Job Opportunities at BroadReach

Key Accountabilities

• Provide and develop technical expertise in health ministries to build more efficient and effective systems to prepare for, mitigate, and implement national infectious disease response.
• Provide overall direction for the project’s development and implementation, with technical oversight for all project components and responsibility for ensuring key results are met.
• Lead implementation of project activities and goals, including developing solutions to barriers and ensuring efficient use of resources.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and liaison between project stakeholders and leadership, ensuring strong collaboration with stakeholders, including donor and government counterparts.
• Establish and maintain consistent communication with USAID/Washington, USAID Missions, MOHs, other national health entities and stakeholders, international organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure documentation and dissemination of findings, impact, innovations, and lessons learned.
• Ensure timely and quality completion and submission of all technical and financial deliverables and reports in accordance with donor and national guidelines.
• Supervise and assess the performance of senior project staff, long- and short-term advisors, and consultants. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being and ensure the work environment fosters diversity, gender equality and inclusion.
• Manage relationships with partner organizations, including organization of review/planning workshops. Coordinate the roles and activities of staff from partner organizations in implementation in line with BroadReach partnership principles.
• Support the project team in monitoring the progress and pace of project implementation, assuring that the full potential of the program is realized through the promotion of high-quality work and internal cost controls.
• Use data, statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, and fact-based management to drive decision making.
• Coordinate with finance staff to oversee streamlined operational and financial processes and provide financial management capacity building to client organizations. Ensure compliance with the financial and administrative requirements of the award.
• Manage and mitigate risk through monitoring national and regional issues that may impact staff and programming. Ensure all staff understand and adhere to BroadReach safety and security policies and plans, including COVID-19 protocols.
• Represent BroadReach programming, highlighting innovative work. Oversee the development of communication strategies and materials, complying with donor and BroadReach branding and marking requirements and procedures.
• Identify opportunities and negotiate partnership programs to leverage other donor, governmental, and organizational resources.

Qualifications

Essential qualifications

• At a minimum, a bachelor's degree in management, administration, business, international relations, or a related field.

Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant management and technical experience implementing infectious disease projects for international donors, in one or more of the following ID focus areas: tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, neglected tropical diseases, and emerging pandemic infections.
• Experience developing and implementing a capacity building program, preferably within Africa, and providing technical assistance.
• Proven experience interacting with other government agencies, host country governments, and international organizations in at least one of the following countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Madagascar, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan.
• Minimum of 5 years of staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience coaching and mentoring senior program staff.
• Technical expertise and experience in designing, optimizing, and implementing infectious disease programming.
• Demonstrated ability to manage donor funded projects, including financial, human resource, compliance and quality assurance components with preference given to candidates with knowledge of USG rules and regulations.
• Track record of relationship building with government actors, health service providers, USG implementing partners, and other relevant partners across all levels of health care system.
• Experience managing and supervising large teams of technical and operational staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as strong public presentation skills, including the ability to represent the project to key stakeholders.
• Ability to travel locally and internationally.

Personal Qualities & Behavioural Competencies

• Committed to high standards and continuous improvement
• Good influencing and interpersonal skills with people at all levels
• Confident and comfortable to challenge senior stakeholder thinking
• Ability to operate in a high-pressure environment with conflicting priorities and tight timelines
• Ability to speak and present proposals with conviction
• Resourceful, creative, and innovative approach to work
• Collaborative nature of working across different teams
• Ability to effectively prioritise and plan work
• Good negotiation skills with the ability to navigate and relate at all levels
• Be solution focused
• Ability to build rapport and credibility with stakeholders

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Purpose of the position

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) is an executive level position reporting to the Chief of Party (COP) and jointly providing leadership and management over all aspects of BroadReach South Africa’s PEPFAR/USAID program and assuring the attainment of the overall and yearly cooperative agreement targets.The role will take primary ownership for certain departments and functions. These departmental and functional responsibilities will focus on Programme Delivery against targets. Responsibilities include delivering with fidelity, the cooperative agreement’s contractual, programmatic, administrative and legal/regulatory outcomes, goals, objectives and activities; managing financial resources; managing and developing program staff; managing sub-awardees; coordination of partners; maintaining good working relationships with the funder (OGAC & USAID), host government, stakeholders, and local partners; managing donor reporting; ensuring compliance with all funder and host country requirements; ensuring high-quality cost effective delivery of services. At all times the DOCP must be leading brand ambassador, adhere to the highest ethical and legal standards, and create a fair, positive and equitable work environment.

