Job Description

Job Description
The Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) Associate Award (AA) is the USAID Bureau for Global Health,s flagship material,neonatal and child health(MNCH) program in Zimbabwe.The goal of the MCHIP AA is increase access to quality MNCH services and strengthen health services in Zimbabwe by supporting the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) to scale up and roll out evidence based, high impact interventions that will reduce maternal, newborn, and child mobility and mortality. The position will be hired by John Snow, Incorporated (JSI), the lead implementing partner of the MCHIP/Zimbabwe AA.

Responsibilities:
JSI is seeking an experienced program manager for the potion of Deputy Country Director (DCD). The DCD is supervised by and will support the Country Director (CD) in managing the day to day work of program and in supervising and supporting its team of technical and administrative staff.Summarized here the DCD will:

> Participate as a key member of the program's Senior Management Team (SMT);
> support THE (CD) in coordinating the development and timely submission of all program plans, budgets and progress reports to MCHIP headquarters and USAID/Zimbabwe;
> Work closely with the SMT, local team, MCHIP HQ, and USAID in ensuring that all aspects of program strategy, design, planning, implementation, and monitoring are technically sound and uphold the standards of good health;
> Work closely with the SMT and others in managed all day to day operational aspects of the program and ensuring that program implementation proceeds according to plan and within budget;
> In conjunction with the Technical Director, co supervise the province based team that is responsible for planning and implementing activities in MCHIP learning sites and coordinate their work with the Harare based technical and administrative staff and partners;
> Directly supervise the Sr. Administration Manager Manager and provide management oversight to the project;
> In conjunction with the Sr. Administration Manager, support all program human resources activities including staff recruitment, staff performance monitoring and review, team building events, etc ;
> Work closely with the Sr. Finance Manager Finance/Admin teams locally and HQ in terms of planning, managing, providing routine monitoring and oversight, and communicating about program financial and budget issues;
> In conjunction with the SMT, ensure that all program operations, activities, and financial transactions are compliant with USAID, MCHIP, and JSI rules and regulations;
> Provide strategic communications support to technical team members, HQ advisory and the CD in preparation and packaging of reports, technical briefs and presentation;
> Perform the duties of the CD in his/her absence;
> And other duties as assigned by the CD and JSI.

Qualifications:
> Public health professional with advanced degree or equivalent combition of training and experience, and experience withcommunity health programming preferred
> 5-7 years of direct experience managing or supporting the higher level function of USAID country programs (strategic planning, finance/budget management, monitoring/evaluation, reporting, personnel management, partner relations, program communications, USAID rules
> Ability to work legally in Zimbabwe
> Written and verbal fluency in English
> Supportive and empowering management and supervisory style
> Proficiency with with MS Office Suite with excellent MS Word Excel and Power Point skills
Only short listed candidates will be contacted will be notified.

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