• Provide strategic program management, program operations and technical assistance and support to the Chief of Party and her/his in-country teams to ensure the strategic, programmatic, technical, financial and contractual integrity of the project from project start-up through implementation and close out.
  
• Provide technical guidance, assistance and/or technical support to the project, applying and expanding IntraHealth core technical strengths to the project(s) and applying project strengths, innovations and lessons learned to IntraHealth core technical competencies.
  
• Ensures that the operational systems of the project are fully functional and support project implementation and success, in consultation with foundations systems staff (e.g. Finance, Contracts and Grants, Human Resources) in Chapel Hill.  Operations systems include budgeting and financial projections, monitoring and reporting, issuing and managing sub-agreements (subcontracts as well as subgrants), hiring and compliance with local labor laws, maintaining the tracking code system, project office registration and adherence to local laws, and meeting project and contractual requirements.
  
• Liaises with other technical, program and foundations systems staff in Chapel Hill in support of quality projects and initiatives, to ensure that organizational resources are mobilized for added-value to projects and initiatives, and to ensure that project strengths and lessons learned are well documented and contribute to the growth of IntraHealth core technical competencies and core identity.
  
• Works with the Chief of Party and other country level staff to ensure the visibility of the project(s) to internal and external audiences, highlighting technical and programmatic innovations and strengths in support of IntraHealth’s communication strategy (including web updates, technical and program briefs, presentations at USAID working group meetings, conference presentations, etc.)
  
• Serves as primary source of information about the project(s) for Chapel Hill staff, US-based partners and sub-contractors, USAID/Washington, other cooperating agencies or projects and/or other donors, as needed. 
  
• In coordination with the Chapel Hill-based Contracts Officer, supports the Chief of Party to prepare a cost share strategy to fulfill cost share requirements.
  
• Participates in expanding IntraHealth presence in the project country, contributing to new business development strategies, technical approaches, proposals, staff recruitment, partnership opportunities, budget development, etc.

Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in international public health, social sciences, or related discipline.
  
• Minimum eight years professional public health and/or development experience with at least two of those resident in Africa preferably working on HRH/SS related activites.
  
• Demonstrated experience in project management with USAID or a USAID funded project, including work plan development and management, budgeting and financial management, USAID rules and regulations, and project and financial reporting (contract management highly desirable).
  
• Demonstrated experience in project development and proposal writing.
  
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of IntraHealth core technical competency areas.
  
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple-stakeholder groups and facilitate participatory discussions.
  
• Demonstrated ability in a second language highly desirable.
  
• Strong writing and editing skills for internal and external documents and presentations.

Interested Candidates May Send their Resume at jobs@intrahealth.org.