Chief of Party - Nigeria Quality of Care at John Snow Inc - JSI

Description

• JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc (JSI), a Boston-based public health management firm dedicated to providing high quality technical and managerial assistance to public health programs throughout the United States and the world, is currently recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) for the anticipated USAID-funded Strengthening Quality of Care (QOC) through Primary Health Care (PHC) project in Nigeria.
• The project is anticipated to contribute to reductions in maternal and child morbidity and mortality in select geographies of Nigeria by strengthening quality of primary healthcare services and the health ecosystem around it.
• The Chief of Party will lead the overall design and implementation of this project, will supervise all activities under the cooperative agreement and have overall responsibility for the successful performance of the technical assistance team. They will provide strategic direction to the project team, guide the senior technical staff, and ensure quality and compliance.
• The COP will serve as key liaison with USAID, government counterparts, and international and local partners, as necessary.
• They will facilitate collaboration across the geographic scope of the project and identify opportunities for knowledge transfer.

This position will be based in Abuja or other location to be determined, and will report to the Nigeria Country Director

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and strategic vision for the project
• Overall responsibility for assuring that all technical assistance and services provided under the cooperative agreement are technically sound, in line with USAID rules and regulations, and appropriate for addressing the objectives of the Activity.
• Function as the primary liaison between the USAID and other collaborating agencies on all pragmatic, administrative and financial matters related to the project.
• Oversee all sub-partners and sub-grantees ensuring a cohesive project approach
• Direct the program’s localization strategy to ensure locally led activities, tailored capacity strengthening, and engagement of local organizations.
• Provide leadership and oversight of all project technical assistance needs required to achieve the expected outputs of the agreement, development of scopes of work, recruitment of consultants, and execution of technical assistance and service agreements.
• Supervise and assess the performance of senior staff and ensure supervisory and accountability systems are in place for all long-term and short-term advisors, subpartners, consultants and staff.
• Provide leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing interventions to reach project objectives.
• Ensure management systems with standard operating procedures are used to implement all activities. Oversee an annual project cycle which formulates comprehensive annual cooperative agreement work plans and budgets, in accordance with the USAID annual planning cycle and assures timely disbursement of funds.
• Oversee all institutional sub-agreements executed under the prime cooperative agreement.
• Ensure all reporting requirements for the cooperative agreement, including quarterly and annual activity reports are produced and submitted.
• Ensure compliance with JSI and USAID policies, rules, and regulations
• Ensure systems and processes for comprehensive and adaptive monitoring, learning and evaluation of the program.
• Coordinate with the Country Director and other JSI Chiefs of Parties to ensure streamlined project implementation across JSI in Nigeria.
• Adhere to and promote JSI’s culture and values and uphold JSI’s standards related to fraud and ethics accountability and management; protection against sexual exploitation and abuse; and child safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Master’s level education/training or its equivalent in Public Health, International Development, or a related field required. MD or PhD preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience managing international programs in developing countries with a focus on primary health care, health system strengthening, or health service delivery required.
• At least 5 years of experience in senior-level leadership positions on projects of similar scope and complexity ($50-100M).
• Proven ability to form partnerships with governments in developing countries, and work with local partners and stakeholders in health.
• Experience working in partnership with U.S. Government agencies, international donors, or other multilateral agencies required.
• Fluency in English with strong oral and written communication is required. Additional fluency in a local language (Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula) is preferred.
• Comfort and familiarity with representing the Project and JSI at external events, technical working groups, and international forums, preferred