Job Summary
Abt Associates seeks a qualified Chief of Party for the anticipated USAID-funded Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS)[1] Colombia Activity. This Activity will support the Government of Colombia (GOC)’s efforts to transition from a humanitarian crisis response to a financially sustainable integration of Venezuelan migrants into the health system. To do this, LHSS will strengthen the governance and implementation capacity of the GOC at the central and territorial level to respond to the health needs of migrants and the receptor communities, work to develop new mechanisms to sustainably finance services for migrants as part of their integration into the health system, and support the GOC to ensure access to quality care for regular, irregular, transitory, and pendular migrants. The three main objectives of this activity are to assist the Ministry of Health of Colombia to: 1) strengthen governance and implementation capacity to respond to migrant and receptor communities’ needs; 2) sustainably finance the provision of health services for migrants and receptor communities; 3) increase access to high quality, appropriate health care services for migrants and receptor communities.
The LHSS Colombia Activity will be a 3-5 year program, based in Bogota, Colombia with at least two other territorial offices. This position is contingent upon project award to Abt Associates.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Within the LHSS project, the Chief of Party will be supported by LHSS home office-based operations, finance and technical expertise and will report to the LHSS Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Minimum Qualifications
[1] Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) was previously titled Achieving Sustainability through Local Health Systems (ASLHS).
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