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Employee Contract Type:
International Assignment (WVI – Paid via GCLA) Fixed Term (Fixed Term)Job Description:
The Chief of Party (CoP) will have overall responsibility for the implementation of all malaria prevention activities - assuring achievement of targets, ensuring strong budget control, overseeing donor, technical and organisational compliance, and leading a high performing team that delivers results and provides quality, reliable impact data. The CoP will be responsible for technical leadership and administrative oversight of the program and will serve as the primary represent for World Vision to the prime recipient, CCM, donor (as appropriate), government entities and relevant World Vision (WV) offices. As CoP you will have a strong understanding of malaria prevention policy and practice in Angola, and working collaboratively with the Ministry of Health, Government of Angola and all other stakeholders. The CoP will have proven leadership experience, and be able to manage a team across multiple provinces, effectively engage with local and national stakeholders and ensure quality, timeliness, and efficiency of all activities, reports and commitments, as outlined in the programme documents and grant agreement.
The CoP will assure strong governance, effective risk management and alignment with WV global standards, values and strategy. This is a 3- year project that is currently funded with a budget of $11.4M.
The CoP will have strong technical knowledge and experience in malaria prevention programming in Angola. Previous experience with the implementation of Global Fund grants is preferred, particularly the Malaria component. Fluency in English is essential, fluency in Portuguese is ideal.
This position reports the National Director.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
I. Strategic Leadership
· Provide strategic oversight and leadership of Global fund project.
· Establish a clear, strategic priorities, build a culture of excellence within the programme and support programme staff to deliver exceptional performance;
· Represent WV and GF programme objectives in national malaria prevention strategy and planning forums.
· Demonstrate agile and solution-focused leadership style, anticipating potential challenges and effectively navigating them to achieve strategic objectives and reach targets.
· Facilitate a working environment of mutual trust and respect among all staff. Encourage effective teamwork, with staff members supporting each other to give their best.
· Hold regular staff meetings to set shared priorities, review progress against work plans, verify that all staff have clear objectives, and ensure that issues impacting project implementation are quickly raised and addressed.
2. Programme Implementation and Management
· Oversee the implementation of the project by the project team, to ensure that project objectives are achieved in a timely manner and within budget.
· Ensure that all strategic objectives are met through proper planning, staffing, implementation and quality assurance.
· Ensuring the Global Fund grant’s annual program budget is well-developed and its execution is monitored on an ongoing basis, with timely and appropriate action taken on any issues identified.
· Regularly visit project locations to ensure that planned activities are being completed on time and to the necessary quality, in compliance with donor and organizational standards.
· Carry out regular validation of programme data during field visits, ensuring random samples of reported data are validated against primary source material, and any discrepancies are immediately identified and addressed.
· Ensure proper technical capacity of staff to manage complex donor-funded projects.
· Provide oversight, clear direction and performance management for grant staff and short-term consultants.
· Monitor progress against project targets on a monthly basis; identify risks to effective project implementation and develop effective risk management and risk mitigation plans.
· Identify and pursue opportunities for synergy and integration with other World Vision Angola programmes and/or with other service providers to maximize impact for beneficiary households and communities.
· Consistently look for more effective and efficient implementation methods and opportunities to increase impact.
· Participate and conduct on-going analysis of lessons learned with key staff and partners.
· Lead development and review of annual and quarterly work plans, assuring all plans are executed and any issues identified in a timely fashion.
· With key program staff and stakeholders, ensure the Global Fund Program’s strategic objectives and results are fully accomplished and meet expected technical quality standards.
· Ensuring that the relevant technical capacity is available for delivery of the plans.
3. Reporting
· Prepare Semi-Annual and Annual Programme Reports in compliance with donor requirements and WV standards.
· Prepare and submit reports to local government as requested or as needed by government offices.
· Ensure that there is a good flow of information between local, Province and National Office teams, such that issues are identified and reported on before they become difficult to manage.
· Establish and maintain effective project reporting, evaluation, and communication systems.
· Submit progress reports and payment requests in a timely manner, working with finance to track project cash flow against payment schedule, and expenditure against budget.
· Work closely with WVA Programme Quality team to ensure that systems are in place to regularly collect and validate programme data.
· Ensure accurate, reliable, consistent programme data is effectively collected, analyzed, stored and available for reporting at all times.
· Work with Impact and External Engagement Team to ensure that impact stories, lessons learned and programme impact data are regularly shared to support in advocacy, fundraising and communications efforts.
4. Financial, Asset & Risk Management:
· Ensure that annual budgets are prepared and submitted on time.
· Ensure effective budget negotiation during budget revisions, taking into account all reasonable and applicable costs.
· Monitor funding commitments and spending against budget, ensuring that good stewardship of financial resources is being practiced and that spending is on target with project plans.
· Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocated as per assigned budget, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure low risk audits.
· Manage grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to prime, donors and SO staff.
· Oversee property and equipment acquisition, disposition, and management in compliance with WV internal and donor requirements.
· Review monthly financial reports and prepare monthly variance explanations to ensure variances from targets are understood and any issues addressed.
· Ensure effective coordination and communication with the various stakeholders involved in the implementation of the project to assure sound financial management across all components.
· Ensure compliance to legal and contractual financial obligation over the life span of the grant.
· Prepare for and actively support all internal and external audit requirements, including ensuring that any audit findings are addressed and system improvements implemented within deadlines.
· Ensure any significant financial or risk issues are effectively escalated in a timely manner to the Finance Director and, where appropriate, to the National Director and SLT.
5. Internal & External Relations
· Represent the programme to local government (including the NMCP and with the Country Coordination Mechanisms), Donor or other external stakeholders in a professional and informative way.
· Coordinate with WV Communications team to ensure that all external communication and social media messaging regarding the project aligns to WV and donor standards and policy.
· Host visits from donor, prime recipient, local government and WV stakeholders (WVUS, WVI and SARO) as appropriate.
· Foster and maintain strong working relationship of trust and mutual respect with the prime, donor, NMCP, CCM and local and national government.
· Uphold WV core values in all internal and external engagements, ensuring that all team members are acting in ways that maintain WV’s reputation as a trusted partner of choice that delivers on its commitment to partner, donors and communities.
· Individual and team performance is professionally managed, meets WV standards, policies and procedures and technical quality implementation.
· Staff support and professional development needs are identified and met for improved staff performance.
· Ensuring team comply with WV core policies including Safeguarding and code of conduct.
· Liaise with appropriate World Vision Offices (GC, WVUS or SARO staff) as needed to ensure timely communication of progress and issues, compliance with internal standards, and to receive necessary technical support where appropriate.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Education and Knowledge
· Master’s Degree in relevant subject e.g. Health, Public Health.
· Strong technical knowledge of malaria prevention, community-level screening, treatment and vector control.
· Knowledge of Angola Health system and policy essential experience working in Angolan context is preferred.
Experience
· Minimum of 10 years in managing high value Health programmes.
· Experience as CoP with Global Fund grants is preferred.
· Proven experience leading a high-performing, results-driven team.
Skills/Abilities
· Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, Portuguese language skills a strong advantage.
· Strong planning, budgeting and organizational skills.
· Strong knowledge and proven experience in financial management and accounting principles.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a detail orientation.
· Ability to relate well with a diverse group of stakeholders including local government, staff, community members and donors.
· Strong leadership capacity, able to develop and share clear vision and motivate teams to deliver high quality results.
· Strong computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Word and Excel, or other similar software.
Work Environment
· Based in WV National Office in Luanda, with travel to target provinces and communities up to 50% of the time.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted