Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Pakistan Flagship TB Activity

About Palladium:

 For the past 50 years, Palladium has been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives. 

Palladium develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Since 1971, we have assisted governmental and non-governmental agencies, foundations, and the private sector by designing, implementing, and evaluating programs in HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, population and family planning, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and gender. Palladium has deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information, health markets and private sector engagement, modeling and economic analysis, patient monitoring and management/HMIS, strategic consulting, and program management.

Position Summary:

 Palladium is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for an anticipated 5-year USAID-funded Pakistan Flagship Tuberculosis (TB) Activity. The activity will focus on increasing universal access to TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment, improving programmatic management of Multidrug-Resistant TB, building diagnostic capacity, and strengthening the national and provincial TB programs’ capacity for sustainability. It will be implemented at the national level,  and in Sindh and Punjab provinces.

The DCOP will work closely with the activity’s Chief of Party (COP) to provide overall leadership and management of the project including meeting the project’s technical objectives, harmonizing activities across the program, program staff, partnering agreements, maintaining good working relationships with the national and provincial governments and local partners, managing client reporting, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. The DCOP will lead technical strategy and direction of project activities in compliance with USAID and Palladium rules and regulations and will serve as Acting COP in the COP’s absence.

*This is a proposal position and is contingent upon award from USAID.*

Reporting Lines:

 This position will report to the activity’s COP with a dual reporting line to Palladium’s Infectious Diseases lead. It will be based in Islamabad with frequent travel to Sindh and Punjab.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

Support the COP with technical direction, oversight and quality control for all program activities and interventions to ensure integration, coordination, and collaboration across all result areas.Provide technical and programmatic guidance and support for project activities and budget oversight. Assist the COP in creating and maintaining good working relationships with USAID, Government of Pakistan including the provincial and national health departments especially the TB control programs, as well as implementing partners and other TB stakeholders. They will serve as the direct link with USAID in the absence of the COP.Provide functional guidance to project staff, consortium partners, and stakeholders to ensure deliverables are met within timelines and budgets as needed.Provide support and guidance to ensure that project work plan activities are conducted as planned, targets and technical requirements are met, and deliverables completed in accordance with donor requirements, and adhere to the national guidelines and project standard operating procedures.Manage the technical team ensuring close coordination and collaboration between the project’s work streams and partner organizations and ensure regular engagement with relevant technical specialists, including thematic team meetings within the project as well as with the mission and the respective governments.Promote sustainability of project activities through effective networking, linkages to other programs, capacity building of project staff, and institutional strengthening of implementing partners and civil society organizations.Provide analytical and evaluative techniques to identify, consider and resolve issues or problems.Ensure that routine project data is consistently analyzed, visualized, and utilized for program improvement, project progress tracking, and informed decision-making.Work with the COP and other project staff to continuously refine implementation processes by integrating lessons learned and best practices.Support the COP in assessing implementing partners’ capacity strengthening needs and in effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of capacity strengthening activities.Organize and support project trainings, conferences, workshops, and meetings as needed.Represent the project at associations, conferences, and symposia as required.Prepare project reports, presentations and white papers as required.Other duties as requested.

Required Qualifications and Competencies:

An advanced degree in a relevant field of study, (e.g. medicine, public health, epidemiology, etc.).Minimum ten years’ technical leadership experience in public health, health system strengthening, and communicable disease control programs in Pakistan, as well as a thorough understanding of TB and related government policies and regulations in Pakistan.Demonstrated experience of at least ten years managing and implementing large-scale USAID and other donor-funded health projects in complex settings, with a focus on collaboration with government counterparts, international donors, the private sector and local organizations. Experience implementing TB control programs preferred.Demonstrated experience working with the National Health Ministry and the Sindh and Punjab health departments including the TB control programs.Demonstrated knowledge and experience with USAID contract management, policies, procedures, regulations and reporting requirements, including prior experience in a team lead or other management/leadership role on a USAID funded project.Proven track record of building teams and fostering collaboration to achieve goals, meet milestones, and produce high quality written qualitative, quantitative, and narrative deliverables.Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe.Ability to respond and adapt quickly to changing requirements and competing demands.Strong strategic planning, management, supervision, and budgeting skills.Written and spoken fluency in Urdu and English; working knowledge of Punjabi and/or Sindhi preferred.Ability to travel nationally.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.  

Should you require any adjustments or accommodation to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss. 

Safeguarding: We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.