University Research Co. ,Chief of Party Job Vacancy in Uganda

University Research Co., LLC (URC)
URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care,
social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate,
the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries,
including the United States.
Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen
health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and
health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to
critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality
of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious
diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family
planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US,
we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse,
with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.
URC’s mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based solutions to health and
social challenges worldwide. Please join us in carrying out our mission (http://www.urc-chs.com/).
Division & Project Overview:
The Quality and Performance Institute (QPI) is a division of URC that has
implemented quality improvement and operations research programs in health care
since 1981 and continues to be at the cutting edge of health care improvement
work in countries around the world.
The USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) is the
QPI’s leading project t that is dedicated to improving health, population and
nutrition services through technical support to service delivery institutions,
country Ministries of Health, USAID country missions, and cooperating agencies.
The project carries on the work of the USAID Health Care Improvement Project (http://www.hciproject.org)
and is focused on building the capacity of host country providers and managers
to apply modern quality improvement methods, make essential services accessible
to all who need them, and ensure that care is delivered in compliance with
standards and client needs, for every client, every time.
An important global objective of the ASSIST Project is knowledge management: to
facilitate documentation and sharing of evidence for improvement of specific
care processes, based on the work of individual QI teams, large-scale
improvement efforts, and/or research, and to make this information readily
available through Web technology.
Roles and Responsibilities: The Chief of Party will play the leadership
role and provide management responsibilities for the development and
implementation of a project at a country level. The primary duties include, but
are not limited to, the following:

• Provide overall technical and administrative
  leadership to the project implementation team, including development of
  strategies, budgets, workplans, monitoring and evaluation plans,
  reporting.
• Interact with USAID Mission as a major funding
  source in accordance with obligations defined by a cooperative agreement
  or a contact, and provide regular updates to ensure their timely awareness
  of progress or issues as they arise.
• Represent project (or organization) in-country
  and coordinate efforts with Ministry of Health, policy makers, and senior
  health experts, USAID implementing partners, WHO, and other relevant
  stakeholders to ensure successful project implementation, dissemination
  and institutionalization of results.
• Provide supervision to the project full time
  personnel, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Ensure efficient function in administrative and
  financial procedures, and adequate internal controls processes.
• Participate in opportunities for business
  development.

• Public health professional with an advanced
  degree (MD, MPH, PhD or DrPH) or equivalent combination of training and
  experience.
• At least ten (10) years of a track record showing
  progressive experience in technical and management leadership of host
  country professional and non-professional personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to cooperate with host
  country governments and international partners in implementing
  multi-intervention health development projects.
• Successful work with USAID-funded health
  programs.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,
  including the ability to work effectively with a culturally and
  linguistically diverse staff, consultants and counterparts.
• Strong oral and written communication skills,
  including substantial presentation experience to high-level audiences
  (policymakers, program managers, donors), as well as experience in
  facilitation and small group process.