Location: Islamabad, Pakistan

Position Category: Direct hire, paid in US

Posting Date: 05/09/2024

Deadline Date: 05/26/2024

JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), a Boston-based public health management firm dedicated to providing high quality technical and managerial assistance to public health programs throughout the United States and the world, is currently recruiting for a Chief of Party for the anticipated USAID-funded Global Health Security Activity in Pakistan. The goal of the Activity is to build Pakistan’s capacities to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to new and emerging infectious diseases. The Activity will strengthen existing Pakistan’s One Health systems, entities, and structures, all towards building a resilient, sustainable response to emerging infectious disease threats. In line with USAID’s vision for Health System Strengthening 2030, the Activity will work on strengthening existing health systems that uphold equity, optimize resources and efficiency, and ensure quality.

The Chief of Party will lead the overall design and implementation of the Activity, will supervise all activities under the cooperative agreement and have overall responsibility for the successful performance of the technical assistance team. They will provide strategic direction to the Activity team, guide the senior technical staff, and ensure quality and compliance. The Chief of Party will be the official representative of the Activity with the donor, stakeholders, and partners. They will facilitate collaboration across the geographic scope of the Activity and identify opportunities for knowledge transfer.

The position is contingent upon USAID award to JSI. This position is open to both international and local hires. Pakistani citizens are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Provide overall leadership and strategic vision for the Activity.
• Overall responsibility for assuring that all technical assistance and services provided under the cooperative agreement are technically sound, in line with USAID rules and regulations, and appropriate for addressing the objectives of the Activity.
• Function as the primary liaison between USAID and other collaborating agencies on all pragmatic, administrative, and financial matters related to the Activity.
• Direct the program’s localization strategy to ensure locally led activities, tailored capacity strengthening, and engagement of local organizations.
• Provide leadership and oversight of all Activity technical assistance needs required to achieve the expected outputs of the cooperative agreement, development of scopes of work, recruitment of consultants, and execution of technical assistance and service agreements.
• Supervise and assess the performance of senior staff and ensure supervisory and accountability systems are in place for all long-term and short-term advisors, sub-partners, consultants, and staff.
• Provide leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing interventions at facility and community level.
• Ensure management systems with standard operating procedures are used to implement all activities. Oversee an annual project cycle which formulates comprehensive annual cooperative agreement work plans and budgets, in accordance with the USAID annual planning cycle and assures timely disbursement of funds.
• Oversee all institutional sub-agreements executed under the prime cooperative agreement.
• Ensure all reporting requirements for the cooperative agreement, including quarterly and annual activity reports, are produced and submitted.
• Ensure systems and processes for comprehensive and adaptive monitoring, learning, and evaluation of the program.

• Master’s level education/training or its equivalent in Public Health, International Development, or a related field. MD or PhD preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience managing international programs in developing countries with a focus on integrated local-level public health services.
• At least 5 years of experience in senior-level leadership positions on projects of similar scope and complexity ($50-100M+).
• Extensive experience in managing global health security, One Health, and health system strengthening programs to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats and to address persistent issues related to resilience, health equity, and quality of care.
• Experience and familiarity engaging with Pakistani health system stakeholders preferred.
• Proven ability to form partnerships with governments in developing countries, and work with local partners and stakeholders in scaling-up innovative and evidence-based responses.
• Experience working in partnership with U.S. Government agencies, international donors, or other multilateral agencies.
• Fluency in English with strong oral and written communication. Fluency in Urdu is an added advantage.
• Comfort and familiarity with representing the Activity and JSI at external events, technical working groups, and international forums.

Salary commensurate with experience.