Chief of Party

Pakachere IHDC

Position Vacancy

Chief of Party 

Location: Blantyre, Malawi

Reporting to: Executive Director    

Overview:

Pakachere seeks a Chief of Party to provide vision, leadership and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity for an upcoming USAID-funded Malaria and SBC project in Malawi.  The $8 million project aims to increase access to, demand for, utilization of, quality of, and satisfaction with malaria services and preventive measures.  The project will operate over a 5 year-period.

The Chief of Party will have the overall responsibility for leadership and management and reporting of project activities. Chief of Party will be responsible for making key decisions and solving problems in short timeframes while ensuring operational and project quality and integrity. Chief of Party will serve as the project’s main point of contact with USAID on routine and strategic matters. Chief of Party will also ensure effective organizational management and communication with host country governments and key stakeholders at all levels, including international entities.

This position is contingent upon award from USAID. Malawian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

 Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of the project and to achieve rapid and sustained goals, objectives and targets
  • Ensure the project is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of countries, its people and donors
  • Ensure compliance with the terms of the award
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with Ministry of Health as well as private sector partners and other key stakeholders in Malawi to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort
  • Represent Pakachere and the project’s progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors, other key stakeholders, and through meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Provide technical leadership and ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions
  • Collaborate with project team to build capacity in malaria service delivery and social and behavior change programming to improve malaria prevention and health-seeking practices and behaviors
  • Lead the work planning process in close collaboration with USAID, Ministry of Health, key stakeholders, and the project team
  • Oversee the quality, preparation, and timely submission of project reports to USAID
  • Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results
  • Provide guidance, in collaboration with staff, to subcontractors and sub-grantees
  • Write and/or review project materials and publications
  • Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets
  • Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to develop M&E frameworks and effectively track data/results.

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced degree in public health or a related field;
  • 10+ years’ experience successfully managing large, multi-partner, multi-year health sector projects that have implemented successful activities, ideally in malaria and/or SBC
  • Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing project systems and overseeing project start-up and close-out
  • Previous experience working in Malawi with intimate understanding of local health system and gaps and opportunities in primary health care, malaria and SBC
  • Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving project needs
  • Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID, host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs and CSOs
  • In-depth knowledge of USAID regulations, compliance and reporting requirements
  • Expertise in research to practice—identifying and adapting best practices to specific project contexts
  • Excellent skills in facilitation, team building, and coordination
  • Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English and Chichewa preferred
  • Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in regional and national projects and technical staff
  • Ability to travel nationally

Suitably qualified and experienced candidates should submit aapplications in a single document for upload to include cover letter, resume and traceable references clearly marked with the position being applied for to our Liwonde Offices or pakacherevacancies@gmail.com and addressed to:

The Human Resources Manager

Pakachere IHDC

P O Box 30248

Blantyre 3

For further information about Pakachere, visit our website at: www.pakachere.org

 Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Closing date for receiving applications is 21st July 2024 and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Pakachere IHDC is an equal opportunities employer; therefore, all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment