Job Title : Deputy Chief Of Party (DCOP)
Position Type : Full-time
Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
The
Global Health Supply Chain – Technical Assistance - Tanzania
(GHSC-TA-TZ) program, supported by the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), provides expert technical assistance
to Tanzania to strengthen country supply chain systems across all health
elements, e.g., malaria, family planning (FP), HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
(TB) and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). In
coordination with in-country and development partners, GHSC-TA-TZ
assists Government of Tanzania (GOT) by providing strategic planning and
implementation assistance; improving the delivery of health commodities
to service sites; providing capacity building support to broadening
stakeholders understanding and engagement of the supply chain system;
and strengthening enabling environments to improve supply chain
performance.
JOB SUMMARY:
The
Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) will be located in Dar es Salaam and will
serve as a liaison with USAID Tanzania, the Ministry of Health,
Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC), the
GHSC-TA-TZ home office, and all other counterparts involved in program
implementation. The DCOP will provide overall program management and
oversight of program operations to ensure efficiency, effectiveness,
compliance and high-quality delivery of technical assistance services
and deliverables. Qualifications include a minimum of eight years'
experience managing USAID or other donor funded projects, an advanced
degree in public health, supply chain management, international
development, or related field, and experience from multiple countries in
health system strengthening supply chain management, pharmaceutical
management and/or other relevant technical area. Knowledge of private
sector best practices, management information systems, health financing,
performance management, innovative solutions, and USAID's global
health priorities and initiatives required. Experience working on
previous USAID global supply chain projects highly desired.
Responsibilities:
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Build and maintain a high performing technical team, providing thought
leadership and demonstrating technical expertise across a range of
supply chain functional areas including but not limited to:
quantification, data use and analysis, capacity building, logistics
management information systems, and supply chain financing
•
Maintain strong and positive working relationships with clients and
partners including USAID, MOHCDGEC, President's Office - Regional
Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG), Medical Stores Department
(MSD), and others
• Develop and implement annual work plans and budgets that reflect the priorities of USAID, GOT, and other stakeholders
• Identify capacity gaps within the project team and arrange for appropriate training, mentoring and coaching of project staff
• Ensure the use of appropriate management methodologies to plan, organize, and manage resources to achieve GHSC-TA-TZ goals
• Supervise the implementation of the project's performance monitoring plan that includes project wide performance measures
• Lead change management strategies to cultivate a culture of data · use across the project and within key stakeholders.
•
Oversee regular data collection, data quality assessments and reporting
and lead quarterly reviews of performance analysis to identify issues
and drive evidence-based interventions
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies for technical services provided by the project
• Support the enhancement of various management information systems
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to build the capacity and capability of national systems
•
Report results of the project's work to USAID, GoT, other stakeholders,
and the home office; ensure quality completion of quarterly and annual
reports, and compliance with USAID reporting requirements.
• Ensure timely submission of all deliverables.
•
Develop and maintain synergistic working relationships with other
supply chain and governance projects funded by various development
partners including USAID, Global Fund, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and others
• Work with and support home office project management
team to oversee and manage the project budget, provide guidance on field
office projections, and provide budget inputs
Qualifications:
• Minimum Year(s) of 8 years of experience managing USAID or other donor funded projects
• Advanced degree in public health, supply chain management, international development, or related field
•
Experience in health system strengthening, supply chain management,
pharmaceutical management and/or other relevant technical area, in
multiple countries
• At least 5 years' of experience in a developing country setting
•
Demonstrated experience leading and managing the development,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of supply chain strategic
planning initiatives
• Demonstrated success developing and
implementing project work plans and managing performance against
objectives and timelines.
• Demonstrated success in building and leading high performing teams
•
Demonstrated capacity to effectively present project results and
accomplishments to national and international stakeholders and audiences
• Written and spoken English fluency (native or equivalent).
Job application procedure
if you are interested in applying this positions please send your
resume, cover letter and copies of your academic certificate to
ghsc.recruitmenttz@gmail.com And kindly include title you are applying to and your name in the
subject line. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only
those selected for interview will be contacted. Deadline for submission
shall be on
03rd July, 2020.
GHSC - TA - TZ is an equal opportunity employer.