Chief of Party

**Title: Chief of Party** **Location: New Delhi, India** **Division: India Country Program** **_ ** Note : This position is contingent upon award to PATH and approval from the donor_** PATH is currently recruiting for **Chief of Party** based in New Delhi. **About PATH** PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships, and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges. **About Fire Up Opportunity** The USAID/India FIRE-UP Activity aims to improve availability and demand for voluntary FP/RH services/products by ensuring equitable access, empowerment, fostering engagement and creating an enabling environment, in alignment with India’s FP2030 vision of providing universal access to FP/RH services, with a strong focus on youth, marginalized and vulnerable populations. **Primary Responsibilities**: - Oversee the completion of all technical requirements, including project results and deliverables, in accordance with the project work plan. - Build and maintain productive working relationships with USAID, project partners, and key stakeholders at the international, national and sub-national levels. Serve as the primary liaison among key project stakeholders. - Manage the project’s operational, financial, and administrative priorities; direct the planning and budgeting processes. Create or adapt management systems in line with PATH’s standard operating procedures, ensuring consistency with project needs. - Design and oversee an annual project cycle in accordance with USAID’s annual planning cycles. - Work with finance and project staff to develop and track project budgets and ensure resources for project implementation project is implemented in budget. - Work with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team to develop frameworks and effectively track data and results and institute a project culture of data for decision making and steer course corrections as needed. - Translate project goals and objectives into implementable strategies and plans. Oversee the preparation of quarterly and annual project activity reports, MEL reports, and other deliverables, as specified in the agreement. Report against the project’s targets. - Represent the project to donor, government and at high-level meetings, conferences etc. - Guide team members to fulfill the project’s strategic goals and objectives. - Supervise and mentor senior staff, delegating responsibilities as appropriate. Clearly communicate expectations for staff performance. **Required Skills**: Required Experience - Advanced degree in a relevant discipline (MD, MPH, MBA, Ph.D.) from an accredited academic institution. - 15-20 years of progressively responsible experience in international development as previous Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, or senior management experience on large adolescent health or family planning and reproductive health projects. - Experience with one or more of the following: positive youth development; maternal and child health; family planning/reproductive health; comprehensive sexuality education; nutrition; quality improvement/quality assurance; health system strengthening; M&E; and operations research will be preferred. - Experience managing USAID cooperative agreements and/or contracts as well as experience in implementation of donor priorities including localization preferred. - Proven exceptional and inclusive leadership in the design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of similar-sized international donor-supported programs, with skills in strategic planning and thinking, management, supervision and budgeting, and experience managing complex activities involving coordination with partners. - Demonstrated skills building and maintaining relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations including youth-led organizations, and partners. Experience centering meaningful youth engagement throughout all stages of a program a plus. - Expertise in translating research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities, with strong attention to quality of care - Previous experience working with intimate understanding of local health system and health systems strengthening, family planning/reproductive health, and maternal, neonatal, and child health care gaps and opportunities, and solid relationships at government agencies - Strong communication skills. - Experience recruiting, developing, and managing staff and teams. - Track record of a strong commitment to sharing knowledge, documenting experiences, supporting creative initiatives, and sharing credit. - Expertise in translating research to practice—identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities, with stro