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Chief of Party - USAID/Bangladesh Strengthening Local-Level Health Systems (SLHS) Activity

Pathfinder International

Job Summary

Pathfinder is seeking a Chief of Party for the forecasted USAID/Bangladesh Strengthening Local-level Health Systems (SLHS) Activity. The COP has an appropriate balance of leadership, managerial, technical, and interpersonal skills and experience. They have a deep understanding of the overall goals and objectives of the donor funded program and will be able to articulate the strategic vision for the project. They have commendable knowledge and understanding of health system in Bangladesh. They have demonstrated experience inspiring and motivating teams in complex environments. They also have experience interacting with host country agencies, including central and local government, USAID, development partners, civil society, and community-based organizations.

The COP has the overall responsibility for coordination of all project activities and staff, ensuring project objectives and targets are met, representing the project to the donor and key stakeholders, including government officials, partners, and others.

Key Job Outcomes:

1. Strategic Direction and technical leadership: Provides strategic direction on all project activities. Develops and updates the project work plan, ensuring programmatic approaches are technically sound, evidence-based, and consistent with donor priorities.

2. Project Implementation: Ensures the project achieves the greatest possible impact, including providing the necessary leadership to inspire and motivate the project team to implement performance objectives and mandates in a timely and cost-efficient fashion. Meets the highest quality standards and value for money and ensures project compliance with donor rules/regulations and Pathfinder SOPs, including technical guidelines.

3. Pathfinder Representation: Serves as the senior representative for the Project to the donor, host country government agencies, development partners, and civil society organizations. Cultivates and strengthens positive, productive relationships and ensures that Pathfinder is consistently viewed as an effective implementing partner and achieves project targets.

4. Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy: In collaboration with the MEL Director, provide leadership and direction to ensure robust monitoring and evaluation strategies, frameworks, plans, systems and indicators to capture and monitor/evaluate project resources, performance and results.

5. Financial and Operations Management: In collaboration with the Finance and Operations Director, establish and maintain the ongoing financial and grants operations, including monthly pipeline reviews to ensure accountability of all project activities as well as the accurate and timely reporting of finance deliverables.

6. Internal Partnerships: Partner successfully with Pathfinder’s programmatic, financial, technical, and operations staff by providing accurate and timely reporting, updates on the project progress, monitor quality of project implementation, and coordinate provision of relevant technical assistance based on project needs.

7. Security Monitoring: Ensure that appropriate security guidelines and procedures are established, maintained, updated regularly, and adhered to by staff. Monitor the security situation and provide leadership for staff in emergencies.

Minimally Required Education, Training and Experience:

  • Advanced degree in public health, social sciences, or related field.
  • Over 10 years of progressive program management experience overseeing large and complex donor-funded projects.
  • Knowledge of and experience with USAID’s funding policies, rules and regulations.
  • Experience interacting/collaborating with host country agencies, including central and local government, international donor agencies, private sector, civil society, and community-based organizations.
  • Deep familiarity in the technical areas of health systems strengthening, public sector health services, universal health coverage, and integrated RMNCAH-N.
  • Experience interacting with host country agencies, including central and local government, development partners, civil society, and community-based organizations is essential.
  • Previous experience working in Bangladesh, the wider South Asia region, or similar contexts preferred.

Minimally Required Job-Specific Competencies:

  • Program Management: Experience in program management and administration, financial management, award compliance and sub award management, and tracking activity performance and costs.
  • Leadership: Demonstrated leadership skills in working collaboratively with other donors, host country institutions, and international organizations.
  • Relationship Building: Demonstrated depth and breadth of relevant technical expertise and experience, interpersonal skills and professional relationships.
  • Management and Supervision: Proven ability to lead, manage, and develop direct reports within a matrix culture.
  • Operations and Financial Management: Deep knowledge of operations and financial management on a donor funded project.

Minimally Required Organizational Competencies:

  • Languages: Proven writing and speaking skills using local languages and English language
  • Communication and Influencing Skills: Proven ability to influence others through diplomacy and proven oral and written communication skills.
  • Passion for Strengthening Local Health Systems and Sexual and Reproductive Health: Demonstrated commitment to family planning, reproductive health services, gender, maternal, child health services, strengthening local health systems, and eradication of harmful traditional practices.
  • Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
  • Self-Management and Teamwork: Ability to work independently or as a member of the team, ability to thrive in a matrix organization, ability to be detailed-oriented, and ability to manage stress effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Matrix Management: Ability to thrive in a matrixed organization.
  • Confidentiality: Ability to maintain confidentiality on work-related matters.

Other Information:

  • Ability to travel domestically (up to 40%)
  • Ability to travel internationally (up to 10%)
  • Please Note: This position is contingent upon project award and funding.
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