Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.
Pact seeks a Technical Director for the USAID-funded Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Immunization, and Malaria Integrated Health (including family planning) Activity, hereafter referred to as “Kira Ukuze” (“Grow well”). This Activity will focus on facility-level interventions and collaborate with the USAID Integrated Community Health (ICH) Activity at the community level to improve the quality of, and demand for, service delivery interventions. This will be a $45M five-year (August 2024-August 2029), cooperative agreement. This position is subject to project award and funding. As this is a Key Personnel position, the candidate selected for this opportunity must have his/her candidacy confirmed by USAID. The location of this position is anticipated to be Bujumbura. Frequent travel to the provincial offices is anticipated.
Kira Ukuze will be the flagship Activity in the USAID Burundi Health Portfolio for Family Planning and Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (FP/RMNCH) at the household and health facility level. Kira Ukuze will be the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) malaria service delivery Activity at the health facility level, working in public and private health facilities in seven malaria high-burden provinces. This Activity will also have to strongly collaborate with the Integrated Community Health Activity in these seven provinces, with collaboration focused on strengthening health facility and community health worker touchpoints, including building and enhancing the referral and counter referral system, supervision of Community Health Workers (CHWs), and reporting of data to facilities by CHWs, along with the delivery of integrated community case management of childhood illness, which includes malaria. Kira Ukuze will also collaborate closely with the USAID Integrated Community Health (ICH) Activity for community-level interventions outside of malaria.
The Technical Director will be responsible for the technical and operational oversight for all aspects of the Activity. S/he will report directly to the Chief of Party and support the COP in providing technical direction for Activity implementation and will ensure that the Activity outcomes are met. S/he will oversee all interventions in collaboration with other technical leads and other stakeholders. S/he will also provide strategic guidance on RMNCH, family planning, malaria, immunization, nutrition, and prevention, care, and treatment services. S/he will ensure strong linkages with all other Activity components.
The specific duties to be carried out by the successful candidate are as follows:
Lead and facilitate the integration of public health programming across result areas, while ensuring quality, responsiveness, and relevance of technical assistance.Coordinate development, implementation, monitoring and reporting on all project work plans.Supervise program monitoring, evaluating, and reporting activities, ensuring that all project deliverables are met and delivered in a timely and efficient manner.In coordination with the COP, serve as a Pact liaison to USAID and national and local partners, including government officials, civil society, and community leaders, particularly on technical matters.Coordinate with project partners and appropriate stakeholders in all aspects of project planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.Supervise key technical staff, ensuring high-quality technical programming through hands-on guidance and support grounded in the program's strategic objectives and adhering to expected technical quality and reporting requirements.Assist with all programmatic aspects, ensuring that objectives are met on time and within budget. Manage rapid startup; day-to-day implementation of activities; working with the COP, oversee the oversee and coordinate tech outputs/activities, as well as sub-grantees and consultants. Serve as the primary point of contact with USAID in absence of the COP with regard to day-to-day implementation and management matters related to the agreement.Under the guidance of the COP, help recruit and directly supervise and support project staff in line with Pact HR policies; oversee the management and development of project office human resources to ensure a diverse, skilled, and productive workforce, an effective leadership team, and an organizational culture where Pact's values are practiced.Deliver technical presentations on program achievements to implementing partners, civil society organizations, government officials, donor, and other organizations.Support with other tasks, as assigned by the COP.