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Country Director/Chief of Party (CD/CoP) will provide vision, leadership and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity of Jhpiego’s programs in Lesotho. This includes guiding the strategic planning, design and implementation for country programs and achieving the planned results. This includes working closely with MOH to streamline efforts and ensure complementarities of projects, serves as the primary point of contact for USAID, MOH, stakeholders and partners and is responsible for managing relationships and collaboration with international and local partners. CD/CoP also ensures timely and cost-effective project implementation, reporting of activities, and will be responsible for all project deliverables.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of the program and to achieve project goals, objectives and targets
  • Revise, as needed, Lesotho’s  country  strategy  with objectives, staff roles and responsibilities, outreach, and a plan for overall flow of information and knowledge to and from Baltimore
  • Provide oversight of program activities, ensuring that the program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the country
  • Serve as Chief of Party on TSEPO, the VMMC and PSE program in Lesotho
  • Ensure compliance to Lesotho laws, Jhpiego policies and procedures, and donor rules and regulations
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships and alliances with USAID, the MOH as well as implementing partners, private sector partners and other key stakeholders to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort
  • Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to USAID and key stakeholders in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Provide technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions
  • Ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions particularly in the areas of HIV Prevention, VMMC, EIMC, PSE, TB, gender integration and capacity building
  • Advise counterparts on technical issues and participate in relevant technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions
  • Lead the annual work planning process in close collaboration with USAID, MOH, project team and project partners
  • Ensure preparations and timely submission of all programmatic and financial reports to Jhpiego and donors
  • Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results.
  • Oversee the staffing strategy for the Lesotho office, including identifying, recruiting and building the skills of highly qualified and experienced staff, strategically linked to Jhpiego’s medium and long-term plans for growth in Lesotho
  • Develop a strategy for progressively building the leadership and management skills of the in-country senior management team
  • Manage/coordinate staff performance including annual staff evaluations and support professional development for staff
  • Provide guidance, and take overall responsibility for ensuring accountability of subcontractors and sub-grantees
  • Oversee finance and project staff to ensure that realistic budgets are developed and expenditures tracked
  • Write and/or review technical components of materials and publications related to the program and its development
  • Identify opportunities for new program development and lead efforts to respond to solicitations
  • Ensure that Internal Control Reviews (ICR) and external audit findings are documented and corrected in a timely manner
  • Ensure the program is working within available resources and that the program is fiscally sound
  • Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to develop M&E frameworks and effectively track data/results
  • Engage regularly and early on with Regional Director and/or relevant HQ officers regarding any irregularities in financial management or compliance
  • Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced degree in public health or related field
  • 10+ years of progressively responsible international public health management experience including design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and financial management
  • Strong project management skills with experience using program management tools (Gantt charts, stakeholder matrix, work breakdown structure, issues logs, project charters, etc.)
  • Demonstrated ability to manage medium to large funding range (between $10- 30M) USG-supported public health projects and budgets
  • Experience managing a multi-partner consortium (both international and local NGOs)
  • Experience designing and managing complex HIV/AIDS, prevention, care and treatment programs
  • Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management
  • Capacity for analyzing technical problems and issues which impede efforts to provide improved health care to populations; developing technical solutions to these problems/issues and assisting in the design of operational research which could yield appropriate solutions to these problems/issues
  • Thorough understanding of and ability to analyze financial documents, projections, expenditures and accruals
  • Knowledge and understanding of rules and regulations of international and U.S. donor agencies, including USAID and CDC, and private sector foundations
  • Ability to build capacity and collaboration between governmental and non-governmental partners and other project implementers
  • Experience designing and supervising activities with a facility/community interface. Has experience building the capacity of community based organizations to implement project activities
  • Understanding of USG donor’s  regulations and compliance, reporting requirements, and health strategic framework
  • Ability to travel in southern Africa and internationally
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Experience in leading annual workplans, incorporating national Technical Working Groups directives, and collaborating on local action plans
  • Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence. Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills
  • Ability to work in a complex environment charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
  • Team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts

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Our History

Responding to the Changing Needs of Women and Families Worldwide

Since its founding in 1974, Jhpiego has been innovating to save the lives of women and families worldwide. From the first day, Jhpiego has been asking the question: How can we make lifesaving services available and accessible to the people who need them—all over the world?

