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Job Title: Deputy Country Director, Data.FI Nigeria
Company Overview:
About Palladium – Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people’s lives.
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Project Overview and Role:
Data.FI is a five-year global project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the HIV and COVID-19 response. Data.FI partners with programs to accelerate and sustain access to high-quality data to expedite HIV and COVID-19 epidemic control and maintenance. By improving global, regional, national, and community/local in-depth analyses of HIV and COVID-19 epidemiologic and programmatic data, Data.FI expedites program achievements to improve client services and attain and sustain control of the epidemics. Data.FI supports host country governments to enhance existing health information systems (HIS), informing management responses to gaps in programming and sustaining impact by supporting local partner transition.
Purpose of the Position:
Palladium is seeking a Deputy Country Director to support the Country Director in executing an efficient and effective oversight of all elements of Data.FI Nigeria project activities. Her/his primary responsibilities are to provide supporting leadership, management, and general technical direction, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors, and a focus on achieving results defined in annual work plans. This individual must act as the secondary liaison with USAID/Nigeria, relevant Government of Nigeria (GON) Ministries, Departments and Agencies, implementing partners and other stakeholders. The position requires significant coordination skills, broad general and technical knowledge, an ability to cope with multiple interests and challenges, experience in Nigeria, and skills to ensure coherence and consistency in the face of urgent deadlines. As part of the Data.FI Nigeria Senior Management Team, the incumbent will work in coordination with the Global and Regional Project Teams, Nigeria Country Director and Nigeria Activity Team Leads. S/he will supervise technical delivery of project health informatics, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data analytics, visualization, and data use activities in collaboration with the respective activity leads.
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Primary Responsibilities:
- Serving as a member of the senior leadership team of the project and supporting the Country Director in oversight of project staff and activities;
- Serving as the secondary point of contact for USAID/Nigeria and other USAID programs operating in Nigeria, as well as with GON officials and key partners;
- Serving as the Country Director’s primary point of contact for current information about the status of activity implementation;
- Serving as acting Country Director when s/he is unavailable;
- Co-leading and/or reviewing and monitoring programmatic functions, i.e., development of work plans, budgets, quarterly/annual reports, and ensuring effective implementation of program strategy as articulated by in the work plan;
- Maintaining effective and open communication throughout the project with the Country Director, USAID, Project Director, project operations teams, and other relevant stakeholders;
- Working with the Country Director and other project staff to continuously refine implementation processes by integrating lessons learned and best practices;
- Maintain strong, positive working relationships with Palladium colleagues, USAID Washington, USAID Mission and partners, including but not limited to major sub-recipients, local grantees, subcontractors, and local governments, to ensure effective implementation of project activities;
- In collaboration with the M&E team ensure relevant staff use, maintaining and regularly uploading data to the project M&E system;
- Support the establishment of quality control standards in-line with Data.FI and USAID standards;
- Build capacity of local partner organizations to increase ownership and sustainability of activities beyond the life of the project;
- Represent project at national, regional, and global technical forums as required;
- Contribute to new business development: proposal development through contributions to strategy, partnerships and written contributions to the technical approach and capability statements.
- Other duties as delegated by the Country Director.
Reporting Requirements:
The role reports to the Data.FI Nigeria Country Director. Reporting requirements include:
- Attendance at all regular Data.FI Nigeria team meetings;
- Provision of regular updates to the line manager, including status of Key Result Areas (KRAs), and any other material matters and/or areas of concern;
- Contributions to Data.FI internal project and client reporting;
- Other reporting as requested by the line manager.
Required Education and Work Experience:
- PhD or master’s level education in Public Health, Health Informatics or another relevant field of study.
- At least five years of experience in senior management of complex PEPFAR-funded public health programs or programs of similar scope and size, including program, financial and administration management; staff oversight and supervision; award contractual compliance; sub-award management; and tracking project performance and costs via specific funding streams.