Overview
Title: Deputy Chief of Party
Department: Southern Africa
Based in Namibia
Reports to Chief of Party
Who we are
With over 45 years of experience, working in over 60 countries, Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. PSI is reimagining healthcare by putting the consumer at the center and, wherever possible, bringing care to the front door. We are working to fix market failures, shape future health markets and shift policy and funding to better support consumer empowered healthcare.
There are over 7,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. We are a diverse group of entrepreneurial development professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. All with unique skills that we bring to the critically important work that we do.
Join us!
We are looking for a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) to help us plan and coordinate all activities under an anticipated 5-year USAID-funded HIV Scaling up Access for Expanded Voluntary Medical Male Circumcisions Services (SAFE) Activity in Namibia. The DCOP will support the in-country management and implementation components of the program, aimed at identifying target populations, providing HIV prevention and treatment services, and linking with community- and facility-based HIV services across the clinical cascade in Namibia. This position is based in Windhoek, Namibia, and is contingent on award.
Sound like you? Read on.
Responsibilities
Your contribution
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide technical and strategic leadership for evidence-based program design, rollout and demonstration of program performance.
- Lead the design and implementation of new initiatives through regular performance and process improvement.
- Lead the management of a differentiated care model for key and priority populations.
- Manage a team of technical staff to ensure quality, timeliness, and efficiency of all products and services generated under the program.
- In collaboration with Monitoring and Evaluation team, ensure consistent generation of quality data for timely decision-making at all levels.
- Lead work plans, and review and track performance.
- Ensure responsiveness to donors, the Government of Namibia and stakeholders on programmatic matters.
- Serve as the principal institutional liaison to Government of Namibia regional structures and institutions.
- Oversee day-to-day program management.
- Lead national level epidemiological thinking and thought leadership on key and priority population programs.Qualifications
What are we looking for?
The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:
Collaboration: You can work independently, but thrive within a team.
Trust: You trust that your manager and team will have your back and care deeply about gaining that same trust from your teammates
Pragmatism: You dive in and maintain momentum even when things are ambiguous and you don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough.
Honesty: You aren’t afraid to speak up and speak your mind.
Measurement: You set clear and challenging goals and hold yourself accountable to driving measurable results.
Commitment: You’re independent and a free thinker, but you’re ready to buy in to the direction of the team and commit to its success.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated capacity to provide management oversight to large, donor-funded programs.
- Bachelor’s degree in health sciences preferably in Medicine or Nursing or degree related to activity’s outcomes, master’s degree preferred.
- 6+ years of substantive international and domestic (Namibia) experience in HIV prevention interventions.
- 6+ years of direct management of biomedical HIV interventions, including management of local non-governmental organizations.
- Ability to organize and work with diverse teams to produce high quality project deliverables on time and according to budget.
- Demonstrated experience managing PEFPAR-funded projects.
- References will be required.
- The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.
Desired Qualifications
- Proven thought leader
- Epidemiologist with solid program experience
STATUS
- Exempt
*Due to high volume of applications, only finalists will be contacted. Curious about your status? Please log into your iCIMS account to find out.
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.
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