Deputy Chief of Party II (Nigerian Nationals Only) at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Job Summary:

The position of Deputy Chief of Party – Senior Technical Coordinator (DCOP/STC) will oversee all programmatic aspects of grant, ensuring coordination across technical approaches and alignment with national objectives and strategies and the CRS Global Fund Malaria Program targets. You will provide overall technical leadership for vector control and case management activities and provide cross-cutting technical support to the various thematic areas of the grant.

Your management and technical knowledge will ensure the delivery of high-quality programming and as a senior leader you will proactively manage security and mitigate security risks.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

Program Quality:

• Ensure the Global Fund Malaria Program’s strategic objectives for vector control, mass distributions, case management, prevention and ACSM are fully accomplished, in direct coordination with key stakeholders.

• Ensure that plans for malaria program interventions adhere to and are in line with national objectives and strategies.

• Working closely with the COP, oversee periodic programmatic and technical reviews and manage changes in program direction and focus.

• Provide leadership for planning and coordination of mass distributions of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in the GF supported states, ensuring distributions are implemented on schedule and meet relevant international and national guidelines.

• In collaboration with program and SR staff, provide guidance and technical oversight to partners and other collaborating agencies to ensure that lessons of sound practice are documented and disseminated.

• Provide vision and leadership in design of strategies to engage and support vulnerable populations (including pregnant women, children and migrant populations) in malaria program activities.

• Support design and implementation of effective communication and mobilization strategies to increase uptake of malaria prevention measures and treatment services.

• Ensure quality implementation of case management activities, including integrated community case management (iCCM) in Niger and Jigawa states and integration of Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health (RMNCH) in the GF malaria program in 13 GF supported states.

• In collaboration with the Senior M&E Manager, track progress towards relevant performance indicators, analyzing reasons for shortfalls and adapting program strategies as needed.

• Oversee the ICT4D team, in identifying and implementing technology solutions to improve program efficiencies and ensure that the Cash and Asset Transfer (CAT) Strategy is successfully implemented.

Management and Administration:

• Support the various technical leads to manage program budgets for the mass distributions, malaria case management, vector control, prevention and ACSM activities, including tracking of financial and material resources.

• Lead the reporting of Program Update/Disbursement Requests (PU/DR) in collaboration with other program staff.

• Review SR reports, provide feedback on implementation progress and performance, identify solutions to address challenges and weaknesses.

• Ensure staff compliance with all CRS and Global Fund administrative and operational procedures and policies, as well as applicable donor regulations.

Representation:

• In collaboration with the COP, Country Representative and Deputy Country Representative, strengthen linkages with existing and potential partner agencies.

• Liaise with technical counterparts in the Ministry of Health, other Principal Recipients, and other local and international stakeholders engaged in malaria activities in Nigeria.

• Represent CRS at all relevant technical working groups, sectoral meetings and coordination fora.

• Ensure the program’s compliance with the Global Fund’s branding and marketing requirements, as well as CRS’ marketing and communication procedures.

Human Resource Management:

• Lead, manage and supervise a team of CRS staff to meet program objectives.

• Conduct periodic reviews of staff performance in keeping with CRS’ performance management system and mentor staff to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity, and teamwork.

Required Language(s) - Excellent English language oral and written communication skills

Travel - Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions.

• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.

• Demonstrates well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as negotiation skills.

• Team leadership abilities with diverse/multi-disciplinary teams. Coaching skills.

• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented.

• Proven ability to function effectively as part of a multi-cultural team.

• Excellent cross-cultural communication skills and proven diplomatic and negotiation skills.

• Proven experience working with multi-sector teams and the ability to coordinate multiple staff with varying levels of responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships. Knowledge of CRS partnership strategy a plus.

• Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity

• Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Builds Relationships

• Develops Talent

• Strategic Mindset

• Accountability & Stewardship

Key Working Relationships:

Internal: Chief of Party, CRS Global Fund Malaria Program Team, Deputy Country Representatives, Country Representative, Head of Operations, Finance, Procurement and Administration Staff, Regional and Senior Technical Advisors, Deputy Regional Directors for PQ and MQ, GFSU.

External: Global Fund’s Fund Portfolio Manager and Nigeria Country Team, Sub Recipients, State Ministries of Health (SMOH), National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) within the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Technical and Financial Partners, partner health facilities, Local Fund Agent (LFA), GSM, Auditors.