Ethiopia: Chief of Party, MULU Worksite HIV Project, Ethiopia

World Learning, a global non-profit organization, (www.worldlearning.org) has an immediate opening for a Chief of Partyfor the USAID-funded**“MULU Worksite HIV Project”**in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Expected duration: 1.5 years, with probable extension. Ethiopian nationals are highly encouraged to apply.

Position Title:Chief of Party, MULU Worksite HIV Prevention Project in Ethiopia

Reports to:Divisional Vice President

Supervises:Deputy Chief of Party, Technical Advisors and other senior staff

Background:This project contributes to the Government of Ethiopia’s goal of reducing HIV infections through strengthening the HIV/AIDS response in large-scale workplaces within various sectors of Ethiopia’s economy. The project provides technical and organizational support to both public and private sector organizations to facilitate sustainable and effective HIV prevention in large-scale workplaces and surrounding communities. With a focus on Ethiopia’s large scale development schemes, the project aims to improve health seeking behaviors, increase accessibility to quality reproductive health and HIV prevention services, and strengthen the capacity of public and private organizations to mainstream HIV prevention into their core business practices.

Job Purpose:

The Chief of Party (COP) leads the overall project and is responsible for achieving the project’s vision and strategy, directing the technical team, and maintaining excellent relationships with key partners and stakeholders. The COP has overall programmatic and fiscal responsibility for the project, including guiding ongoing performance to ensure that the project meets and exceeds its targets, effectively communicating results, managing the budget and monitoring expenditures, and ensuring compliance with all US government regulations.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provide overall strategic, technical and programmatic leadership for MULU Worksite activities through direct implementation, management of sub-grants, provision of strategic guidance, and supervision of senior staff.
• Serve as chief liaison with USAID, ensuring regular communication with donor representatives
• Liaise with and build strong sustainable partnerships with the Government of Ethiopia, other NGOs, and other project partners to ensure effective implementation of project activities
• Ensure accurate, timely, high quality program reporting to donors and head office
• Synchronize the activities of all three program pillars of combination HIV prevention to ensure a coordinated response at worksite level.
• Oversee the management and mentoring of project staff to ensure the highest level of \performance
• Recruit, deploy, mentor, and motivate the project team which includes international and national partners. Actively promote team-building to ensure that results are accomplished by a productive and efficient staff.
• Oversee implementation of personnel policies and ensure that policies and procedures are clearly communicated to staff, and are followed.
• Maintain effective coordination and collaboration among technical teams, grants and finance staff, and administrative/support functions.
• Oversee the sub-contract and/or sub-grant cycle from pre-award to close-out including solicitation processes, pre-award, award, monitoring and close-out of sub-awards based on WL and Donor regulations, policies, and procedures
• Contribute to the senior management of World Learning Ethiopia to ensure the project integrates into internal systems and that MULU Worksite capitalizes on WL corporate platforms
• Liaise closely with senior management and owners of project workplace/employer partners with a focus on building sustainability through corporate social responsibility
• Contribute to the design and implementation of the MULU Worksite database and MERL systems to ensure data is used for both decision making and reporting.
• Ensure regular communication with World Learning’s home office
• Oversee the project budget and all project financial resources; work closely with the finance department to plan monthly projections, monitor burn rates, and handle other budgetary matters.
• Complete other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

· Master’s Degree in public health or related field or MD with a background in public health

• Must have at least ten years senior-level experience managing HIV programming in sub-Saharan Africa , of which at least 5 years should be in Ethiopia or a country experiencing similar epidemic to that of Ethiopia
• Must have significant prior experience as a Chief of Party or position with significant responsibility for oversight of human and financial resources, preferably for large donor-funded project
• Experience working in partnership with U.S. government agencies including USAID and PEPFAR, , host country government ministries, and a wide variety of international and local stakeholders

· Experience with private sector partners and resources

· Demonstrated experience implementing evidence-based combination HIV prevention interventions across various sectors and target groups

· Demonstrated experience using evidence, data and strategic information to guide programming and decision making

· Fluency in English; excellent technical writing skills

• Must be a dynamic, flexible team player with demonstrated leadership abilities and outstanding communication skills
• Proven experience using innovation and best practices in programmatic and organizational management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior USAID project management experience, especially managing HIV /AIDS programming for most-at-risk and key populations
• Experience implementing workplace HIV prevention programs
• Experience working closely with private and public sector partners
• Demonstrated experience with qualitative and quantitative Monitoring & Evaluation methodologies
• Fluency in Amharic strongly desired

To apply: Please visit our website www.worldlearning.org and click on the employment tab to submit your application. If you do not see the job you are interested in, please “search all.” Please note, a resume and cover letter (with 3 professional references) are required when applying to this position. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Closing date: October 12, 2015