Chief of Party USAID/South Africa - New Supply Chain Support (NSCS) at Palladium: Make It Possible

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Serve as key point of contact for day-to-day program management.
• Oversee and manage country team to ensure project implementation runs smoothly.
• Lead the development and execution of high-quality country strategic plan relevant to the local context and reflecting the global priorities.
• Lead and ensure the quality of technical deliverables related to supply chain maturity, rational use of medicine, health financing, and private sector engagement of supply chains. 
• Oversee the recruitment, orientation, and performance of senior staff and development of middle management staff.
• Collaborate with technical leaders to ensure all workplan activities are not only taking place as planned but are also of high quality
• Liaise between technical and operations teams to ensure activity plans are translated into contracts, consultancies, travel, etc., and support financial management by ensuring case forecasts and spending reports reflect planned/completed technical activities.
• Oversee project work planning, budgeting, and progress/financial reporting, in collaboration with country team, technical, and HQ staff.
• Interface with clients and other project stakeholders, to plan, implement, review, and report on projects and deliverables or products as needed.
• Ensure staff compliance with project guidelines and SOPs; and perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Key Competencies Required:

• Experience in international development working with donors (including USAID) is required.
• Experience as a Chief of Party or in a senior leadership position of a project that is implemented at the country level that required the assembling, managing, and supervising complex teams.
• Experience with global health or health supply chain programs with significant experience in one of the following areas: supply chain management, procurement, warehousing, or logistics.
• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain, 4PL, and 3PL logistics, including experience with LMIS, WMIS, TMIS, and control tower software.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders including government agencies, host country governments and counterparts, and international donor agencies.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Experience in monitoring and documenting project activities and outcomes.
• Ability to exercise leadership, build teams, maintain effective communication, motivate, and generate commitment within a team.
• Knowledge of USG procurement regulations. 
• Ability to communicate effectively and high comfort level writing and presenting data and information in a compelling way to different audiences.
• Excellent written and spoken English and ability to communicate across technical disciplines and non-technical audience required. 

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:

• Master’s degree in global public health, business, supply chain management, public administration, healthcare administration, or a related field. 
• Proficiency in local languages is beneficial.