Chief of Party, Total Market Initiative for Health Product Supply (TMI-HPS) in Madagascar

Job Title: Chief of Party, Improving Market Partnerships and Access to Commodities Together (IMPACT)

Department: Southern Africa

Based in: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Up to 20**%** international travel

Reports to the Regional Director Southern Africa and/or Country Director

Who we are

With over 45 years of experience, working in over 60 countries, Population Services International (PSI) is the world's leading non-profit social marketing organization. PSI is reimagining healthcare, by putting the consumer at the center, and wherever possible – bringing care to the front door. We are working to fix market failures, shape future health markets and shift policy and funding to better support consumer empowered healthcare.

There are over 8,000 “PSI'ers” around the world. We are a diverse group of entrepreneurial development professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. All with unique skills that we bring to the critically important work that we do.

Join us!

PSI seeks a seasoned Chief of Party (COP) to lead the management, coordination and reporting of all activities under an anticipated $32M 5-year USAID-funded project in Madagascar. The project will improve health product availability and accessibility in Madagascar through robust supply chain management and total market approaches, with the goal to ensure that quality pharmaceuticals and health commodities are available and accessible to all Malagasy people on a sustainable basis through coordinated efforts of the public, private, and commercial sectors.

Sound like you? Read on.

The Chief of Party (COP) should have significant leadership, management and international development experience; a demonstrated track record in successfully managing government, donor and private sector relations; a commitment to capacity building; a strong interest in private sector approaches to development, including “Total Market Approaches”; and experience successfully conducting and implementing USAID-funded projects of similar size and scope. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that the activity produces the results specified in the annual work plans, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. The COP will act as the main point of contact with USAID and the key liaison between USAID and other stakeholders that are involved in program implementation. You will also ensure that the program is represented in national technical, policy, and planning forums with USAID, the Government of Madagascar (GOM), and key commercial and private stakeholders. This position will be based in Antananarivo, Madagascar and will report to the Regional Director, Southern Africa and/or the Country Director of PSI in Madagascar.

Sound like you? Read on.

Your contribution

• Lead the implementation and monitoring of the “Improving Market Partnerships and Access to Commodities Together (IMPACT)” project.
• Oversee a management team in the project office, as well as key focal points across other regions in Madagascar.
• Lead internal and external program planning, communication, and reporting with sub-partners.
• Build relationships among partners. Provide overall oversight of the project and maintain effective and regular communication with donors, implementing partners, Madagascar government entities and the private sector.
• Serve as the focal point between USAID and all private, commercial and nonprofit stakeholders.
• Serve as main point of contact/representative of the project to USAID.
• Ensure the effective use and coordination of USAID resources and the compliance of the financial systems and controls with USAID standards.
• Ensure high-quality periodic reporting in line with USAID and PSI requirements.

What are we looking for?

The basics

• Master's degree or higher in Public Health (MPH), Business Administration (MBA), Public Administration, International Development or other related field.
• At least 15 years of progressively responsible experience managing public health programs in sub-Saharan Africa or other resource-limited settings
• Recognized expertise in public private partnerships, supply chain management, social marketing, and/or private sector service delivery
• Demonstrated management and supervisory capability in leading projects of similar scope, particularly USAID-funded cooperative agreements, including financial and human resource management skills
• Proven leadership experience working collaboratively with high-level stakeholders across sectors, preferably in Madagascar and/or Southern Africa
• Working knowledge of and experience with USG funded regulations (e.g. Federal Acquisition Regulations and Foreign Assistance Act) and activity management.
• Full professional proficiency in English and French.
• References will be required.

What would get us excited?

• The successful candidate will be a creative, innovative and strategic thinker, and will have: excellent communication, analytical, organizational, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills; a passion for supply chain and private sector approaches to development; and proven ability to produce results.
• Demonstrated skills in effectively negotiating with host governments, donors, other USAID projects, ideally in Madagascar, local organizations and partners.
• Experience in building institution, local technical, management and leadership capacity.
• A good understanding of Supply Chain, Social Marketing and Total Market Approach's principles and cost recovery analysis.
• Ability to successfully recruit, train, develop and manage staff.
• Ability to manage cooperative agreements and all required programmatic and financial reporting requirements, including sub-grant management.
• Ability to perform internal control functions to manage day-to-day operations of the project.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, in French and in English.
• Excellent management skills.

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PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.

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