Country: Togo
Closing date: 12 Jan 2018
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of: Deputy Chief of Party/ Technical Director for an anticipated USAID project, taking place in Togo.
Description:**
The goal of this anticipated project is to amplify family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) activities and emphasize key high impact practices (HIPs) to help achieve the goals of the Ouagadougou Partnership of achieving 2.2 million additional FP users by 2020. Building on the successes and lessons learned to strategically and deliberately support replication and scale up of key FP HIPs in large urban and peri-urban centers, in order to sustainably build and scale these approaches within four target countries and model this for the region.
The Deputy Chief of Party/ Technical Director will be responsible for the replication of Amplify’s HIPs, including development of a sustainable certification system for quality assurance of Amplify’s HIPs. The position will be based in Lomé, Togo, and will report to the Chief of Party. This position is contingent upon approval of key personnel and availability of funds.
Job Responsibilities:**
- Lead the development and rollout of state-of-the-art QA framework, policy, strategy, standards and tools in collaboration with the Clinical Support team, covering the breadth of clinical and non-clinical FP/RH interventions supported within and outside of health facilities.
- Work and coach a pool of staff to lead documentation and dissemination of evidence based success stories in QA for regional and organizational wide-learning advocacy and increased visibility.
- Develop a wide range of pedagogic methods.
- Supervise staff and work with staff and stakeholders across multiple countries.
- Develop a sustainable certification system for quality assurance
- Expand the geographic coverage and reach of comprehensive family planning/ RH services.
- Measure project progress against objectives
- Provide technical leadership on the provision of HIP’s
- Educate project staff about project interventions and ensure programs adhere to current, internationally accepted health service delivery norms and standards.
- Serve as acting Chief of Party when necessary.
Minimum Qualifications:**
- Master’s degree required in public health, public administration, sociology, education or other relevant development field
- At least 10 years of experience in a teaching/training organizational development role, with significant expertise in developing and implementing a wide range of training/learning methods required.
- Experience with developing certification systems for sustainable quality assurance highly preferred.
- Strong experience required with direct supervision, and working with teams and staff from multicultural backgrounds.
- Prior experience in public health and family planning programming is strongly preferred.
- Prior experience in West Africa is strongly preferred.
- Fluency in French (3S/3R minimum) and English (at 4S/4R) are required.
- S/he must include a personal (1 page or less) statement about his/her innovative vision to teach/train others to understand and better implement the key HIPs proposed in this application, how strategies for sustainable replication may be utilized in the West African context, and how his/her background supports this role.
This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
We offer competitive compensation and an outstanding benefit package.
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This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
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FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. FHI 360 is an equal employment and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected under applicable law.
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