Deputy Chief of Party - USAID-Digital Health Information and Data Use

ICF is seeking candidates for the role of Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for the anticipated five-year, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Digital Health Information and Data Use Program. The purpose of this five-year project is to increase country ownership and management of one national integrated and comprehensive sector-wide health information ecosystem to achieve health systems outcomes of equity, quality, and resources optimization. The program will build on and strengthen local capacity in digital health technologies’ adoption to promote the use of an integrated and comprehensive digital health ecosystem, lead systems evolutions management, and sustain health system outcomes of equity, quality, and resource optimization with broad based partners from the private sector, technology firms and academia. 

The position will be based in the United States but may involve frequent in-country travel. The DCOP will have both managerial and technical responsibilities. Administrative responsibilities include routine liaising with the client; management of staff; overseeing of project budgets; and overall planning and management of the project. Technical responsibilities concern the ability to generally understand the range of project’s technical activities, the performance of senior and mid-level staff overseeing those activities, and the ability to assess technical performance of the project and staff. ICF is seeking an experienced Deputy Chief of Party with a strong background in technology solutions architecture, open source, and M&E. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading complex technology projects in collaboration with Ministries of Health and other public and private stakeholders. 

The DCOP will support ICF’s management of the DHISDU Activity. The DCOP will provide high-quality leadership to the project’s interventions globally, overseeing the technical and strategic direction of a 5-year USAID investment.  

Responsibilities: 

• Provide high-quality technical & managerial leadership to the project’s interventions  

• Build upon the documented successes and lessons learned of concurrent and predecessor efforts in strengthening national health databases, technical capacities, and human resourcing to ensure that all relevant lessons learned are applied and adapted in implementation 

• Ensure project activities align with USAID and buy-in countries health priorities and support sustainable health systems 

• Support collaborative communication channels with USAID, Ministry of Health (MOH) and other national and regional health entities and stakeholders, international organizations, etc. 

• Support the Project Director (PD) in ensuring the project’s timely and complete submission of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reports, financial reports, and any other deliverables required by USAID 

• Mentor and support the success of activity team members within ICF and other partners 

• Manage the performance and professional development of senior staff members 

 

Required Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in public health, or related field. 

• 7+ years of senior technical leadership experience on USAID programs of similar size and complexity is required. 

• 7+ years of relevant experience working in international health, M&E, digital health, health information systems, and project management especially with donor-funded projects. 

• 5+ years of experience building partnerships with national and subnational government agencies, private sector, academia, and local community organizations. 

• 5+ years of experience managing teams and individual staff members 

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience leading and managing technical and administrative teams. 

• Knowledge of developing and supporting open source and global public goods applications and platforms. 

• Experience in M&E systems including data quality and evidence-based decision making 

• Demonstrated commitment to locally led, equitable solutions. 

• Advanced communication, writing, English fluency and interpersonal skills 

 

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The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$123,765.00 - $210,400.00

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