Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH)
Management & Business Development
Rest of Kenya Full Time
NGO, NPO & Charity KSh Confidential
Job Summary
The Chief of Party (COP) is responsible for the overall management and operations of the Project and is the key liaison with USAID.
Minimum Qualification:Masters
Experience Level:Management level
Experience Length:10 years
Job Description/Requirements
CHIEF OF PARTY-DUMISHA AFYA, BUNGOMA
USAID Dumisha Afya project is a five-year USAID funded service delivery project, under the auspices of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), whose aim is to provide sustainable efforts in access to health care by increasing the use of county-led health and social services in Bungoma and Busia counties through support from the American people. This is a service delivery project at the county level, providing HIV prevention, Care and Treatment services. The project is expected to support the Government of Kenya (GoK) in attaining its goal of addressing HIV/AIDS, safeguarding the rights and welfare of children and adolescents impacted by HIV/AIDS, and ensuring equitable access to and use of quality primary health care services by the most vulnerable. Applications are invited for the following vacant position in the USAID Dumisha Afya Program:
Applications are invited for the following vacant position in the USAID Dumisha Afya
POSITION: CHIEF OF PARTY – (1 Post)
JOB GROUP: RS 17
STATION: DUMISHA AFYA, BUNGOMA
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital the successful candidate will perform duties which include but not limited to the following:-
a) Roles
The Chief of Party (COP) is responsible for the overall management and operations of the Project and is the key liaison with USAID. S/he supervises project implementation and ensures the project meets stated goals and reporting requirements. The COP takes a leadership role in both Technical and Financial coordination among USAID and key stakeholders and other implementing partners. The COP position requires to be Political Savvy, as s/he interacts with numerous Government of Kennya Institutions and Senior-level National and County-level Government Officials.
b) Duties and Responsibilities:
Serve as the custodian of the vision for the Project as it seeks to improve the health and wealth of the population of the Partner and seek extramural funding on any ongoing basis to support this vision;
Implement the activities funded by the project and for ensuring that all goals and objectives are achieved;
Oversee administrative and fiduciary responsibility for implementing the proposed activities;
Encourage and assist the Project to complete accurate and timely programmatic (technical) reports;
Ensure that Project initiate timely expenditures and ensure that these are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and supported within the limits of the budget as approved by the donor;
Represent the Project in International, National, and local meetings including County Government, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and other stakeholder meetings where applicable;