Technical Director-Programs

Description

• Chemonics seeks a Technical Director-Programs based in Luanda, Angola, to support USAID’s Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management project (GHSC-PSM). The Technical Director-Program provides direct technical assistance to specifically assigned duties to fulfill the GHSC-PSM strategy aimed at improving the availability, accessibility, use and quality of pharmaceutical supplies for all levels of Angola’s public health system
• (S)He plays a catalytic role at the national level to ensure that coordination and communication among the various national and provincial actors involved in pharmaceutical management (in particular DNME, DNSP and CECOMA) improves
• The Director leads a team to develop and implement supply chain policies and procedures that support improved medicine quantification, procurement, warehousing, inventory management, ordering/issuing and distribution from CECOMA (Angola's Medicines and Medical Supplies Central Warehouse) to all levels of the Angolan supply chain with specific support in the areas of malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and family planning

Duties

• Serve on the senior management team, overseeing technical implementation and facilitating timely completion of activities and deliverables to ensure they align with the project’s work plan and budget
• Represent GHSC-PSM in Angola as a technical lead in external forums, including meetings with relevant stakeholders, related to building the capacity of national health and supply chain systems
• Produce monthly and quarterly activity reports and technical success stories; review all regular technical reports before submission to headquarters or USAID
• Ensure timely submission of all deliverables for assigned teams in coordination with the country director
• Ensure that team staffing, and performance align with goals and plans to achieve project results
• Work with the finance and operations director to ensure that sourcing and procurement activities support USAID and Ministry of Health objectives and align with GHSC-PSM objectives
• Facilitate communication and troubleshoot issues between the field office and the Task Order technical teams at headquarters; provide timely responses to complex supply chain data management requests from the donors and the beneficiaries
• Support the country director in maintaining working and consultative relationships with the Ministry of Health, Central Medical Stores, USAID, the Center for Disease Control, and other partners
• Collaborate with the National Essential Medicines Program (PNME), National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), National Institute Against AIDS (INLS) and all 18 Provincial Warehouses to monitor the availability of HIV/AIDS, malaria, family planning, and other commodities and make technical recommendations that his team will help to implement to ensure their continuous availability
• Develop and implement streamlined strategies and organizational structures to capitalize on supply chain management best practices and, in turn, ensure project teams’ cost efficiencies and increased productivity
• Ensure movement toward integration of global supply planning benchmarks through the logistics’ technical working group’s use of the Pipeline tool
• Develop and implement technical strategies to improve procurement, warehousing, and distribution approaches
• Manage the technical team’s timely delivery of technical deliverables, ensuring sound technical recommendations are followed and implemented with MOH counterparts
• Develop and implement risk-mitigation strategies for technical assistance to national program efficacy
• Inspire stakeholders by showcasing project’s potential to improve supply chain management through reporting analysis within the national program’s use of the electronic logistics information system
• Support the country director in developing annual work plans and scopes of work
• Understand and implement project standard operating procedures and policies
• Manage the performance and annual review process for the technical team supervisees

Requisites

• Master’s degree in a relevant field required
• Minimum of eight years of experience leading and overseeing technical program implementation, including health supply chain activities such as commodity management, warehousing and storage, or management information systems
• Record of effective leadership in senior management positions and ability to create and support a culture of promoting inclusivity, learning, and delivering results
• Proven ability to apply supply chain management best practices and innovations to donor-funded programs ideas
• Demonstrated ability to lead the development and monitoring of project work plans’ implementation
• Demonstrated ability to monitor performance against key performance indicators
• Demonstrated ability to build the capacity of staff as a manager
• Thorough knowledge of international procurement principles, methods, and best practices
• Experience working with HIV/AIDS, family planning, tuberculosis, or malaria commodities preferred
• Sound judgment, strong organizational skills, and an ability to work flexibly in a team-oriented and culturally diverse environment
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and present complex information clearly and concisely both orally and in writing
• Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite; advanced skills in Excel, including pivot tables, preferred
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Fluency in English and Portuguese required

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.
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How to Apply

1. Documentation

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae

2. Application

• Send your Documentation to psmangolarecruit@chemonics.com with the Subject line “Technical Director-Programs”