Dr. Theodore M. King, an early innovator and champion for women’s health, was the moving force behind the founding of Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. In the early 1970s, King recognized the need to make physicians, nurses and administrators from developing countries aware of reproductive health breakthroughs, such as laparoscopy (a procedure used to inspect internal reproductive organs for infertility or to provide contraception by closing off the fallopian tubes) and modern contraceptives. Originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under King’s leadership, as a founder, trustee and later president of Jhpiego for 14 years, the organization conducted a steady stream of programs throughout the developing world.

How Did We Get from There to Here?

Early on, Jhpiego established itself as a leader in reproductive health training. Beginning in 1974, Jhpiego held training sessions on family planning/reproductive health for doctors and nurses in the USA In 1979, Jhpiego started its first in-country training programs in Tunisia, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand and the Philippines. From 1987 through 2004, Jhpiego conducted three global Training in Reproductive Health Projects, funded by USAID. Beginning in 1993, Jhpiego published learning materials on long-acting family planning methods.

Over the years—to respond more effectively to the needs of individual countries—Jhpiego became increasingly field-based and established its first field office in Kenya in 1993. Today, Jhpiego has field offices in more than 30 countries worldwide. Similarly, Jhpiego’s programming areas have expanded to meet changing needs in the field. In addition to family planning and reproductive health, Jhpiego now has expertise in maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

Jhpiego’s work has also expanded to address reproductive health policy and guidelines and to support health systems strengthening. For example, in 1996 in Brazil, Jhpiego launched a performance and quality improvement approach, now known as Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R), which has since been implemented in 30 countries. SBM-R empowers health workers and facilities to improve the performance and quality of their services by providing them with the tools and methods they need to make decisions, solve problems and innovate at the local level.

Innovations in Training Methods and Technologies

In 1986, Jhpiego pioneered a competency-based training (CBT) approach that emphasizes learning by doing. CBT focuses on how the participant performs and promotes the trainer’s ability to encourage learning. Jhpiego also introduced the use of anatomic models for “humanistic training.” To minimize risk to clients, learners first practice on models until they achieve competency. In 1995, a clinical training skills manual—the cornerstone of Jhpiego’s training approach—was published. Using a systematic “training of trainers” approach, Jhpiego has created a global network of qualified physician, nurse and midwife trainers.

As early as 1984, Jhpiego collaborated with the University of the West Indies to deliver reproductive health courses, via satellite, to six islands in the Caribbean. In 1987, Jhpiego sponsored a global meeting on reproductive health education and technology with the World Health Organization (WHO) and introduced computer-assisted instruction to simulate clinical situations in several of its US-based courses. In 1995, ReproLine, an online source for reproductive health information, was launched. Today, Jhpiego continues to explore new learning technologies: mobile phones in Afghanistan, a computer-based learning management system in Ethiopia, computer-based training in Ghana, a distance learning program in Zambia.

Practical Solutions for Low-Resource Settings

Since the 1992 publication of its international reference standard Infection Prevention for Family Planning Service Programs, Jhpiego has been at the forefront in promoting evidence-based practices that can protect health care professionals, staff and clients from potentially life-threatening infections. To this end, Jhpiego has tested and introduced practical, low-cost infection prevention procedures that can be implemented effectively in settings with limited resources.

In developing countries, cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In 1995, Jhpiego began research with the University of Zimbabwe to find a low-cost alternative to the Pap test that could make cervical cancer prevention a reality in low-resource settings. Based on the results of this research, Jhpiego helped form the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in 1999 and received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its cervical cancer program. Since that time, Jhpiego has developed and piloted the single visit approach in which women are screened and treated during the same visit.

In 1995, Jhpiego began addressing HIV/AIDS and its integration with family planning services. Six years later, Jhpiego began work in HIV voluntary counseling and testing with a USAID-funded project in Jamaica. In 2002, Jhpiego received its first funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for work in HIV/AIDS and, the following year, developed a global learning package on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV—with CDC, WHO and university partners—to enable global scale-up. Also in 2003, Jhpiego began work on male circumcision for HIV prevention in Zambia. In 2008, Jhpiego developed a global learning package on male circumcision for HIV prevention with WHO and UNAIDS.

