New Job Opening at Chemonics International
Summary:
Chemonics is looking for a Senior Program Officer – Private Sector Development for the USAID Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage project in Ghana, which will be based in Accra and commence on October 1, 2024. The purpose of this activity is to provide strategic and technical support to Ghana’s Chief of Party (COP) in the implementation of private-sector development activities.
As part of the Ghana team, the Senior Program Officer will oversee the private sector implementation of field support operations under the COP, ensuring excellent implementation in accordance with FHM’s market development methodology. The Senior Program Officer will work closely with the COP, Ghana country office staff, and a core team of US specialists with market development knowledge. The Senior Program Officer will monitor, evaluate, and learn and create reports and deliverables according to the FHM Engage Ghana work plan.
Chemonics International Inc. is a US-based international development consulting firm that operates in over 95 countries. We are searching for people who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others throughout the world.
Responsibilities:
The technical focal point for FHM Engage’s private sector work in Ghana, working with FHM Engage Leadership, the Project Management Unit, consortium partners’ technical leaders, the MERL team, and international, regional, and local implementation partners, is led by the Ghana COP.
Activity Implementation
- Ensure project activities are congruent with evidence-based private sector involvement good practice, including market development methodology and effective implementation methods and tools.
- Analyze and publish technical papers, case studies, agreed-upon deliverables, and technical tools on health market development and private sector participation.
- Support the creation and implementation of assigned activities in Ghana, including strategy development, implementation planning, and technical direction of activities.
- Help identify and recruit persons with technical skills who may be available for short- and long-term jobs.
- Manage short-term consultancies for the implementation of private sector work plan activities.
- Ensure all actions are carried out in full conformity with standard operating procedures, USAID rules and regulations, and national policies and laws.
Facilitate partnership development
- Work closely with the Partnerships Advisor to identify local or regional groups that can carry out activity implementation as needed.
- Ensure that work produced by partners is consistent with the FHM Engage concept and of high quality.
- Monitor shifts in implementation schedules and notify the respective project management unit when necessary.
- Manage the connection with partner organizations on compliant input delivery and the achievement of agreed-upon outputs and outcomes, as appropriate.
- Conduct technical and capacity assessments of identified partners.
Promote the learning agenda
- Share local contextualized data, global lessons, and new ideas in private sector participation and market growth with the FHM. Engage the technical team in conjunction with the COP to encourage shared learning.
- As needed, act as a liaison for private sector-related work with project stakeholders and counterparts.
- Inform COP and other stakeholders, as needed, about market development technical trends, and programming priorities in Ghana.
- Provide thought leadership to improve health market development activities by creating evidence, learning, and innovation to understand local health markets and solve market failures.
- Document processes and accomplishments linked to private sector activity throughout the project, including oversight of private sector activities to ensure learning is captured and distributed.
- Collaborate with the communications team to summarize significant findings for FHM.
- Engage in regular reporting and internal and external distribution relevant to areas of responsibility and expertise, including technical working groups, conferences, learning events, and blogs.
Qualifications:
- To do this work successfully, a person must be able to do each important duty and obligation satisfactorily. The qualifications mentioned below are typical of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to execute the primary responsibilities.
- A bachelor’s degree is required, although a master’s degree in public health, business, economics, or a related discipline is desirable.
- A minimum of ten years of relevant expertise in health market development for services or products, ideally in targeted technical assistance in market facilitation approaches, preferably in Africa.
- Demonstrated technical leadership in market development methodologies, social business development, private sector participation, mixed health systems, family planning, and/or maternal health outcomes.
- Extensive expertise in providing technical help and mentoring for technical teams
- Demonstrated experience working with USAID initiatives.
- Ability to establish good ties with host country governments, funding agencies, international organizations, and the corporate sector.
- Willingness and capacity to adjust to the project’s changing needs as needed
- Ability to work in a highly matrixed and remote context. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with clients, coworkers, partners, technical specialists, and essential project stakeholders.
- Proficiency in English is essential.
- Experience with data reporting is preferred.
How to Apply for this New Job Opening at Chemonics International
Please submit a cover letter, a thorough Curriculum Vitae or Resume, and the names and contact information of three professional references to FHMEngageRecruitment@FHM-Engage.org by September 4, 2024. Also, Please put “Senior Program Officer – Private Sector Development – Ghana” in the subject line. Please refrain from making telephone inquiries. Chemonics will contact the finalists.
Chemonics hires and promotes without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, employee organization membership, or other non-merit factors.
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