Quality Assurance Lead - Egypt Osra

Job Description

Opportunity:

Abt Associates is recruiting qualified candidates for the Quality Assurance Lead position for the upcoming USAID-funded Egypt Osra opportunity. The Osra Activity will be a five -year cooperative agreement to strengthen high impact practices in voluntary family planning and incorporate innovative approaches to improve family health outcomes for all Egyptian families. The program will work jointly with the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), the National Population Council (NPC), and potentially other Ministries in a multi-sectoral endeavor to support the achievement of the Government of Egypt’s National Population Strategy milestones. The Osra Activity may integrate other health areas such as MCH, immunization, nutrition, and WASH with Family Planning/Reproductive Health interventions to increase impact, as well as engage with the private sector to expand its role in providing quality services.

The Quality Assurance Lead will provide technical leadership and expertise specific to Family Planning methods, provision and use for the project. S/he will help manage program implementation to help Osra meet its technical objectives related to FP quality assurance. The Quality Assurance Lead will be responsible for ensuring that the FP technical assistance provided under the project is in line with international best practices, and is strategic, coherent, and consistent and supports the achievement of project objectives.

Key roles and responsibilities include:

• Working with the DCOP, develop and adapt technical strategies, approaches, and activities to achieve quality assurance objectives
• Apply and contextualize global best practices and learning in FP to the Egyptian setting.
• Oversee and coordinate activities of regionally dispersed staff.
• Ensure high quality and timely reporting on quality assurance activities
• Collaborate with other technical leads on a cohesive project approach to improving FP uptake in Egypt.

Preferred skills/requisites:

• Medical degree required, Master’s degree or higher in international studies, public policy, public health, international development or a related field desirable.
• Minimum 10 years of work experience that demonstrates technical expertise in FP and/or RMNCH care at clinic and hospital levels.
• Minimum 6 years of demonstrated excellence in a management position including direct supervision of professional and support staff, and quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables.
• Demonstrated credibility as a leader on matters of designing, implementing, and strengthening FP health programs with a focus on capacity building.
• Demonstrated ability to support cross-sectoral programming and build partnerships.
• Demonstrated experience designing training programs/ providing training to medical and other health professionals.
• Demonstrated experience working with/in underserved communities.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and Arabic are required.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Ten years of relevant experience, or PhD+ Eight years of relevant experience

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Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

About the Organization

The International Development Division focuses on improving the lives and economic well-being of people in lower and middle-income countries. We command technical expertise in health, agriculture, climate change, food security and governance—as well as in international evaluation. Our multi-layered health portfolio includes policy, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. In partnership with government clients and local experts, our high-quality programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East are known for impact and innovation.

At Abt Associates, we are committed to creating a lasting culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that in order to achieve full participation, our practices must be free of prejudice, discrimination, and bias that result in inequitable outcomes. We are actively working to advance equity for everyone, and while we still have much work to do, we know that racial and cultural diversity are an asset to our business and the communities where we live and serve. Our ongoing commitment is focused on creating business practices that advance racial and social equity, investments in community impact programs for the benefit of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), and expand upon project work related to racial equity and social justice.