#Vacancy: Deputy Chief Of Party - Tship Project Job at Jhpiego - TSHIP Project

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Job Titlle: Deputy Chief Of Party – Tship Project

Company: Jhpiego – TSHIP Project

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: MBA/MSc/MA  

Location: Bauchi, Nigeria

Job Field: Administration / Secretarial   Medical / Health / Safety

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Summary Scope of Work:

The Deputy Chief of Party will be responsible for the day-to-day operations in Bauchi State of the USAID bilateral award in Nigeria. This five-year award is supporting the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Nigeria's Strategic Objective 13, which calls for improved quality of social sector services; a strengthened enabling environment; and expanded demand for and increased access to services, commodities, and materials. The Deputy represents the project to its various stake holders in the absence of the Chief of Party.

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Responsibilities: – Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure that the TSHIP program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the Bauchi State and the USAID – Direct project implementation through providing oversight to Technical – Advisors, State-level Officers, and partners – Designs and implements the annual planning and budgeting process, in collaboration with the DCOP Finance and Administration – Oversees the annual planning and implementation of all project activities in the State – Coordinates the application of all project resources (human, financial and material) – Facilitates communications among all project stakeholders.

Mentors partner staff during project implementation – Assists with coordinating the necessary technical input from partners required for key activities and work closely with external stakeholders, consultants and experts as required – Contribute/coordinate with program's M&E staff to ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with approved performance monitoring plan (PMP) – Provide support to technical advisors and other staff in TSHIP to document key lessons learnt in the implementation of the TSHIP project.

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Competencies: – Ability to work well and communicate effectively with others; role requires serving multiple constituencies and moving initiatives forward. – Ability to prioritize and multitasking of varied objectives and duties. – Ability to work independent with' minimal supervision and no maintain flexibility in working hours – Good interpersonal skills; ability to work in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity. – Display cultural, gender, religion and age sensitivity and adaptability. – A proven ability to work as part of a team and to be self-managing – Ability to maintain a professional approach and confidentiality – Proficiency in MS Office applications such as software packages like; MS – Excel, word and power point. data and also data management and analysis. – Ability and willingness to travel in the field and out of duty station. – Prior work history with USAID projects *This job description may be modified from. time to time at the discretion of the management.

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Competencies:

Education/Experience: – Master's Degree in Public Health, Science, Social Science, – Management or related field. – Minimum of five years of professional experience preferably in health sector or International organization. – Demonstrated ability to monitor, supervise, and train in health service programs.     .     • – Demonstrated ability to write and publish papers . – Strong leadership, analytical and problem solving skills.

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Language Requirements: – Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired. ' – The use oflocal lanquaqe (Hausa) is an added advantage.

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