Chief of Party, Gulu, Uganda 43 views

Organization: University Research Co. (URC)
Country: Uganda
Field location: Gulu
Office: University Research Co. Gulu, Uganda

Hours: Regular Full-time; Not Eligible for Overtime
Salary: Commensurate with required experience and qualifications
Reports to: Senior Director for Southern, Eastern, and Central Africa Regional Programs
Grade: A – Senior Management/Leadership
University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Guided by a strong vision of equitable and resilient systems that respond to people’s needs and emerging threats, URC helps countries and local actors to build, implement, and sustain science-driven, scalable solutions. Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical expertise to empower governments, communities, and service providers toward strengthening their own health and social systems and improve service quality. We aim to expand access to and improve the quality of services, addressing maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; global health security and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene. In our interactions with each other and our clients, we stay true to our values for transformative change by focusing on:
Creativity: by unleashing our creativity, we enhance engagement and interaction to improve problem-solving.
Collaboration: not only our work towards the same vision and mission instill staff with a strong sense of purpose, but also enables us to complement each other’s skills and allocate work to maximize everyone’s strengths.
Accountability: we hold ourselves responsible for accomplishing goals, completing assignments, and making decisions.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion: we embrace the importance of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, where our leadership and staff model behavior that enriches our organization, demonstrates respect for all people, and supports opportunities for all staff.
Transparency: we understand that when employees deeply trust one another and their leaders, they will be more engaged in their roles because they will not be worried about unfair treatment.
Responsibilities:
The Chief of Party (COP) will provide the overall strategic direction and technical oversight for the RHITES-N Acholi Activity and will also have the primary responsibility for liaising with USAID and other stakeholders in Uganda. As part of overseeing and ensuring successful program implementation, the COP is expected to set the technical vision and approach along with managing multiple project teams and consortium members. The COP will also safeguard the Activity’s and organization’s resources by complying with contract terms and conditions, USAID- and all other applicable policies and regulations mitigating risks of fraud, waste and abuse in all aspects of project operations and administration.
The COP’s roles and responsibilities also include, but are not limited to, the following:
Responsible for the technical leadership and managerial oversight in the design and implementation of project strategy in alignment with the Activity’s key objectives and expected outcomes;
Provide overall support during activity implementation and closeout, with an emphasis on technical components, including overseeing key personnel, technical project support, and all sub-grantees;
Design and oversee annual project planning cycle to develop comprehensive annual work plans, detailed implementation plans and results reporting for the project;
Ensure efficient function in administrative, human resources, and financial processes and in full compliance with URC’s standards, protocols, guidelines and processes ensuring maintenance of adequate internal controls;
Ensure monitoring and continuous learning and adaptation of project implementation as indicated by activity results and in consultation with USAID and URC home office team;
Ensure close collaboration with the Ministry of Health, and USAID, as well as other implementing partners and collaborators;
Report regularly to the USAID Mission to ensure transparency and awareness of project development and implementation, remaining cognizant of issues or challenges as they arise;
Represent the project at meetings with USAID, MOH officials, working groups, and conferences;
Maintain close working relationships and partnerships with Chiefs of Party of other URC-implemented projects within Uganda;
Participate in URC’s business development activities and perform other functions, as needed;
Perform other related duties as assigned and/or agreed upon with the supervisor/HQ.
Required Experience & Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Public Health/Health Administration, social sciences or a related field;
Minimum of ten (10) years of progressively increasing responsibility in managing successful international development assistance and health programs of similar scope or size;
At least seven (7) years of experience as a COP or senior manager of projects of similar scope and complexity, such as Project Director, Deputy COP or Country Director;
Strong demonstrable experience and knowledge in multiple/various technical approaches such as, but not limited to, QI/QA, M/R&E, TB, HIV, HSS, SBCC, MNCH, and service delivery/clinical training;
Demonstrated leadership skills in working collaboratively with internal teams, partners, donors, host country institutions, and other international organizations;
Ability and willingness to spend at least 25% of the time at the district level;
Demonstrated capacity in managing for results and excellent past performance references.
Desired Experience & Qualifications
Licensed Doctor of Medicine, or Ph.D. in public health, medicine, social sciences or a related field;
Working knowledge of and/or experience with USG-funded program management, policies, regulations, and procedures:
Strong strategic planning and diplomacy skills;
Excellent negotiation skills with demonstrated capacity for negotiating with senior government officials
Please note: Qualified candidates who are eligible to work in Uganda for an indefinite period without a need for sponsorship will be given priority consideration for this position, however, all highly qualified candidates are welcome to apply.
Physical Demands
This assignment involves prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc.
This position may require travel to domestic locations with varying distances, duration, and modes of transport.
This position may require vision, hearing, talking, standing, sitting, walking, lifting.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.