Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Job Description

• The Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director will be responsible for technical leadership of the program, ensuring the implementation of high-quality, evidence-based interventions, and managing a team of senior technical staff and sub-partners to ensure quality, timeliness, and efficiency of all activities and products generated under the project.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinate and oversee the quality of all technical activities, providing direction, feedback, and support to ensure success.
• Ensure program adherence to internationally accepted technical norms and standards of practices.
• Provide input into and assure that all donor reporting requirements on program impact are met and assist implementing partners/grantees in setting up reporting and tracking systems to provide such information in an efficient and timely manner.
• Oversee the programs collaborating, learning, and adapting process in collaboration with the Chief of Party.
• In collaboration with program leadership, apply program learnings in pursuit of adaptive management.
• Facilitate continuous quality assessment and improvement and ensure that program best practices are documented and disseminated throughout the program cycle.
• Ensure high quality program delivery and the cost-effective use of AHNi and USAID resources.
• Ensure provision of management support and technical assistance to grantees on program design, budget/work plan development, and M&E planning.
• Provide regular written/oral program progress updates, as requested.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders and collaborators to share information, coordinate activities, and avoid duplication in the implementation of the programs.
• Ensure that the most up-to-date information regarding the programs or initiatives shared via a range of mechanisms: including reports, newsletters, and the Internet.
• Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the COP.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

Leadership

• Ability to sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with internal colleagues and contacts in donor and peer organizations.
• Consistently works within internal process and procedures.
• Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
• Proactive engagement in corporate initiatives.

Project Management

• Strong planning and time management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively present complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Ability to problem-solve difficult issues.
• Ability to multitask with ease, adapting to frequently changing priorities.
• Strong negotiating and conflict resolution skills.
• Proficiency in developing and managing a budget.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience in HIV/AIDS program including Prevention, Treatment, Care & Support, PMTCT HIV/TB, OVCs programming with proven results.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of donor policies and regulations.
• High competence using common desktop applications and internal systems.

People Management

• Demonstrated proficiency in supervising staff, including providing honest feedback.
• Ability to mentor others

Qualifications and Requirements:

• A Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology or a related field is required (PEPFAR experience preferred); or an MB, BS degree with at least three public health related publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• At least four years’ experience working as a senior level manager or 12 years’ experience in provision and/or coordination in a public health program in a developing country.
• In-depth technical knowledge and experience in all components of the HIV/AIDS program including Prevention, Treatment, Care & Support, PMTCT HIV/TB, OVCs as well as cross-cutting areas like HSS etc.
• Progressive experience with HIV prevention, treatment and/or care and support programming including design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of activities of similar size and complexity in Nigeria or a similar setting.
• Demonstrated experience in the provision of quality HIV services in Surge mode and in FCV and hard-to-reach areas.
• Demonstrated skills in use of technology and other innovations to facilitate the delivery of quality HIV-TB services in developing countries, FCV and remote setting.
• Demonstrated supervisory skills and ability to work well in a team.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing program in resource constrained countries.
• Demonstrated experience producing quality English-language communications products, such as progress reports, case studies, and research protocols.
• Experience interacting with developing country government, international organization, other bilateral donor and civil society representatives, and senior level government officials.
• At least three years of experience working with USG cooperative agreements or contracts in senior program management capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain professional relationships with civil society organizations and host country government counterparts.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems, international donor organizations, NGOs and CBOs is required.
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is required.