Vacancy title:
Chief of Party

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Deadline of this Job:
Monday, December 18 2023 

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 06 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job overview
• The Chief of Party will have overall responsibility for the project. S/he will provide strategic leadership and oversee the team managing all project activities and supporting operations.S/he has final responsibility for project delivery, including planning, budgeting, and implementation of the technical vision and approach, as well as reporting and ensuring all levels of the project and sites are working in alignment with donor policies and protocols. S/he will ensure the project complies with award terms and conditions, donors policies and regulations, and organisational systems to mitigate risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. S/he will provide technical support and have overall responsibility in the areas of operations, administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting, and financial accounting. The primary responsibility for achieving project success lies with the Chief of Party

Key Roles and Responsibilities
• Serves as the official contact point providing overall project management and strategic direction.
• Overseeing technical and operational functions for achieving project goals.
• Supervising project personnel and consultants
• Monitoring project activities for results or potential problems.
• Overseeing preparation of monthly activity schedules , project reports and submitting them to the donor on time.
• Overseeing the development of the annual implementation plan, budgets, and other deliverables per donor requests.
Ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the Contract
• Ensures that managerial, administrative, and financial procedures comply with donor policies and procedures and Access to Health Zambia .

Required qualifications and experience.
• Master’s degree or its equivalent in Public Health, development studies, project management or related field.
• At least 10 years experience in managing donor-funded and/or other development programs related to health or international development with demonstrated experience in leading teams to achieve development results.

Prior experience as Chief of party on USAID-funded projects with strong knowledge of USAID rules and regulations is highly desirable.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure
All interested candidates who meet the above criteria are encouraged to send their application letters with copies of their most recent curriculum vitaes with at least three traceable references to cmmbzamhr@cmmb.org. Do not attach copies of your certificates at this stage. The closing date for receiving applications is 18th December,2023.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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