Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) is dedicated to providing lasting solutions to health problems with the mission of helping people to help themselves. Identifiable to many by the SS HOPE, the world’s first peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now provides medical training and health education, as well as conducts humanitarian assistance programs in more than 35 countries.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party/ Technical Director, SHARP Program (Employment), Global Health
Location: Utako, Abuja
Job Description
- We are currently seeking a Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director in anticipation of the Strategic HIV and AIDS Response Program (SHARP), Nigeria a USAID-funded anticipated multi-year health program.
- This program will focus on improving the quality and effectiveness of high-impact, evidence-based HIV/AIDS interventions to meet state and local government areas' goals and objectives and will cover governance, access, and demand activities across HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis services.
- The deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director will report to the Chief of Party and will be responsible for overseeing management and technical operations.
- The candidate should have extensive experience managing similar projects and should have in-depth technical knowledge and experience in all components of HIV/AIDS program including Prevention, Treatment, Care & Support, PMTCT HIV/TB, OVCs as well as cross-cutting areas such as Health Systems Strengthening (HSS).
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Chief of Party to provide leadership to the program, ensure strategic program direction, and provide high quality technical assistance
- Supervise technical team leaders to ensure high quality and comprehensive technical programming
- Mobilize institutional and project resources, tools, best practices, innovations, technology to deliver a synergistic, evidence based program;
- Liaise with key partners and stakeholders to meet program objectives and deliver results
- Collaborate with technical staff to ensure program activities are designed and implemented according to industry best practices while being tailored to the local context
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related discipline
- Minimum eight years of relevant development experience working as a senior-level manager in public health programs in a developing country
- Demonstrated technical knowledge and experience in all components of HIV/AIDS programming, as well as crosscutting areas like health systems strengthening
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- Fluency in English
Application Closing Date
Not Specified
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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