Job Description
IMA World Health is seeking applications for Chief of Party (COP) for the upcoming USAID Rwanda Health Service Delivery Activity (RSDA) Program. The objective of RSDA is to improve utilization and quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) services and malaria care, through strengthening of the public and private healthcare sectors. The COP will be based in Kigali, Rwanda and provide overall leadership, management, and oversight for all program activities and staff in accordance with the contract and donor guidelines. S/he will report directly to the Senior Technical Director of Programs at IMA. S/he will liaise regularly with key stakeholders representing the program, including assigned USAID in-country technicaladvisors and other staff, Government of Rwanda relevant Ministry stakeholders, and to civil society networks.
Duties:
- Provide overall leadership and supervision of all project activities, including sub-awardees/contractors and project personnel; lead the Program Management Unit.
- Serve as the primary person responsible for overseeing the full-time and short-term technical assistance personnel and directing program management and operations, including financial management, cost control, partner management, program planning, performance monitoring, financial reporting, and client relations.
- Serve as IMA’s representative to USAID, the Rwandan government, other donors and multinationals, technical agencies and other participating organizations on behalf of the project.
- Oversee quality and timely reporting in line with donor requirements according to the contract/award agreement; monitor progress of program objectives and work with the country director and the program officer in headquarters to ensure quality control.
- Ensure the development and implementation of key project deliverables, including the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan and work plan. Monitor staff performance and provide capacity strengthening support when needed.
- Hold team and partners accountable to meet objectives in timely manner; ultimately responsible for management of fiduciary risk, attention to value for money and continual performance improvement.
- Ensure visibility of program results, achievements and lessons learned through presentations at conferences and workshops and/or publishing articles through professional journals.
- Master’s Degree or higher in public health, health communication, social sciences, or a closely related field is required; a medical doctor is strongly preferred
- Minimum 8-10 years managing and implementing similar donor-funded projects with a strong preference for experience and familiarity with USAID programming and priorities.
- Experience implementing in one or more of the program technical areas: health system strengthening, health financing and governance, maternal and child, reproductive health, family planning, and/or malaria, quality improvement and quality assurance.
- Experience overseeing sub-awardees/sub-contractors to achieve program results; familiarity and expertise in overseeing the financial and contractual management aspects of program management.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience working with development programming in contexts similar to Rwanda; experience working in East Africa and particularly Rwanda will be strongly preferred.
- A thorough understanding of the underlying causes of ill health and social determinants of health (particularly in Rwanda) will be an asset.
- Demonstrated ability to work in concert with team, partner organizations, and key government stakeholders to achieve results; experience in partnership building especially with the Government of Rwanda (MoH, RBC, etc.), USAID, NGOs and private sector a plus.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (including in making presentations); high degree of political savvy in interacting with senior government and civil society stakeholders.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Rwandan nationals are highly encouraged to apply.
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