[opportunities] COUNTRY TEAM LEAD (STOP SPILLOVER PROJECT)

[Hà Phạm Thanh]

*Dear Sir/Madam,*

*We are looking for potential candidates via this group mail for the
position of Country Team Lead. Please have a look through ToR for more
details. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.*


*Terms of Reference-Country Team Lead STOP Spillover Project*

*Position:* Country Team Lead
*Duty station:* Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN) National
Coordination Office, Hanoi University of Public Health
*Accountable to:* Regional Lead & Project Director
*Program title:* USAID Strategy to Prevent (STOP) Spillover
*Contract type:* Fixed term
*Duration:* This is a full time position, renewed yearly based on
performance evaluation, and availability of funds.

*Project description:*

The USAID STOP Spillover program provides a critical opportunity to enhance
global understanding of the complex drivers of viral spillover and to
augment sustainable national capacities in surveillance, risk analysis, and
behavior change. The project supports ten prioritized countries across
Africa and Asia to gain critical knowledge about their Spillover
Ecosystems, to refine and use that knowledge effectively, efficiently, and
sustainably to reduce the risk of zoonotic viral spillover and spread.

This is a five year project from October 2020 to September 2025.

STOP Spillover is a USAID-funded project to anticipate and address threats
posed by the emerging zoonotic diseases that pose the greatest risk of
jumping from animals to humans. Tufts University, together with an
international consortium of nine core partners that include South East Asia
One Health University network (SEAOHUN), icddr,b-Bangladesh and Africa One
Health University network (AFROHUN) and six core sub-award partners are
working collaboratively utilizing diverse capabilities among consortium
members and stakeholders to implement the STOP project in five countries in
Africa and five countries in Asia over the next five years.

The consortium will support countries to build their capacity to assess,
communicate and decrease risk of viral spillover and spread of zoonotic
disease The consortium will work with USAID to develop and institutionalize
innovative, country-specific, and
sustainable approaches so they are well-prepared to stop viral spillover
from animals to humans and reduce amplification and spread of the virus
among humans. STOP Spillover will focus on strengthening national capacity
in a number of targeted countries to 1) understand the factors that
contribute to the risk of spillover of pathogens from wildlife to humans;
2) develop, assess, and implement early risk-reduction interventions that
will reduce the spillover and spread of these threats; and, 3) recognize
and respond rapidly to zoonotic spillover events.

STOP Spillover’s approach centers around leveraging global-level Resource
Hubs, made up of consortium partner staff and key short term technical
advisors and consultants, to provide expertise, technical assistance, and
support to a Country Team. The Country Team, composed of a full-time
Country Team Lead and four part-time supporting members, will drive
implementation of the project, ensuring that project activities are
responsive and contextualized to the needs of Vietnam.

*The position*

This is a leadership position and is responsible for the programmatic,
administrative and strategic management of STOP Spillover program in
country i.e. formulating and implementing strategy, policy and managing the
day-to-day operations of STOP Spillover program to achieve the objectives
of the programs.

*Tasks and responsibilities:*

The country team lead will:

   - Provide leadership to project implementation in country and contribute
   towards project leadership at the global level.
   - Manage and coordinate all activities and provide oversight function
   for country level activities and the country team to effectively implement
   project activities according to the work plan and budget.
   - Directly supervise country team members to effectively ensure quality
   and timeliness of programmatic reporting.
   - Working with country teams develop workplans and oversee its
   implementation.
   - Supervises activity implementation and ensure that stated goals and
   reporting requirements are met.
   - Lead the recruitment and supervision of One Health-Design Research and
   Mentorship (OH-DReaM) teams, which will lead the design, implementation and
   validation of interventions designed to mitigate viral spillover and spread
   of zoonotic diseases
   - Serve as a point of contact for in country internal and external
   stakeholders, as well as facilitate communication, networking and
   coordination with other partners.
   - Liaise and build strong relationships with government and other
   collaborators/stakeholders to implement interventions designed for
   achieving goals and objectives of the program.
   - Leads efforts to document lessons, showcase successes and ensure
   appropriate branding/visibility of the program.
   - Perform management functions under the project, provide budget
   oversight and execute any other assigned tasks. Oversee overall budget,
   monitoring expenditure, and evaluating impact.
   - Report to regional lead, and in-country institution/leadership of
   VOHUN and South East Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN)
   - Collaboratively work with country leads from other STOP Spillover
   supported countries

*Qualifications and requirements*

   - At a minimum, a Master’s Degree in a relevant field, including but not
   limited to Public Health, Epidemiology or Veterinary Medicine,
   Environmental Sciences, Nursing, and Biomedical sciences, biotechnology,
   agriculture, economics, social science environment project management,
   International development or any other relevant discipline, A PhD will be
   an added advantage.
   - At least 5-10 years of in-country experience with supervising and
   managing projects with actors such as government partners, academia,
   international partners, funders, and/or private sector with direct
   leadership of professional and support staff, program/technical oversight,
   and project/grant management.
   - Ability to speak the dominant national language.
   - Good understanding of One Health concepts and expertise, as reflected
   as expertise in a discipline or several relevant areas: social and behavior
   change, surveillance, risk reduction and management, intervention
   implementation and mitigation of zoonotic disease amplification and spread,
   public health and ecosystem health.
   - Excellent collaboration capabilities, e.g. capacity to work
   productively in teams, working in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary
   settings.
   - Experience working with government agencies, communities,
   intergovernmental agencies, academic institutions, international agencies
   in country (WHO, FAO, OIE, others) or NGOs.
   - Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
   - Proven experience in managing donor funded projects especially USAID.
   - Gender and cultural awareness and sensitivity.
   - Experience within and across academic, public and private sectors
   - Experience with planning and managing large, multi-actor public health
   programme interventions
   - Proficient in relevant Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint programs,
   Comfort with social media.
   - Willingness to travel locally and internationally

*Disclaimers:*

STOP Spillover does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex,
language, religion, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation and
gender identity.

This organization is committed to the recruitment of a diverse, inclusive
workforce, and thus, women and members of other underrepresented groups are
strongly encouraged to apply

The salary for this position will depend on qualifications and experience
and in line with projects funds.

*How to apply:*

Interested candidates are invited to send an application letter, a resume
or curriculum vitae with names of 2 referees referencing “*Country Team
Lead*” as the subject to contact at vohun.org and copy to Ms. Pham Thanh Ha,
Administrative and Finance Officer, email: pth at vohun.org before *31 May
2021*.

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Best Regards,

Phạm Thanh Hà
Financial & Administrative Officer
Contact: (+84)36.592.2951
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