Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Accelerate - Proposal

Job Description

Overview

URC is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party for the anticipated USAID Accelerate Tuberculosis Elimination and Program Resilience Activity (ACCELERATE 1- High Burden Areas.) This is a five year 40M program focusing on health systems strengthening.

Activity Overview:

ACCELERATE 1 aims to implement targeted technical support at the national level and tailored technical support at the provincial and district levels within communities and respective health care facilities where the TB burden is high, namely Gauteng (Tshwane and Sedibeng districts), KwaZulu Natal (Uthukela and Amajuba districts), and Eastern Cape (Nelson Mandela Bay, Joe Gqabi and Sarah Baartman districts). Technical support to strengthen health systems at the national, provincial and district levels, while advancing TB elimination, should aim to sustainably strengthen the delivery of public health services, building resilience against and mitigate the negative impacts of acute infectious disease epidemic in support of South Africa’s goal to eliminate TB. Through ACCELERATE 1, technical support at the national level would focus on policy and strategy development; capacity building and addressing human resource needs for specific TB program areas; research and innovations to inform TB policy and technical guidelines; improving TB health information systems; and developing new tools for diagnosis and treatment to methods of engaging and supporting patients.

Responsibilities:

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP)/Technical Director will provide overall technical leadership and direction to all project elements in coordination with the Senior Management Team to ensure an integrated program implementation strategy. Specific responsibilities include the following:

Provide overall technical leadership and direction to all project elements (ACSM, Clinical, Diagnostics, Programmatic, QI, M&E)

• Serve as acting Chief of Party (COP) in their absence
• Provide strategic and managerial leadership to key ACCELERATE I program managers and technical advisors at the national level
• Provide direct supervision to technical provincial staff
• Provide direct supervision to four project technical specialists
• Develop innovative technical strategies for improving impact of USAID TB investments
• Coordinate technical issues with other donors, partners, private sector actors and the NDOH
• Coordinate with NTP and provincial departments of health on the identification of activity technical assistance needs required to achieve the expected outputs of the cooperative agreement
• Coordinate with NTP to determine and organize all training, technical needs and identify suitable opportunities to support each component of the activity
• Ensure that technical and field staff prepare and update performance data on a regular basis
• Coordinate technical inputs on various aspects of the project including DOTS expansion, training, social mobilization, diagnostics, DR-TB and TB/HIV
• Provide technical oversight in the development and roll out of strategies to integrate TB, HIV and non­communicable diseases
• Oversee the annual project planning cycle which formulates comprehensive annual work-plans and budgets in accordance with the USAID annual planning cycle
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual activity reports as specified in the cooperative agreement

Required Experience and Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Medicine or Public Health
• An MPH will be an added advantage
• A proven record of successful performance in a TB technical area that, ideally, is complementary to, not duplicative of, the COP’s area of expertise, specifically DR and/or DS-TB.
• A minimum of at least 5 years’ experience in health management
• Strong leadership and good interpersonal skills
• Excellent English language written and oral

Citizens of South Africa are encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Unless otherwise directed we will retain your CV in our database for future opportunities.

URC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We value and seek diversity in our workforce

About the Organization

University Research Co., LLC (URC)

Guided by a strong vision of equitable and resilient systems that respond to people’s needs and emerging threats, URC helps countries and local actors to build, implement, and sustain science-driven, scalable solutions. Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical expertise to empower governments, communities, and service providers toward strengthening their own health and social systems and improve service quality. We aim to expand access to and improve the quality of services, addressing maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; global health security and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene. In our interactions with each other and our clients, we stay true to our values for transformative change by focusing on:

· Creativity: by unleashing our creativity, we enhance engagement and interaction to improve problem-solving.

· Collaboration: not only our work towards the same vision and mission instill staff with a strong sense of purpose, but also enables us to complement each other’s skills and allocate work to maximize everyone’s strengths.

· Accountability: we hold ourselves responsible for accomplishing goals, completing assignments, and making decisions.

· Diversity, equity, and inclusion: we embrace the importance of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, where our leadership and staff model behavior that enriches our organization, demonstrates respect for all people, and supports opportunities for all staff.

· Transparency: we understand that when employees deeply trust one another and their leaders, they will be more engaged in their roles because they will not be worried about unfair treatment.