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Chief Of Party, Health Systems Strengthening For A Sustainable HIV/AIDS Response In Ukraine


Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

MSH is seeking candidates for a for a five-year PEPFAR-Ukraine flagship project in the area of health systems and HIV policy implementation: Health Systems Strengthening for a Sustainable HIV/AIDS Response in Ukraine (HSS-SHARe).The project’s purpose is to strengthen Ukraine’s health system to ensure effective and sustainable delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services to key populations. This will be achieved through the three objectives: (1) Enhance national leadership and capacity for evidence-based and gender-sensitive HIV policy programming and implementation; (2) Improve and optimize resource allocation and financing of the national and regional HIV/AIDS programs targeting key populations; and (3) Optimize and strengthen human resources for health (HRH) for the delivery and scale-up of gender-sensitive HIV/AIDS services targeting key populations.

This position will be based in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is subject to project award and funding.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Chief of Party leads and manages the project and is accountable for project deliverables and results, with full accountability and authority for the development, execution, and monitoring of the project, including (1) vision and technical strategy; (2) project management; (3) documentation and communication; (4) client(s) and stakeholder(s) relationships; and (5) coordination and synergy with other MSH projects.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
  1. Oversees implementation of program activities and provides high quality technical and strategic leadership, managerial oversight, and administration of the project.
  2. Serves as the primary project liaison from MSH to USAID and is accountable for the achievement of results, ensuring quality of services is maintained at the highest standard, and that all project objectives and deliverables are met.
  3. Adapts and implements management systems with standard operating procedures to administer all activities funded by the agreement, ensuring sufficient financial staff for disbursing all local costs under this project, monitoring and tracking expenditures, and preparing financial reports of project expenditures for submission to USAID.
  4. Collaborates with partners, donor, and stakeholder representatives, building and maintaining productive relationships.
  5. Supervises direct reports with a particular focus on achievement of their key tasks and project deliverables.
  6. Communicates, implements, and assures adherence to MSH and project policies, guidelines and values; develops staff skills and knowledge; and facilitates supervisee success and professional development whenever possible.
  7. Serves as the primary liaison for communication with USAID US Government representatives, partners, civil society organizations, appropriate officials from the Government of Ukraine and representatives from other donor and development agencies.

 QUALIFICATIONS:
  1. Minimum of a Master’s Degree in health management, public administration or social sciences, or a relevant advanced degree to the field of public health.
  2. Minimum of 7 years of experience designing, implementing and managing international development projects, including substantive experience in senior leadership positions on these projects. Of these 7 years, the COP must also have at least four years dealing with issues of reforming public health management, governance and financing (preferably in HIV/AIDS and/or TB control areas), in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
  3. Demonstrated leadership skills and demonstrated experience in managing a state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS policy programming and implementation, and technical/institutional capacity building program.
  4. Demonstrated experience interacting with host county governments and counterparts and international donor agencies.
  5. Professional proficiency in English is required.
  6. Knowledge of Russian or Ukrainian is strongly preferred.

Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.

**To apply for this position, please submit a resume to https://jobs-msh.icims.com/jobs/6561/chief-of-party%2c-health-systems-strengthening-for-a-sustainable-hiv-aids-response-in-ukraine/job.  For more information about MSH, please visit our web site at www.msh.org.  If you cannot apply online or have difficulty doing so, please email an explanation of your problem to iRecruiterproblem@msh.org.
Organization Description
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 45 country offices and our Arlington, Virginia, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, US headquarters, our staff from 73 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health.  We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.