Deputy Chief of Party/Director Community Linkages

Title

Deputy Chief of Party/Director Community Linkages

Location

Harare

Type of Contract

Fixed Term Contract

Deadline

02/04/2021 (Expired)

About

Zimbabwe Health Interventions is a not-for-profit human development organisation which is registered as a Trust under the Zimbabwe Deeds Registries Act (Chapter 20:05). ZHI’s mission is to develop and deliver innovative and sustainable high impact integrated health interventions with local communities while working with and strengthening existing institutions. Zimbabwe Heath Interventions (ZHI) is seeking applications for a Deputy Chief of Party/Director Community Linkages for an anticipated USAID/PEPFAR supported five-year Care and Treatment project in Zimbabwe. The focus of the project will be to increase the availability and quality of comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment services through support to the health sector and community-based interventions, with a focus on ensuring all HIV positive individuals know their HIV status, are on treatment and are virally suppressed and those at risk of contracting HIV access high impact prevention services including prevention of mother-to-child transmission, pre-exposure prophylaxis and post violence care.
This position is contingent upon USAID funding and approval.

Basic Function

The Deputy Chief of Party/ Director Community Linkages is responsible for supporting the Chief of Party (COP) in providing overall vision and leadership to the project and the project team. S/he will provide technical oversight and direction to the design and delivery of all HIV/AIDS care and treatment activities at community level. The position reports directly to the projects COP.

Job Description

Collaborate with Chief of Party (COP) to provide leadership to the program, ensure strategic program direction, and provide high quality technical assistance; Serve as a full-time technical lead for improving care and treatment support systems at the community level, with a particular focus on utilizing community structures and fostering community engagement and communication, which are critical elements of the activity; In the absence of the COP, provide leadership to the project; Mobilize institutional and project resources, tools, best practices, innovations, technology to deliver a synergistic, evidence based program; Liaise with key partners and stakeholders to meet program objectives and deliver results; Assist the COP with strategic and operational planning, including work planning, and ensure project compliance with all USAID reporting and financial requirements; Collaborate with the Chief of Party to ensure the development of timely, high quality and regulation compliant reporting per ZHI and donor guidelines; Assists the COP in creating and maintaining good working relationships with USAID, GOZ counterparts, local and international organizations, and other program partners; Oversee technical outputs of partner organizations, provide guidance and support and facilitate regular program and technical partner review meetings; Build capacity of staff, implementing partners, government counterparts, and other stakeholders in implementing care and treatment services at community level; Represent the project at stakeholder meetings at national, provincial and district levels; Support the COP to maintain compliance with ZHI and USAID rules and regulations; Any other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and abilities

Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures with program management and technical development; Excellent oral and written communication skills; Excellent and demonstrated problem-solving, project management and technical skills; Ability to influence, motivates, negotiate and work well with others; Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to motivate staff to be accountable for project outcomes; Excellent organizational skills and strong track record in meeting deliverables and deadlines and ability to provide oversight of financial and operational aspects of projects; Demonstrated ability to work with and build capacity of community-based organizations; Knowledge of Zimbabwean health system and HIV/AIDS epidemic; Ability and willingness to travel to provincial offices in Zimbabwe a minimum of 25% time.

Qualifications and experience

Master’s degree in public health or other relevant degree; persons with a related degree must demonstrate practical experience in health or HIV related programming; Senior project management experience with at least nine or more years of demonstrated successful leadership in managing large, complex, donor-funded programs within non-governmental organizations or private sector in a developing country context; Practical experience of working with USAID policies, procedures and approaches related to program design/implementation, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation; Demonstrated capacity to build and maintain productive working relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders; Capacity building and community engagement expertise and experience is required; Experience supervising and leading teams and monitoring staff performance; Experience integrating gender into development programming is preferred;

Application Procedures

Step 1: click here to complete the job application form.
Step 2: Submit your CV and application letter via email to recruitment@zhi.org.zw clearly indicating the position you are applying for on the subject of the email.

Statement

During the application process, ZHI will not charge any fee nor will it require any payment for an application to be considered. ZHI is an equal opportunity employer and employs personnel without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, language, citizenship, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical handicap or financial ability.