Chief of Party

CARE Cameroon seeks a Chief of Party, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing overall vision, leadership and guidance of the project internally with project staff and externally with USAID, host governments, other donors and stakeholders; The COP shall have principal responsibility for overall project management and technical operations to ensure that the project tasks are completed and the objectives of the project are successfully met.

Deadline:        Open until filled

Location:        Worldwide

Other location: Yaounde, Cameroon

Organization:   Care

Job Summary

CARE Cameroon seeks a Chief of Party to lead the upcoming, USAID-funded, Continuum of Prevention, Care, and Treatment (CoPCT) for HIV/AIDS with Most-at-risk Populations (CHAMP-Cameroon). CHAMP will expand the continuum of prevention, care and treatment for key populations including commercial sex workers, their clients, and men who have sex with men, by building on the activities currently implemented by HAPP and expanding to include the largest urban areas of all ten provinces in Cameroon. The Chief of Party will be based in Yaoundé. CARE prioritizes candidates who have a proven track record with such key populations; understand the need for and demonstrate sensitivity in implementation of programs and services that target key populations; and are committed to gender-equitable and rights-based approaches that ensure the protection and dignity of all project staff, partners, and beneficiaries.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing overall vision, leadership and guidance of the project internally with project staff and externally with USAID, host governments, other donors and stakeholders; The COP shall have principal responsibility for overall project management and technical operations to ensure that the project tasks are completed and the objectives of the project are successfully met. S/he will lead the team and serve as the primary point of contact with USAID/WA AOR, PEPFAR Cameroon and with the USAID Country Representative in Cameroon regarding implementation of activities and management matters relating to the agreement. S/he will have overall responsibility for assuring that all assistance provided under the agreement, whether by  international or local experts/personnel, is technically sound and appropriate for the needs to be addressed; and for adequately managing and supervising the work of all experts/personnel. S/he will be the primary point of contact for information on the progress and current status of all activities under the agreement and will establish appropriate mechanisms to ensure that activity progress and specific implementation concerns are regularly and promptly reported. S/he will manage the preparation and presentation of proposed implementation plans and all reports. S/he will ensure that underlying gender issues that might affect participation and access by beneficiaries to the different services of the program, as well as gender empowerment, are analyzed and addressed

Minimum Qualifications:

•  At least 15 years of experience successfully managing and leading evaluations/research programs for complex international public health programs (implementation, logistics, budget, staffing) funded by USAID or international projects in Africa, ideally in francophone West or Central Africa;

• Master’s degree in Public Health or related field required; an advanced degree a plus;

• Demonstrated ability in the concepts, principles, methods and techniques of delivering public health programs for HIV/AIDS;

• Demonstrated skills in effectively negotiating with host governments, donors, UN agencies, other USAID projects, local organizations and partners;

• Demonstrated experience managing USAID projects

• Significant experience in service delivery for key populations and sensitivity to implementation of programs that serve key populations ; including gender specific considerations

• Ability to successfully recruit, train, develop, and manage staff;

• Ability to manage agreements and all required programmatic and financial reporting requirements;

• Ability to perform internal control functions to manage day to day operations of the project;

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