Chad Country Technical Coordinator

Responsibilities

Strategic accountability (20%)

• Work with the Country Director to lead the development and revision of the technical aspects of the Chad country office strategic plan in line with the organisation’s global strategic plan.
• Support the Country Director in business development, identifying areas of technical need and developing concept notes and contributing to proposal development.
• Take lead on the technical aspects of proposals development in accordance with donor tender documentation and requirements.

Technical accountability (35%)

• Ensure all programmes are implemented to high technical quality and based on evidence and best practice.
• Provide technical input towards rapid and smooth programme start up and termination, including programme transition, to national stakeholders.
• Coordinate identification of technical support needs for programmes and work with the relevant regional and global Technical teams, and technical cluster leads to ensure that technical support is provided on time and to high quality.
• Support the development of M&E plans and utilization of appropriate M&E tools and systems for the country office and its projects.
• Contribute and support implementation of VFM framework to measure country strategy and interventions.
• Provide technical support to key stakeholders including the Ministry of Health in strategy and policy development and review on communicable diseases control.
• Serve as technical adviser on selected specialist areas on selected projects as agreed with Country Director and West and Central Africa Programme Coordinator; sign off on terms of reference and reports for related activities.
• Support identification, selection and oversight of short-term technical assistance to take on defined scopes of work and arrange for the quality assurance of their deliverables.
• Act as Principal Investigator on key research studies, when relevant and when necessary.
• Act as budget holder on key programmes or research studies as agreed with the Country Director when relevant.

Recruitment and development of Technical staff (5%)

• Support the Country Director to identify technical resource gaps in the office and provide input to the recruitment of technical staff.

Documentation, Reporting and Communication (25%)

• Contribute to the development and implementation of internal mechanisms for organisational learning
• Periodically report to the Country Director on the technical progress of programmes and highlight any critical technical issues
• Participate in the writing of policy briefs on key technical topics
• Contribute to advocacy materials development

Representation (15%)

• Represent Malaria Consortium at regional and international meetings/workshops on specific technical areas, including relevant networks.
• Represent Malaria Consortium in technical meetings with donors, coordination bodies and Government representatives, as required.

Qualifications and experience:

Essential:

• Master’s degree in Public or International Health, Communicable or Infectious diseases, Epidemiology or related discipline
• Medical qualification and familiarity with the Chadian health system
• Extensive experience working in public health programmes or communicable disease control, with significant experience in a senior role
• Highly knowledgeable about malaria control or direct experience working in malaria control
• Field experience in African Sahel countries and a solid understanding of the realities and complexities of in country programme implementation
• Demonstrable experience working in a technical advisory capacity to Ministries of Health and other partners, including relating to policy and guidelines review or development, and programme reviews
• Experience of building effective working relationships between MoH and its stakeholders
• Project or programme management including design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Business development, including needs assessment, the development of concept notes and proposals, and stakeholder consultation and analysis
• Professional working proficiency of French and English (both written and spoken)

Desirable:

• Experience in health systems strengthening
• Experience in strategic planning and strategy implementation
• Experience managing projects or programmes funded by major institutional donors and agencies such as DFID, USAID, the UN or EU
• Experience working with teams with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds
• Demonstrable experience in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans
• Experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research related to public health programmes
• Financial management and/or experience of working with large budgets