Chief of Party at Society for Family Health (SFH)

The Chief of Party (COP) will be the principal point of contact with the donor and will provide overall leadership, management, and general technical direction for the programme. The COP must be a highly analytical and a strategic thinker who ensures an integrated vision among different components and actors and focuses on achieving programme deliverables.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, management, strategic direction, and vision for the project; oversee critical decisions on activities and ensure timely deliverables.
• Identify and effectively manage and mitigate all risks related to the project and ensure compliance with all laws, regulations, donor, and SFH processes and procedures.
• Lead the accurate and quality implementation of the program and its agreed work plans, ensuring the program is agile, innovative, and responsive to environmental changes.
• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders including Government officials and serve as primary liaison to the donor, SFH HQ, and other stakeholders
• Supervise and manage the performance of project staff, ensuring mentoring, training, and motivation of project staff

Education and Experience/qualifications:

• Minimum of a master’s degree in public health, health administration, health systems social work, organizational or international development, or other related fields. A first degree in Medicine is preferred.
• A minimum of twelve (12) years experience with progressively increasing responsibility designing, implementing, managing, and leading large development programs involving multiple partners, stakeholders, and geographic target areas in a developing country. Experience must include five (5) years prior experience as a Chief of Party or a similar leadership role of similar size and complexity; also, a minimum of three (3) years experience providing specific technical direction and oversight of the development and management of a Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health program;
• Demonstrated ability of previous experience leading a technical activity through evidence and data-driven decision-making;
• Demonstrated ability through previous experience to establish and maintain productive working relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders
• Experience in coordinating and collaborating with a broad set of stakeholders, including donors’ other projects, and implementing partners in joint work planning, implementation, and reviews.
• The successful candidate must be a person of integrity with excellent oral and written communication skills, highly analytical, with expert interpersonal, organizational, and cross-cultural skills. The person should have deep knowledge of USAID operational rules, demonstrated ability to manage consortium team performance, a high level of creativity and innovation, the ability to drive team performance to meet targets, and the ability to maintain efficiency in a fast-paced work environment.