Deadline: 24 September, 2021
Location: Cameroon
Chemonics is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Deputy Country Director.
The mission of Chemonics is to promote meaningful change around the world by helping people live healthier, more productive, and more independent life.
Responsibilities
- Provide managerial oversight of technical leads
- Provide strategic guidance to the technical teams and promote best practices in order to improve health system strengthening activities, FASP, procurement, warehousing and inventory management, data management, and last-mile delivery of commodities
- Ensure annual quantifications are conducted, supply plans updated, and stakeholders effectively informed about order status
- Supervise and mentor technical staff to ensure continual professional development that supports the achievement of overall project goals
- Work closely with field office’s various departments to periodically evaluate project progress against work plan and budget, identify issues and risks related to timely implementation, and undertake appropriate interventions to meet work plan objectives and client requests
- Produce monthly and quarterly activity reports and review all regular technical reports, including TO1 and TO2 specific reports for United States government and headquarters clients, as well as monitoring and evaluation quarterly reports produced by the field office before submission to headquarters or USAID
- Troubleshoot communication issues, facilitate clear, concise, and streamlined communication within the local teams, with the Chemonics home office, USAID, and other relevant stakeholders
- Support the country director in maintaining positive working and consultative relationships with the Ministry of Health, USAID, PEPFAR, PMI, Global Fund, and other partners as relevant
- Contribute actively to the development and implementation of annual work plans and budgets that reflect the priorities of USAID, the Ministry of Health, and other key stakeholders
- Strategically identify capacity gaps and arrange for appropriate training of project staff
- Represent GHSC-PSM Cameroon as technical lead in external forums including meetings with relevant stakeholders
- Serve as acting country director in the absence of country director
- Perform other tasks as directed by the country director
Requirements
- Advanced degree in Public Health, Pharmacy, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree in any of these fields plus additional five years of work experience
- Eight years, minimum, of experience providing technical guidance and oversight in quantification and supply planning, procurement and logistics
- Ability to lead the implementation of large, complex public health programmes, preferably with experience in medical procurement, logistics, or supply chain management
- Ability to monitor performance against key performance indicators
- Ability to apply supply chain management best practices
- Fluency in French
- Fluency in English (highly preferred)
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