Responsibilities

• Support the COP to plan, direct, and coordinate technical teams to ensure activities are accomplished on time and within budget, and project targets achieved.
• Provides management and oversight of all partners and subgrantees including development of their workplans and review of performance and deliverables to ensure quality and compliance with PATH, PMI, and USAID requirements.
• Support in developing and implementing annual project work plans and budgets.
• Support timely and complete submission of all deliverables, performance reports, and responses to USAID requests for performance, success stories, and financial information.
• Work with COP and senior management to ensure coordination and support for country operations from start up to close out.
• In collaboration with the Director of Finance & Administration, prepare and track the progress of project and activity budgets.
• Identify implementation bottlenecks and work with relevant project staff, partners, and other stakeholders to develop solutions.
• Establish and maintain strong working partnerships with consortium partners, including coordinating with the COP to ensure that consortium partners submit required deliverables.
• Support the COP in identifying relevant USAID projects and other development partners to ensure cross-project collaboration in strategic areas.
• Work with project staff and partners to identify, document, and disseminate best practices.
• Serve as acting COP when needed.

Required qualifications and experience

• Minimum of a master’s degree in medicine, public health, social sciences, development, or related field.
• At least eight years of experience managing large-scale, complex donor-funded projects, preferably in southern Africa.
• Experience in malaria case management, behavior change, prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MiP), improving malaria surveillance data, and other malaria prevention interventions.
• Experience planning, designing, and executing technical assistance.
• Demonstrated experience managing USAID projects and liaising with USAID.
• Strong understanding of USG rules, regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. Government or international development organization policies and procedures as they relate to international development.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with local and international NGO partners and private sector organizations, research institutes, and national governments.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data for decision-making.
• Familiarity with the Zambian health system.
• Demonstrated management, leadership, decision‐making, and interpersonal skills.
• Full professional proficiency in English, with excellent oral and written communications skills required.
• Available to travel nationally and internationally up to 25%.