Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as the program’s chief administrative and technical representative with USAID, MoH, and other national/international agencies, institutions, and stakeholders
• Maintain visibility of the consortium and project work by engaging in active representation to our partners and other stakeholders
• Ensure sustainability and high-level performance of the project
• Assure compliance with USAID and JSH policies, rules and regulations
• Supervise the projects’ Deputy COP and technical directors
• Foster open and transparent communication between all consortium partners
• Manage the performance of the project and activities through their completion and oversee the preparation of performance reports. Ensure incorporation of lessons learned into ongoing activity tasks. Ensure performance against targets. Take corrective action where necessary
• Ensure quality and timeliness of work and the completion of all activities within budget
• Oversee the development of appropriate planning, monitoring, management and control systems to ensure informed decision-making and implementation of project activities
• Oversee the quality and timeliness of key sub partners’ work
• Communicate regularly with internal and external management teams in a timely manner
• Perform other duties as they arise either from the Executive Director or USAID, related to overall oversight of the project.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Human Sciences or equivalent
• Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine, Public Health, Social Sciences or equivalent
• MBA or Project Management on top of technical qualifications is an added advantage
• Minimum of 15 years’ of progressively responsible experience in public health or international development, five of which must be in a senior capacity managing large-scale HIV and public health programs in sub-Saharan Africa, including supervision of technical staff
• Country Director or Deputy Country Director experience for at least 5 years
• Must have a deep understanding of SDHP program goals and results and be able to articulate the vision for the program.
• Experience working with Key, Marginalized and Most at Risk populations is desirable
• Demonstrated experience in leading, managing, and implementing large and complex international development projects
• Demonstrated ability to manage large, diverse teams to successfully achieve results in a challenging and rapidly evolving context
• Ability to galvanize government and civil society support and buy-in to achieve results
• Ability to engage in high-level coordination and collaboration activities with multiple stakeholders including donors and international and local implementing partners
• Experience in Zambia as a respected thought leader, including local residency is desirable
• Proven knowledge of USAID contractual and administrative rules and regulations
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to facilitate the permeation of ethical behaviour throughout the organization is inevitable.