Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Duration: 5-year program
Programme Budget: $45M
Salary: €55,675 – €61,860 (Grade 6)
About the Program:
The Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) aims to contribute to the Government of Sierra Leone’s overarching goal of improving the health of adolescents, pregnant and postpartum women, and children under five years old. The program seeks to 1) enhance the quality of family planning, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (FP/RMNCAH), malaria services, 2) promote the adoption of crucial health behaviors and 3) strengthen the stewardship and governance of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation at central and district levels. SIHSA seeks to promote the integration of health services, including malaria services, to rapidly scale-up evidence-based interventions to address preventable causes of maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent morbidities and mortality. SIHSA seeks to demonstrate innovative models to catalyze community-driven solutions and show models to promote private sector engagement.
Role Overview:
The Chief of Party (COP) will provide overall leadership, strategic direction, and management for the SIHSA program. Reporting to the Country Director, the COP will be responsible for ensuring the program’s goals, objectives, and strategy are achieved within the specified timeframe and budget. The COP will serve as the primary liaison with USAID, government stakeholders, implementing partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
Recruitment is contingent upon successful award and USAID approval.
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Please apply by the closing date on our website here: https://jobs.concern.net/jobs/international/vacancy/chief-of-party-2123-freetown/2141/description/
All candidates who are short-listed for a first-round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline.
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
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