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Please note that this position is contingent upon donor funding and will be based in Accra, Ghana.

Agir pour la Planification Familiale (AGIR-PF) is a five-year project anticipated to be awarded by USAID/West Africa Regional Health Office in early 2013. AGIR-PF intends to increase access to and use of quality family planning (FP) services in select urban and peri-urban areas of four francophone West African countries—Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Togo. The project aims to: 1) strengthen and expand the delivery of quality FP information, products and services; 2) adapt and implement evidence-based service delivery approaches; and 3) coordinate efforts to remove policy barriers and improve contraceptive commodity security.

PATH is recruiting a Technical Director for AGIR-PF.  The Technical Director is responsible for management and supervision of all technical aspects of family planning service delivery components of the project.  S/he will work closely with the Project Director, assisting in project planning, monitoring project success, and providing oversight for operations, financial management and human resource management. The Technical Director is expected to have leadership qualities, depth and breadth of technical expertise and experience, professional reputation, management experience, interpersonal skills and written and oral presentation skills to fulfill the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the Project. S/he will have experience interacting with other development projects, host country governments and international agencies, as well as negotiation and oversight of scopes of work carried out by local/national partner agencies.

Specific responsibilities and duties include:

•  Provide supervision and direction to the project team through implementation of effective financial and human resource management approaches.
•  Assist Project Director and project team in identifying the most appropriate technical and programmatic activities and in developing dynamic and realistic country plans to ensure quality family planning service delivery in all four country settings.
•  Collaborate effectively with Ministry of Health government officials, NGOs and partner groups in the four project countries to ensure quality and sustainability of service delivery approaches and to ensure the project is consistent with national FP goals and objectives in each county setting.
•  Coordinate and oversee the technical and financial activities of project subcontractors / partner agencies.
•  Assure that the project strategic plan, annual work plans and country plans incorporate the best practices in technical approaches and interventions.
•  Suggest effective technical solutions and approaches to meet project goals more efficiently, more sustainably, or with greater likelihood of success.
•  Coordinate with PATH and the prime agency to bring institutional resources to bear on project implementation as needed, and to ensure the project’s compliance with project award requirements.
•  Establish and implement standards, policies and approaches to ensure timely and successful completion of project objectives and goals.
•  Lead the periodic review of the project’s annual workplan and provide technical guidance to project team and partners.
•  Participate in documentation of lessons learned, effective project approaches, and project successes for improved learning.
•  Travel up to 30% both international and domestic as necessary

Required Skills

•  Proven ability to work collaboratively with senior project management team to effectively oversee project staff, and to work harmoniously as a team member.
•  Strong skills in strategic project planning, monitoring, and performance improvement management approaches.
•  Ability to nurture effective and positive relationships with national governmental stakeholders and donor representatives.
•  Familiarity with USAID or other U.S. Government reporting procedures.
•  Absolutely must be fluent in written and spoken French and English.

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Clinical degree required; combined with degree in public health or relevant discipline highly desired.
•  At least 10 years of demonstrated experience in implementing and managing public health programs with family planning or reproductive health components.
•  Demonstrated experience in management of public health service delivery, preferably including community-based provision of family planning services.
•  Significant experience working in the West African sub-region.

Job Location: Accra

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

How To Apply For The Job

To Apply: Please visit our employment website:- http://www.path.org/employment  click on the "Visit our career site" link, search for 5376 and apply online.