Key Accountabilities

• Fully attain the cooperative agreement’s targets, goals and objectives (overall and on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis)
• Fully attain internal organisational Strategic Objectives (e.g. business development, adoption of new systems, policy directives, special initiatives)
• Provide effective transformational leadership and management
• Providing leadership in project planning, including the development of annual work plans and budgets; help guide and oversee the alignment of the budget to expected results; and review annual budgets and quarterly reports
• Provide effective project and program management and coordination across departments, units and teams including sub-awardees, vendors, other PEPFAR implementing partners, government, PEPFAR agencies and other stakeholders
• Provide effective stewardship and accountability over financial resources
• Ensure that an effective performance management system is in place and drives the organisation to continuously improve
• Ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations, local country laws and BroadReach policies and procedures
• Fulfil reporting requirements to the satisfaction of the funder
• Build and sustain a strong, competent, informed and enthusiastic organization
• Ensure that the best and most competent talent is hired across the BroadReach SA PEPFAR organisation
• Lead, manage, mentor and develop key team members and ensure that an effective succession plan is operational across all key departments and functions of the country program
• Oversee the management and development of project office human resources to ensure a diverse, skilled, and productive workforce, an effective leadership team, and an organizational culture where BroadReach values and culture corner stones are lived daily
• Create and foster healthy, positive, collegial safe and motivating work force and work environment
• Grow and diversify revenues
• Actively participate in business development activities (sourcing, capture planning, proposal writing, developing teaming agreements, etc)
• Ensure BroadReach South Africa is solvent and well positioned for success in the immediate, medium and long term
• Support and strengthen the BroadReach brand and reputation
• Represent BroadReach in high level local and international forums
• Participate in key communications internally and externally
• Serve as a senior brand ambassador and inculcate brand ambassadorship throughout the organization

Qualifications

Essential qualifications

• Minimum of a Medical Degree (BMed Sci) with a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH)

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with implementing PEPFAR Programmes via USAID or CDC or similar within the South African Context
• Experience implementing HIV/AIDS and TB Programmes within South African Context
• Extensive knowledge and experience with working with Department of Health

Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 15 years of professional experience in international development, with a significant focus on public health in sub-Saharan Africa
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience with complex donor-funded development programs, preferably with at least five years in public health in Africa
• Strong stakeholder relationship with Department of Health at a district and provincial level
• Experience in successfully managing projects with a budget of at least 15 million dollars per year with direct oversight of finance, HR, compliance and program delivery
• Minimum of seven years as Deputy Chief of Party of a large program (greater than 20 million dollars a year) or Chief of Party of a program of at least 15 million dollars a year
• Minimum of five years of experience with PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS initiatives in Africa
• Experience of having endured and survived at least one major notable failure
• Proven ability to establish strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders including government representatives, non-profit associations, donors, media, academic and research institutes, and other stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience in successful program start-up, program close out and establishment of sustainability which goes beyond the period of the donor funding
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Personal qualities & behavioural competencies

• Customer-centred mindset
• Strong operational leadership and management skills with the ability to foster followership, loyalty, commitment and build high performing teams
• Strong sense of introspection, self-awareness and ability to foster positive working relationships and work collaboratively across the organization to optimize the client experience
• Solutions focused, open minded, creative, innovative whilst being extremely decisive, action and results oriented
• High adaptability and ability to endure failure, learn rapidly from it, get back on track and meet targets
• Socially and culturally respectful, aware, adaptable and adept at finding acceptable and productive ways forward though complex constellations of stakeholders, interests and agendas
• Strong sense of maturity, discernment and able to maintain confidentiality when required

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Essential qualifications

• Qualified Medical Doctor with a medical degree is essential.
• Post-graduate Diploma or higher certificate in Clinical HIV Management.
• Current registration with HPCSA with valid MPS is essential.

