Position Title: Health and Social Services Manager (Local Candidates Only), Rwanda - Improved Services for Vulnerable Populations (ISVP) Program
Requisition Number: 14-0132
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Department Overview:
Pact seeks a Health and Social Services Manager for the proposed USAID-funded five-year Rwanda Improved Services for Vulnerable Populations (ISVP) Activity to improve and sustain the health and social wellbeing of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), their households, and communities in Rwanda. This position is contingent upon award.
Position Purpose:
Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party, the Health and Social Systems Manager will be responsible for activities relating to:
- Family Planning and Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Continuum of Response approach addresses the lifetime needs of the target populations to ensure adequate access to a wide range of prevention, care and treatment services based on the changing needs and circumstances of the families that are being served,
- Home visits by volunteer cadres,
- Promoting family planning and strengthen male involvement in family planning services
- Providing material support to access health and social services.
- Improving life skills and SRH and rights provision Address gender-based violence and teenage pregnancy
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate technical activities and provide direction, feedback and support to ensure success; as applicable, supervise a local program team in their day-to-day operations.
- Provide input into and assure that all donor reporting requirements on program impact are met and assist implementing partners/grantees in setting up reporting and tracking systems to provide such information in an efficient and timely manner.
- Ensure high quality program delivery and the cost-effective use of Pact and USAID resources
- Ensure provision of management support and technical assistance to grantees on program design, budget/work plan development, and M&E planning.
- Provide oversight of the Nutrition and Food Security Officers.
- Provide regular written/oral program progress updates, as requested.
- Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the DCOP.
Basic Requirements:
- Three to five years of experience with health or HIV/AIDS care, support, and prevention activities is required;
- Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain professional relationships with civil society organizations and host country government counterparts
Preferred Qualifications:
- A Master’s degree or higher training in public health, or in a closely related field is preferred
- Three to five years in a technical leadership/management role for a project of similar size and complexity, including experience with direct supervision of professional staff preferred;
- Experience interacting with government, international organizations, donors, other bilateral donor and civil society representatives, and senior level government officials;
- At least three years of experience working with USG cooperative agreements or contracts in senior program management capacity preferred
- Excellent communicator with demonstrated experience in communicating complex processes to diverse stakeholders, including government officials at the national, provincial and district levels, service orientated NGOs, civil society organizations, donors, etc.
- Rwandan citizens
To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
