Chief of Party, USAID/Uganda Health Activity job at Palladium
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Vacancy title:
Chief of Party, USAID/Uganda Health Activity

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:

Palladium

Deadline of this Job:
03 February 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Uganda , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 21, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

Palladium Americas:
Our Americas’ business team has brilliant and passionate colleagues working in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America as well as the Caribbean, fulfilling projects and assignments for clients from institutions, corporations, governments, and foundations based in the Americas. We have offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and Raleigh-Durham, NC.

This Opportunity:
The USAID Uganda Health Activity (UHA) aims to increase access to and use of quality healthcare services and improve the performance of the health system at subnational levels in priority districts. Intended high-level results include:
1. Improved access to and use of quality maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH); family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH); nutrition; and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)/infection prevention and control (IPC) health services at facility- and community-levels
2. Enhanced local ownership and leadership for sustainable health outcomes
3. Strengthened health system resilience at the regional-, district-, and community-levels.

UHA will also strengthen the capacity of local PEPFAR implementing partners (IPs) to lead and sustain the epidemic response as part of sustainability efforts.
The Chief of Party (CoP) will oversee the implementation of UHA. The CoP is the main point of contact with USAID and other stakeholders. Apart from activity implementation, the CoP with ensure that the activity operates within an environment that is free of waste, fraud, and abuse. The CoP will ensure that the activity complies with cooperative agreement terms and conditions, USAID policies and regulations, as well as Palladium policies.

You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in public health, service delivery, or the management of donor-funded health projects, we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting and Supervision:
The Chief of Party will report to the Palladium Home Office Program Manager and will work closely with USAID/Uganda

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide overall guidance and direction to ensure that the activity is implemented in a manner that is consistent with project work plans, USAID, and Government of Uganda (GoU)requirements.
• Serve as the main point of contact for USAID, the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other donors.
• Manage consortium partners to ensure that they are effectively used, and advance implementation of UHA.
• Responsible for project programmatic and financial reporting.
• Provide direct supervision to project directors.
• Identify areas of risk in a timely manner and works to mitigate their impact by instituting systems that seek to minimize fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Serve as the main point of contact with Palladium Headquarters.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned

Key Competencies Required:
• Master’s degree or another advanced degree in a relevant field such as medicine, public health social sciences, or management.
• Minimum of 10 year’s progressively responsible experience in a senor management role on a large integrated service delivery project in Sub-Saharan Africa with a similar scope and size.
• Previous experience working on a USG program and working knowledge of USG regulations and requirements.
• Technical expertise in FP/RH, nutrition, WASH, health systems strengthening, or PEPFAR programming.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with government, donors, the private sector, and community organizations to advance development and health objectives.
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams to achieve results in a fast-paced evolving environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and experience writing and making professional presentations in English.

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
• Previous work experience in East Africa strongly preferred.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education:
Postgraduate Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 03 February 2022
Duty Station: Uganda
Posted: 21-01-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 21-01-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 21-01-2027
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