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• Support the Deputy Chief of Party in coordinating with the district
  governments and providing technical support for capacity building, good
  governance, health information systems, health commodities and integration
  of health services.
• Supervise and support district based project staff and make sure
  their activities are focused as per the work plan.
• Build, maintain and strengthen district government and stakeholder’s
  relationships with the project.
• Liaise with the Technical Leads to ensure district health delivery
  systems and health care facilities consistently meet the quality standards
  of care.
• Oversee technical support provided by project to support district
  led planning and implementation.
• Provide technical support to the Program Managers of all vertical
  programs at the regional level.
• As a member of the senior leadership team, assist in drafting
  program documents like the strategic plan, preparing strategic documents,
  concept papers, Annual Work Plans, quarterly and annual reports, as
  needed.
• Maintain documentation of meetings, correspondence, and other
  materials related to activities identified under health system
  strengthening.
• Monitor activities of the project, prepare monitoring reports,
  identify problems and propose possible solutions along with
  recommendations to Chief of Party.
• Assist DCOP and SLT in implementation of project activities and
  their outputs as planned and suggest corrective actions when needed.
• To increase the capacity of regional and district and provincial
  level staff to implement, monitor and evaluate integrated health services.
  
• Provide representation of the project as appropriate and necessary
  with relevant internal and external counterparts, partners, and
  stakeholders.
• Ensure coordination with project finance and administration staff
  for the timely completion of budgets and reporting.
• Ensure that the project adheres to national and internationally
  accepted technical norms and standards and that best practices and
  approaches are well-documented and highlighted throughout project
  implementation.

• The applicant for the USAID RHITES-N Project Senior Health System
  Strengthening Advisor job placement should hold a Master’s Degree in
  public health or a related field OR 5 years of experience (in addition to
  the below requirement of 5 years) in a management position for a donor
  funded health project;
• Eight years of progressively increasing responsibility working for a
  technical assistance health program;
• Experience working on health systems strengthening activities;
• Experience designing and implementing successful HSS approaches with
  government;
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, supervisory, communications and
  mentoring skills;
• Experience managing technical staff; and
• Experience working with a variety of partners including CBOs, DHOs,
  etc.

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