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0 USD Lesotho CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Jhpiego

Country Director/Chief of Party (CD/CoP) will provide vision, leadership and direction to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial integrity of Jhpiego’s programs in Lesotho. This includes guiding the strategic planning, design and implementation for country programs and achieving the planned results. This includes working closely with MOH to streamline efforts and ensure complementarities of projects, serves as the primary point of contact for USAID, MOH, stakeholders and partners and is responsible for managing relationships and collaboration with international and local partners. CD/CoP also ensures timely and cost-effective project implementation, reporting of activities, and will be responsible for all project deliverables.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership and strategic direction to ensure programmatic and financial integrity of the program and to achieve project goals, objectives and targets
  • Revise, as needed, Lesotho’s  country  strategy  with objectives, staff roles and responsibilities, outreach, and a plan for overall flow of information and knowledge to and from Baltimore
  • Provide oversight of program activities, ensuring that the program is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the country
  • Serve as Chief of Party on TSEPO, the VMMC and PSE program in Lesotho
  • Ensure compliance to Lesotho laws, Jhpiego policies and procedures, and donor rules and regulations
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships and alliances with USAID, the MOH as well as implementing partners, private sector partners and other key stakeholders to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort
  • Represent Jhpiego’s interests and present progress, achievements and lessons learned to USAID and key stakeholders in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Provide technical leadership in the design, analysis, and synthesis of interventions
  • Ensure the quality and sustainability of interventions particularly in the areas of HIV Prevention, VMMC, EIMC, PSE, TB, gender integration and capacity building
  • Advise counterparts on technical issues and participate in relevant technical advisory groups with counterparts and partner institutions
  • Lead the annual work planning process in close collaboration with USAID, MOH, project team and project partners
  • Ensure preparations and timely submission of all programmatic and financial reports to Jhpiego and donors
  • Mentor, support, supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff and align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results.
  • Oversee the staffing strategy for the Lesotho office, including identifying, recruiting and building the skills of highly qualified and experienced staff, strategically linked to Jhpiego’s medium and long-term plans for growth in Lesotho
  • Develop a strategy for progressively building the leadership and management skills of the in-country senior management team
  • Manage/coordinate staff performance including annual staff evaluations and support professional development for staff
  • Provide guidance, and take overall responsibility for ensuring accountability of subcontractors and sub-grantees
  • Oversee finance and project staff to ensure that realistic budgets are developed and expenditures tracked
  • Write and/or review technical components of materials and publications related to the program and its development
  • Identify opportunities for new program development and lead efforts to respond to solicitations
  • Ensure that Internal Control Reviews (ICR) and external audit findings are documented and corrected in a timely manner
  • Ensure the program is working within available resources and that the program is fiscally sound
  • Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff to develop M&E frameworks and effectively track data/results
  • Engage regularly and early on with Regional Director and/or relevant HQ officers regarding any irregularities in financial management or compliance
  • Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely and coordinated project implementation

Required Qualifications:

  • Advanced degree in public health or related field
  • 10+ years of progressively responsible international public health management experience including design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and financial management
  • Strong project management skills with experience using program management tools (Gantt charts, stakeholder matrix, work breakdown structure, issues logs, project charters, etc.)
  • Demonstrated ability to manage medium to large funding range (between $10- 30M) USG-supported public health projects and budgets
  • Experience managing a multi-partner consortium (both international and local NGOs)
  • Experience designing and managing complex HIV/AIDS, prevention, care and treatment programs
  • Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management
  • Capacity for analyzing technical problems and issues which impede efforts to provide improved health care to populations; developing technical solutions to these problems/issues and assisting in the design of operational research which could yield appropriate solutions to these problems/issues
  • Thorough understanding of and ability to analyze financial documents, projections, expenditures and accruals
  • Knowledge and understanding of rules and regulations of international and U.S. donor agencies, including USAID and CDC, and private sector foundations
  • Ability to build capacity and collaboration between governmental and non-governmental partners and other project implementers
  • Experience designing and supervising activities with a facility/community interface. Has experience building the capacity of community based organizations to implement project activities
  • Understanding of USG donor’s  regulations and compliance, reporting requirements, and health strategic framework
  • Ability to travel in southern Africa and internationally
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Experience in leading annual workplans, incorporating national Technical Working Groups directives, and collaborating on local action plans
  • Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence. Excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills
  • Ability to work in a complex environment charged with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
  • Team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts
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