Deputy Chief of Party, Uganda

Leadership

• Lead stakeholder engagement with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance, and other relevant ministries.
• Lead work-planning and reporting requirements.
• Provide direct technical assistance in one or more of the following: strategic purchasing, public financial management, PFM reforms, financial management information systems, Ensure production of high-quality outputs. Provide written input into technical documents, project status reports, blogs and articles for publication and dissemination on ThinkWell’s website, external sites, and at conferences.
• Oversee G2G financing risk management, ensuring entity risk profiles are routinely updated using milestone verification, DQAs, government systems, and RMP progress.
• Identify and escalate emerging risks, directing additional assessment or field verification to higher-risk, unusual, or contested areas.
• Strengthen government ownership and capacity to maintain risk profiles, track corrective actions, and routinely use risk information to inform financing and management decisions.
• Oversee the tracking of annual government co-investment commitments and expenditures, ensuring agreed commitments translate into actual investments in priority health areas.
• Communicate with other ThinkWell managers globally to build, share, exchange, and disseminate technical knowledge.
• Oversee and supervise technical team members, including up to 5 direct reports and consultants.
• Oversee the technical team on the clinical/service delivery, health-information and data-quality domains
• Provides quality oversight, review, and verification of data across DHIS2/HMIS/registers

Team Management

• Onboard and lead outstanding team members within technical scope
• Lead by example, delegate effectively, demonstrate integrity, motivate and inspire others
• Create a positive, respectful country team operating culture and environment, and engage respectfully with employees at all levels across the firm.

External Representation

• Represent Thinkwell, consult and coordinate with key stakeholders within government, donors, and other entities to build ThinkWell program and reputation
• Represent ThinkWell in-country and be the focal point with all local, external clients, partners, donors, etc.
• Ensure timely delivery of quality products. Maintain outstanding levels of client satisfaction

we are:

ThinkWell core values are our fundamental organizational guiding principles. They define our corporate culture, influence our behavior at work and help us achieve our mission. Our values are:

• Think big
• Influence the conversation
• Empower others
• Be exceptional
• Always question
• Relate authentically
• Evolve by learning

you are:

ThinkWell core competencies are foundational skills and behaviors that align with our values and are expected of all employees.

• An entrepreneurial, results-oriented ‘do-er’ with a willingness to take risk, think big and challenge conventional wisdom.
• A change maker who reaches independent judgement with an open mind, influences the conversation, and seeks innovation.
• Able to help create an empowering environment in which everyone feels free to take initiative, be accountable and fail intelligently (learn from mistakes).
• A collaborative colleague who engages constructively with people from different cultures, orientations, and perspectives and maintains positive relations in a virtual world.
• Principally motivated by a growth mindset, meaning the pursuit of knowledge, experience, and self-improvement. You always question and continuously learn.
• Authentic, honest, direct, self-aware and open to giving and receiving feedback.