Chief of Party (COP) at TA Connect

Scope of Work

• The scope of work (SOW) sets forth the services to be provided by the Chief of Party, to Technical Advice Connect LTD/GTE (TAConnect), a non-profit organization registered and based in Nigeria to bring innovative solutions to the provision of Technical Assistance (TA) services to states in Nigeria.

Job Description

• The Chief of Party (COP) will be responsible for overall managing and implementing the anticipated USAID-funded Strengthening Quality of Care through Primary Health Care Activity in Nigeria.
• The COP will supervise project implementation and ensure the project meets stated goals and reporting requirements stated by the designated USAID Agreement Officer’s Representative (AOR).

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Provide strategic direction and overall leadership for the project, ensuring alignment with USAID's goals and objectives.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of timely and accurate reports to USAID and other stakeholders, highlighting project achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with USAID, government partners, local stakeholders, and other key actors to foster collaboration and support project implementation.
• Lead and mentor project staff, promoting a culture of excellence, accountability, and innovation.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to ensure the quality and effectiveness of project interventions, in collaboration with relevant technical experts.
• Oversee project budgeting, financial planning, and compliance with donor regulations to ensure efficient and transparent use of project funds.
• Supervise the development and implementation of robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track project progress and outcomes and utilize data for decision-making and continuous improvement.

Job Qualifications

• Education: Master's Degree (or higher) in Public Health or Medicine.
• Experience: Minimum of 13 years experience out of which a minimum of 4 years was spent working as a senior management staff in a large public health program.
• Strong management skills, strategic vision, leadership qualities, professional reputation, ability to create synergies where applicable, interpersonal skills, and written and oral, presentation skills to fulfill the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the project.
• Progressive senior-level management experience in managing complex public health programs, or programs of similar size and complexity, including demonstrable experience requirements in the design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of activities of similar size and complexity in Nigeria or a similar setting, with a solid track record in managing the implementation of large-scale programs with similar complexity.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health, (family health), health systems strengthening (QA/QI), infectious diseases (malaria and TB), nutrition, CSS, etc.
• Proven ability to work with partners including host country government officials as well as other donors and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with numerous GON institutions and senior-level national and sub-national level government officials.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.