POSITION VACANCY IN TSHIP

POSITION VACANCY IN TSHIP

Title:                           DEPUTY CHIEF OF PARTY, TSHIP PROJECT

Reports to:                 Chief of Party

Location:                    Bauchi State, Nigeria

Summary Scope of Work:

The Deputy Chief of Party will be responsible for the day-to-day operations in Bauchi State of the USAID bilateral award in Nigeria. This five-year award is supporting the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Nigeria’s Strategic Objective 13, which calls for improved quality of social sector services a strengthened enabling environment and expanded demand for and increase access to services, commodities, and materials. The Deputy represents the project to its various stakeholders in the absence of the Chief of Party.

Responsibilities;

·                     Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure that the TSHIP program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the Bauch State and the USAID

·                     Direct project implementation through providing oversight to Technical Advisors, State-level Officers, and partners

·                     Designs and implements the annual planning and budgeting process, in collaboration with the DCOP Finance and Administration

·                     Oversees the annual planning and implementation of all project activities in the state

·                     Coordinates the application of all project resources (human, financial and material)

·                     Facilitate communications among all project stakeholders

·                     Mentors partner staff during project implementation

·                     Assists with coordinating the necessary technical input from partners required for key activities and work closely with external stakeholders consultants and experts as required.

·                     Contribute/coordinate with program’s M&E staff to ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with approved performance monitoring plan (PMP)

·                     Provide support to technical advisors and other staff in TSHIP to document key lessons learnt in the implementation of the TSHIP project

Competencies:

Education:     *          Master’s Degree in Public Health, Science, Social Science,

Management or related field

Experience:    *          Minimum of five years of professional experience preferably in

health sector or international organization

*          Demonstrated ability to monitor, supervise, and train in health

service programs

                        *          Demonstrated ability to write and publish papers

                       

                        *          Strong leadership, analytical and problem solving skills

Language

Requirements: Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired

                        The use of local language (Hausa) is an added advantage

Interested applicants should send their current CV and a letter of application as one single document to: jhunigeriaproject@hayoo.com within two weeks from the date of publication. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.