Desirable Qualifications

• Public Health qualification OR Infectious Disease sub-specialization is advantageous.
• Qualification in Advanced Health Management

Experience & Skills

• A minimum of 10 years postgraduate experience, including a minimum of 8 years’ experience in HIV clinical management and 5 years managing advanced cases and/or patients with comorbidities.
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in public health care sector.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Donor funded programmes
• Comprehensive knowledge of issues and current evidence related to HIV/AIDS and health systems strengthening (HSS).
• Experience providing clinical guidance and technical assistance in HIV prevention and clinical management at health care facilities is essential.
• Extensive experience in teaching and supervision of medical personnel in HIV/AIDS programs is essential with experience in delivering presentations and facilitating workshops.
• Familiar with the concepts, practices and procedures of the Department of Health at District and Provincial levels.
• Experience in project management and evidence of medical publications would be advantageous.
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Fluency in English
• Valid driver’s license and own car
• Flexibility to travel.
• Knowledge and application of Donor regulations and procedures to daily work requirements
• Understanding of South African Government DoH priorities, programme, mandates and planning cycle
• Understanding of data sources and indicator definitions
• Understanding of the 95-95-95 process, tools, templates, cascades and target
• Up-to-date knowledge of changing policies, guidelines and mandates relevant to job function and operating environment

Personal qualities & Behavioural competencies

• Shows determination, drive and commitment to goals and desired outcomes as well as improving delivery of services.
• Takes responsibility for work activities and follows through on commitments and on agreed implementation.
• Uses creative reasoning to design collaborations across and outside of the organization to address key underlying issues identified including design of client specific solutions.
• Can integrate information from a variety of sources and communicate it with clarity.
• Consulting & Advising
• Integrative Thinking
• Problem solving
• Facilitation skills
• Results orientation
• Health Systems awareness

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Qualifications

Essential qualifications

• Medical, nursing or pharmacy degree
• Current Registration with the HPCSA, SANC or SAPC
• Master’s degree in a relevant area such as Healthcare, Science or the Social Sciences
• Recognised Degree in Health Service or General Management

Desirable Qualifications

• Recognised Diploma or Degree in Quality Assurance or Risk Management
• Recognised Diploma or Degree in Health Science Education or Adult Education
• Recognised Diploma or Degree in Health Service Management

Experience & Skills

• Minimum 10 years’ experience within the healthcare industry is a pre-requisite
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in quality assurance and/or quality improvement and/or quality standards development and assessments is a pre-requisite
• Thorough knowledge of the SA National Core Standards for Health Establishments, Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance, and various Quality Assessment methodologies is a prerequisite.
• Experience in health care industry with a specific focus on quality standards and assessments and most current Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance approaches, methods, tools, modalities and global best practices
• Thorough knowledge of the South African Integrated Clinical Services Management model, 90-90-90 HIV and TB strategic frameworks
• Knowledge of the South African DOH governing policies, regulations, directives and models related to health professions acts and omissions, ethics and scopes of practice
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Experience in delivering presentations and facilitating workshops
• Experience in government department engagement at a senior level (minimum Provincial level)

Personal qualities & Behavioural competencies

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In your role as District Technical Lead you will:

• provide technical leadership across the district in support of the district lead and sub-district teams, coordinating and monitoring the delivery of expected outputs of direct reports and their technical assistance to the DOH district management and facilities and BroadReach sub-district teams.
• lead in the identification of areas of and reasons for poor performance and collaborates with the DOH District management, BroadReach District and Senior Management as well as the National Program Technical Team to conceptualise solutions for poor performing programmes and indicators, non-compliance and improved service delivery
• lead the support of the DOH District Management teams in the development of key District plans with special focus on those that are key to the delivery of 90-90-90 targets
• lead the support of the DOH District Management in their utilisation of data to inform management decisions
• lead the support of the DOH District Management in the roll out of National and Provincial Strategies and Guidelines and the development

Qualifications

Essential qualifications

• A National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area such as Healthcare, Social Sciences, Computer Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistical Sciences

Experience & Skills

• Thorough knowledge of the guidelines, practices and procedures of the Department of Health relating to HIV and TB Care and Treatment as well as monitoring and evaluation systems relating to HIV and TB programmatic performance
• Minimum 6 years’ experience within the donor funded HIV environment at a district implementation level
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a manager or team lead delivering on HIV and TB implementation either clinically or in data management
• Experience in delivering presentations, facilitating and conducting training in workshops
• Demonstrated ability to utilise information and data for management
• Knowledge of South Africa DOH governing policies, regulations, directives and models (Ideal Clinic, ICDM/ICSM, 90-90-90 strategic target framework etc.) will be beneficial
• Proficiency in MS Office