Deputy Chief of Party

A catholic relief service is the official agency of the United States catholic conference of bishops for relief and development assistance overseas.

Band:  Band E-2

Reports to: chief of party.

Responsibilities:

Facilitate the consortium to achieve high levels of program quality through technical service provision work in close collaboration with smile technical director to re-align and harmonize SMILE targeting strategies for effective integration and implementation of HIV and AIDS and OVC activities (periodically review jointly for relevance and effectiveness)

Lead the development of a compliance assessment checklist and ensure adherence to all relevant USAID guidelines and program quality standard for HIV and AIDS and OVC programming for the SMILE consortia and sub-recipients.

Contribute in the development of technical guidelines and standards for performance excellence.

Actively contribute in the establishment of network for referral services between states level actors and recommend organizational SMILE should collaborate with a community, LGA and state level.

Train and provide technical assistance in relation to OVC programming to all sub-recipient project management teams implementing SMILE program.

Financial management

Promote innovation across consortium:

Facilitate learning and knowledge management

Contracting and management of external services

Reporting

Representation and advocacy

Qualification:
MSC or PhD degree in public health, social science or related technical field with a minimum of 7 years experience on technical and managerial positions.

Proven experience managing USAID /USG reporting, budgeting, procurement and project management procedures and at least three years of management experience with USG funded and/or PWPFAR program in Nigeria and Africa.

3-5 years of supervisory experience, excellent partnership and interpersonal skills to work in a team environment with dependable ability to dialogue, network effectively with senior managers of local and international institutions.

Computer proficiency in word, PowerPoint, Excel and outlook

Travel more than 60 % of the time.

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