ChildFund Zambia
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Adolescent Health & Nutrition (RMINCAH/N) Project
Background
ChildFund Zambia is an International Non-Profit Development Agency established in 1983, and has invested in programs aiming at realizing long-term, sustainable change for children and youth through improvements in health, HIV and AIDS, nutrition, education, micro-enterprise, early childhood development (ECD) and livelihood care and support. ChildFund Zambia supports 620,000 children, youth and caregivers in 32 communities in Central, Copperbelt, Eastern (Nyimba) Provinces and Lusaka. In collaboration with six local partners, our integrated approach combines community mobilization through training of community-based distributors (CBDs) on Family Planning services and products; health center referral systems, awareness campaigns and close monitoring of program impacts. To produce lasting changes in behavior, ChildFund works with men, women and youth to increase partner communication and sustainable demand for Family Planning. To ensure sustainability and local ownership, ChildFund programs have established a collaborative relationship with the MOH and regularly include MOH staff in training and supervision. As a result of ChildFund Zambia programming, community members are now better informed about Family Planning and reproductive health services and government collaborators are building on current activities to ensure country-owned service provision
ChildFund Zambia is prepositioning itself for a USAID opportunity which will be implemented in eight provinces (Luapula, Muchinga, Eastern, Northern, North-Western, Central, Western, and Copperbelt). This Community-Based Service Delivery and Engagement RMNCAH&N project and at the national level to ensure increased use of high-quality community-based service delivery, supported by strengthened demand and community engagement. The Chief of party (COP) will be based in Lusaka, with travel to the eight project provinces (Luapula, Muchinga, Eastern, Northern, North-Western, Central, Western, and Copperbelt) and target districts as needed.
Chief of Party, Zambia
Job Summary
ChildFund is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) to lead a 5 year, USAID-funded RMNCAH-N Project in Zambia. The Chief of Party (COP) will provide overall financial, administrative and operational management leadership to the RMNCAH-N Program. This person will serve as the management leader and coordinator of a team of financial, operational, administrative and program specialists. The COP will also serve as the primary field liaison with local government representatives, partner agencies, local institutions and communities. They will have a critical role coordinating with other USAID-funded programs in the field including other resilience, reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, adolescent health, and nutrition programming, with a particular focus on learning opportunities and knowledge management.
The essential qualifications are:
General:
- Master’s degree in a Social Science. A Ph.D. is preferable.
- A minimum of 10 years’ experience in international development with relevant management, supervisory, technical experience working with programs that are of a similar scope to this activity is required (at least 6 years should be in a management/leadership position).
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing USG programs.
- At least 3 years of experience in conjunction with the health sector in Africa, is preferred.
Specific:
- Proven track record and experience in project designs, policy dialogue, strategic planning and implementation, education reform and national-level quality improvement is required.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of capacity development
- Experience managing a national intervention with a large budget
- Experience managing and directing a large team and multiple sub-contractors
- Sound knowledge of USAID rules and regulations (procurement, financial, contracts and grants).
Contract Type: Fixed term contracts
Contract Duration: 2 years, with possibility of extension to 5 years dependent on performance
(Please note that these positions are dependent on donor funding)
Interested applicants are advised to send their CVs and cover letter to [email protected] not later than 5:00 pm Monday 20th May,2019.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
ChildFund Zambia is an equal opportunity employer.