Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Job Profile:

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) will assist the Chief of Party in all aspects of program management and provide technical leadership on program impact areas (including health system strengthening, family planning, maternal and newborn care, and nutrition).

 DCOP will ensure that all activity shows value for money and is results-oriented, that deliverables are timely and of high quality, and that reporting is accurate and timely. S/he will provide technical leadership for the program, and facilitate the application of lessons learned, innovations, and cutting-edge quality improvement methods and translate best practices into the improved implementation of interventions.

Roles and responsibilities

• In collaboration with the COP, oversee the technical implementation of program activities including capacity building and engagement with stakeholders.
• Support the development and revision of program reports, work plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, and communications materials.
• Identify and develop priority partnerships with key stakeholders including Government officials.
• Represent the Chief of Party in her/his absence.
• Help ensure compliance with Donor regulations and SFH procedures.
• Help ensure quality of program outputs are fully aligned with SFH and Donor requirements through mentoring, training and monitoring of staff and partners.
• Lead and manage all assigned personnel. Supervise, motivate, and guide senior managers and technical experts.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Post-graduate education (master’s or higher) in medicine, public health, health sciences, international development, health sciences, or other fields related to the activity’s focus.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience and expertise on large and complex donor-funded programs of similar or related nature, size, and complexity including prior USAID experience.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of professional work experience in the field of Public Health programming including under a United State Government (USG) funded activity that includes program planning, implementation, data use, monitoring and reporting. This should be inclusive of a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in two or more areas of focus - health system’ s strengthening, family planning, maternal and newborn care and child health, and nutrition.
• Ability to work in a fast moving, fluid team setting with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven experience supervising and mentoring staff.