Responsibilities include:

• Maintains strong and positive working relationships with clients and partners including USAID and local governments.
• Develops and implements annual work plans and budgets that reflect the priorities of USAID, the ministry of health, and other stakeholders.
• Ensures the use of appropriate management methodologies to plan, organize, and control resources to achieve goals.
• Develops, updates, and implements performance monitoring plan that encompasses commodity security and logistics management indicators and includes project-wide performance measures.
• Oversees regular data collection and reporting and leads quarterly reviews of performance analysis to identify issues and drive evidence-based interventions.
• Develops and implements risk mitigation strategies for procurement and logistics services. Assesses risks quarterly and implements risk management/mitigation strategies.
• Ensures compliance with procurement standard operating procedures, including supplier order fulfillment, order tracking customs clearance/freight forwarding, storage and distribution, and logistics management information systems.
• Coordinates with relevant stakeholders in the provision of assistance to build the capacity and capability of national systems.
• Reports results of the project’s work to USAID, ministry of health, other funders, and the home office. Ensures timely submission of all deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in health or a management-related discipline
• Minimum eight years of experience in public health program management, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, or supply chain management systems
• Experience as Country Director/Chief of Party or Deputy Chief of Party for a USAID program
• Demonstrated ability to manage and implement complex USAID public health programs or projects in a low- or middle-income country context
• Skilled in leading and managing high-performing teams
• Demonstrated ability to work with cooperating partners in implementing complex programs
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communications skills; proven diplomatic and public relations skills
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Fluency in English required