Deputy Project Director
The Deputy Project Director (DPD) will assist the EpiC Nepal Project Director in oversight of the program and technical resources for the EpiC Nepal Project. The DPD under the guidance and support from the Project Director, will provide technical leadership for program design, planning, implementation, monitoring; ensuring quality; strategic behavioral communication (SBC), and strategic information (SI) for EpiC Nepal Project activities.
Key Responsibilities
Review, ensure and provide support for timely implementation of EpiC Nepal Project workplan activities, strategies and approaches, performance monitoring and evaluation plan (PMEP), environment mitigation and monitoring plan (EMMP) with high quality.
Manage the development of sub-agreements, contracts, amendments and annual work plans including activities, budgets and implementation plans and monitor subprojects to ensure that implementation is conducted in a timely and technically sound manner.
Review and ensure that sub-agreements, contracts and amendment documents meet the program and technical requirements and maintain quality assurance before execution by EpiC Nepal Project Director.
Prepare program reports (such as monthly/quarterly/semi-annual/annual/end of project), briefs and other communication and reporting requirements for FHI 360, donors, and Government of Nepal.
Ensure that all programmatic reporting is accurate, timely and meets EpiC Project, FHI 360, Government and donor requirements.
Provide support and guidance to ensure that country program and subproject work plan activities are conducted as planned, targets and technical requirements are met, and deliverables completed in accordance with requirements, and are as per the national guidelines and projectโs standard operating procedures.
Support EpiC Nepal Project Director to ensure appropriate levels of technical assistance in program operations from EpiC headquarter in timely manner, and to ensure EpiC Nepalโs technical quality, expertise and contribution is shared widely with headquarter, donors, government and collaborating partners.
Keep updated on state-of-the-art global technical advancements in public health, continuum of HIV prevention, care, support and treatment services and research to apply to ongoing EpiC Nepal project activities.
Facilitate and ensure supportive supervision and monitoring are regularly planned and implemented and ensure issues and actions identified from the supervision visits are shared and addressed in time.
Provide oversight to supervise the day-to-day work of the program, technical, social and behavior change, strategic information unitโs and supply chain management activities including coordination with COVID-19 emergency response, contract & grants, and administration units.
Review projectโs progress tracking on regular basis and ensure that the projectโs achievements are on track. Ensure routine project data are regularly analyzed, visualized and used for program improvement.
Ensure capacity building needs of implementing partner agencies (IPs) are reviewed regularly and capacity building activities are planned, implemented and monitored.
Work with relevant EpiC Nepal Project and FHI 360 Nepal Office staff for communications and public relations to coordinate publications, documentation and dissemination of EpiC Nepal project activities, successes, good practices and lessons learned.
Ensure effective management and monitoring of program through field visits, regular EpiC Nepal program and technical team meetings, review meetings, annual and quarterly work plan meetings.
Provide support to PD to maintain projectโs visibility and coordination at national, provincial and district level
Perform other duties as assigned by the EpiC Nepal Project Director or Country Director, FHI 360 Nepal Office.
Requirements
Mastersโ degree or its international equivalent in public health, management, social science or other relevant fields.
Five to seven years of experience managing large, complex health service delivery projects among key populations together with leading the development of technical innovations
Solid experience working in a non-governmental organization (NGO) โ preferably with a focus on HIV prevention, care,