Deadline: 23 February, 2023
Location: Ghana
Marie Stopes is seeking eligible applicants for the role of Deputy Chief of Party.
The organisation works to provide quality and affordable general health and SRH services in all provinces of Ghana.
Responsibilities
- Support the chief of party to provide technical direction and supervision for all programme activities and interventions
- Ensure that project objectives, outcomes, and deliverables are met and that reporting requirements of the donor are followed
- Ensure quality activity implementation and employ the use of project monitoring and evaluation tools and ensure compliance with donor requirements
- Promote sustainability of project activities through effective networking, linkages to other programmes, capacity building of project staff, and institutional strengthening of partners
- Provide operational, technical, programmatic, financial and management guidance and support for project activities
- Oversee and ensure efficient monitoring of subcontracts and grant partners
- In the absence of the chief of party, represent the projects at meetings involving USAID, the government of Ghana, project partners and other stakeholders
Requirements
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degrees
- Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Medicine, Management Sciences, Social Sciences or a related field
- Seven years of experience managing at a similar level or similar or senior technical advisor level in donor-funded programmes of similar scope in Ghana or a developing country
- Demonstrated capacity to provide management oversight to large complex programmes
- Ten years, minimum, of experience working in family planning and sexual and reproductive health, including recent experience and in-depth understanding of the major issues affecting FP in Ghana
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of USAID or other donor planning and reporting systems, operations, programming, structure, and sub-award compliance
- A proven track record of building teams and fostering collaboration in order to achieve goals, meet milestones and produce high-quality project deliverables on time and on budget
- Demonstrated expertise in developing partnerships with local government, donors, multilateral organisations, academia, private sector and local community, preferably in Ghana
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
To apply and for more information, click here.
Photo source: Catholic Relief Services
