Bangladesh: Technical Director, Family Planning and Health Systems Strengthening

Overview:

Jhpiego seeks a Technical Director to provide technical and program oversight and direction in the areas of family planning and health system strengthening to the USAID System Strengthening for Family Planning project in Bangladesh. This integrated program aims to support family planning in rural, urban and peri-urban areas by working with the private sector, including NGOs in some aspects. The project will operate over a five-year period. Responsibilities include providing leadership and technical guidance in the development and implementation of family planning and health system strengthening activities under the leadership of the Chief of Party and Jhpiego Technical Directors, and utilizing and contributing to cross-cutting approaches. This position will ensure the technical and methodological soundness of activities and, in collaboration with the project team and partners, support the design of service delivery strategies, based on sound and current scientific evidence.

This position is contingent upon award from USAID.Bangladeshi nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of program activities in family planning and health system strengthening

• Develop new/Review evidence-based clinical training materials, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems and other training materials needed for implementation of the System Strengthening for Family Planning program to meet the needs of USAID and the Government of Bangladesh

• Provide mentoring and capacity building at the individual and organizational level

• Provide “train the trainer” sessions, site strengthening, in-service and/or pre-service education, follow-up and supportive supervision to project-supported health facilities, as required by program activities

• Coordinate assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E across program sites as required by program activities

• Lead the formulation of approaches for scale up of family planning services

• Actively participate in Technical Advisory Group Meetings, and represent Jhpiego in professional forums by participating and presenting in pertinent meetings and conferences

• Analyze potential health system strengthening and family planning strategies within the context of the program and explain these, as necessary, to policymakers, funding agencies, and/or program staff

• Work with health care providers, local authorities, community members and program team members to identify service delivery issues that impede access to care

• Identify appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address family planning service delivery gaps

• Identify clinical training needs and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs

• Formulate and test sustainable solutions to service delivery gaps, utilizing cross-cutting approaches such as performance and quality improvement and in-service training/pre-service education

• Advocate with national, district and community-level health institutions to raise awareness about their role in improving health outcomes in family planning

• Guide national stakeholders in the revision/development of evidenced-based standards for competency in family planning

• Mobilize international level clinical/technical expertise to resolve clinical issues that shape or effect local public policy or program design

• Lead the design of the professional development pathway for local health care providers

• Collaborate with all local stakeholders and implementing partners, especially the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other US and international implementing partners, in order to ensure that all activities conform to the requirements and regulations

• Contribute to strengthening the referral system

• Conduct regular reporting to the Chief of Party, and program and technical staff, of successes, challenges and lessons learned in implementation related to areas of technical expertise

• Document and maintain an inventory of successful tools and approaches for family planning

• Contribute to the development of business proposals, technical reports and publications as they relate to family planning and health system strengthening

• Author and co-author abstracts and presentations for journals and conference

• Document successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of project activities and results to the program and donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as requested

• Supervise technical staff

• Manage technical contributions of subgrantees, including providing scopes of work

• Maintain excellent relationships with USAID and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses to USAID/DC and Mission requests

• Work with external consultants as required

• Work closely with the Country Director on setting program priorities and directions, and responding to requests for support from local counterparts.

• Work with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results related to family planning and health system strengthening

• Provide technical leadership to the development the project strategic plan, work plan, and program monitoring, in close collaboration with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, USAID, and other stakeholders

• Ensure timely implementation of all program inputs, including planning and implementing assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and M&E across program sites, in close coordination and collaboration with USAID, relevant ministries of health

• Assist in the preparation of donor reports and project reports

• Oversee data collection, analysis and development of conclusions and recommendations to further strengthen program implementation

• Ensure availability of resources/facilitate the procurement of equipment and supplies required for project implementation

• Coordinate and monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the work of short-term consultants as required

  Required Qualifications:

• A medical degree (doctor or nursing) or Master’s in Public Health

• 10 years experince experience in managing $3-5M per year in donor-funded projects and in the design and implementation of overseas health projects; preferably in the Asia region;

• At least 5 years applying skills in family planning and health system strengthening

• Qualification as a “master trainer”; experience training health workers on clinical aspects related to family planning

• Experience building capacity at individual and organizational levels;

• Skill in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery programs, training, performance and quality improvement, family planning

• Experience with a mix of practical technical skills in family planning necessary for strengthening service delivery at the regional, national, clinical and community-level

• The ability to liaise with senior Ministry officials and dignitaries, executives of NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, the for-profit business community, and senior members of the donor community;

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Bangladesh healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Bangladesh preferred

• Strong skills in word processing and Excel spread sheets;

• Familiarity with USAID or other USG administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems;

• Proven track record managing a project team composed of several technical experts and fostering team work

• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff in the areas

• Excellent written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in both English and Bengali

• Ability to travel nationally

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Bangladesh Nationals are highly encouraged to apply. Candidates must include a cover letter in the application.

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Please apply to Job ID #: 2017-2893at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note:The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer