Deadline: Not Specified
Location: Bujumbura, Burundi
World Relief has opened applications for the role of Chief of Party.
World Relief offers assistance to victims of poverty, disease, hunger, war, disasters and persecution.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic leadership and guidance for the USAID five-year award project in Burundi
- Oversee programme implementation and ensure timely, quality completion of project deliverables
- Manage project budget and ensure effective use of resources
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders, including the government of Burundi, USAID, and other partners
- Collaborate with the Ministry of Health at the national, regional and district levels and with other key stakeholders and implementing partners
- Serve as the primary liaison between the Integrated Community Health Activity project consortium and USAID
- Ensure compliance with all USAID regulations and requirements
- Supervise project staff and ensure high-quality performance
- Foster a culture of teamwork, learning, and continuous improvement within the consortium
- Lead the planning of technical assistance and organisational capacity-strengthening efforts within the consortium
- Identify and manage risks to project implementation and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
- Liaise with the World Relief director of health, nutrition and WASH to create and implement technical assistance as needed for the integrated community health activity
Requirements
- Master’s degree (or higher) in Public Health, Social Sciences, Nursing, Medicine, or a related field
- Ten years, minimum, of experience managing complex public health programmes in a developing country context
- Experience in Burundi preferred
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Ability to affirm and/or acknowledge World Relief’s core beliefs, statement of faith, Christian identity and national evangelicals
- Demonstrated experience with maternal, newborn, and child health and malaria
- Demonstrated ability to manage similar project budgets and resources effectively
- Experience with USAID procedures, regulations, reporting and visibility strategy is preferred
- Experience in leading or managing monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability processes
- Experience working with local NGOs is a plus
- Experience as country director, chief of party, senior management, or senior technical leadership with large USAID-funded projects in complex settings
- Experience with PMI funding is preferred
- Experience leading USAID and/or other donor-funded programmes focused on integrated community health
- Up to 50 percent of domestic and/or international travel
To apply and for more information, click here.
Photo source: Katerina Holmes
