Chief of Party- REACH Malaria at PATH
PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges.
PATH seeks a Chief of Party for the US Government (USG)-funded “Reaching Every At-risk Community and Household with Malaria Services” (REACH Malaria) global contract in Tanzania. PMI REACH Malaria aims to provide implementation support services and technical assistance to countries to accelerate progress in comprehensive delivery of facility and community-based malaria services, including malaria case management, prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MiP), malaria diagnostics, data collection and use for service delivery, and other malaria prevention interventions.
The Tanzania Chief of Party (CoP) will report to the global PMI REACH Malaria Deputy Project Director and is responsible for coordinating and supporting implementation of all key project activities, with emphasis on high-quality outputs and compliance with USG requests. The CoP is also responsible for overall strategic development and oversight, project monitoring and evaluation, and general program management.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the project’s primary liaison with USG Embassy, international and regional partners, and host country government officials.
- Supervise project staff, including e.g. the Malaria Technical Advisor and MEL Manager, ensuring that they are successfully managing project activities and achieving deliverables.
- Initiate and manage effective collaborative partnerships.
- Oversee annual project work planning and periodic reporting to ensure high quality and timely delivery of products.
- Oversee compliance with the goals set in the contract and with USG regulations and PATH policies and systems.
- Contribute to the design of project monitoring and evaluation systems and to regular project evaluations to assess progress and recommend solutions.
- Represent the project at periodic meetings with stakeholders to report on planned activities and actions, including implementation status.
- Provide financial management support to country office teams through analyzing financial data, monitoring project expenses against budgets, and forecasting, with support from the Finance and Administration Staff.
- Monitor compliance with PMI REACH Malaria contract and PATH policies, identify and effectively communicate any risks to compliance.