of the project.
• Serve as the Acting Chief of Party in the absence of the Chief of Party.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ of relevant experience and achievement in complex development or primary health/service delivery projects.
• The required educational and technical background to provide the state-of-the-art technical advice in the full range of technical areas described by this RFA.
• Substantial experience in designing, implementing and managing large and complex health projects.
• Substantial experience with RH/FP and MNCH projects in particular in developing countries.
• Demonstrated capacity to liaise and negotiate/interact with key stakeholders including other donors, implementing partners and host country government on the thematic areas under this RFA.
• Strong background in management in decentralized health systems in developing countries is advantageous.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills in fluent English. Local language skills desirable.
• Ability to travel, as required, to support the progress of program activities.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of Ethiopia preferred.

Background Information

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia and Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
MSH is seeking candidates for a potential USAID-funded integrated reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health project in Ethiopia. The project will provide support to increase the utilization of quality health services particularly at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level by improving availability, accessibility of and demand for quality health services, strengthening the decentralized health system and enhancing the management capacity at woreda and Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) levels in particular.
Note: This position is subject to project award and funding.

EEO Statement

Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.

Reports To

Chief of Party