Organization: Jhpiego
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 30 Sep 2015
Overview:
Sr. Program Officer will manage day-to-day operations of program activities for country programs in the Lusophone, Latin America and Caribbean (LLAC) region. This includes working closely with the Regional Director and Country Directors to provide strategic, technical and programmatic oversight for the design, development, and implementation of regional and/or country-level reproductive health, family planning, maternal and newborn health malaria, health systems strengthening, and HIV/AIDS programs. Sr. Program Officer will also ensure strong collaboration between Jhpiego and local governments, donors and sponsors.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and guidance for the effective management and growth of assigned country programs
- Provide programmatic leadership where there is limited field staff capacity, or staffing gaps in country programs
- Collaborate with and support Country Directors/Representatives in articulating the vision and strategies of assigned countries
- Represent Jhpiego, the LLAC region, and the assigned country program(s) in professional circles through meetings, conferences and presentations
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues and donors in country, region or worldwide
- Advocate on behalf of Jhpiego with existing and new partners
- Work collaboratively with other program, technical, financial, and administrative staff to ensure necessary program planning, development, and management activities function smoothly and efficiently
- Assist field staff with development of work plans, reporting, and monitoring and evaluation
- Work collaboratively with field staff to ensure that resources for effective and timely program implementation are available, including technical assistance and external consultants (where appropriate)
- Participate in and lead, as needed, monitoring and evaluation of activities for countries and regions assigned, including internal program and control reviews
- Work collaboratively with technical staff to ensure standardization of technical interventions implementation, efficient use of human and material resources, and appropriate monitoring for capturing desired results
- Work collaboratively with finance staff to prepare and track the progress of project and activity budgets
- Ensure timely, accurate, and appropriate reporting of program activities and results to the donor and to Jhpiego leadership, including country operational plans (COPs) under PEPFAR
- Support program compliance with Jhpiego and JHU operational policies and regulations
- Identify and promote opportunities for new business and sources of funding in assigned countries and regions
- Work collaboratively with the Regional Director and Resource Development staff to contribute to proposal management, program design, writing, and editing
- Participate in the review of technical and programmatic portions of resource development proposals, as assigned
- Inform Global Programs Director, Global Award(s) Director(s) and Country Directors/Representatives of successes, challenges, and lessons learned
- Represent Jhpiego with external donors/sponsors, and contribute to business and resource development efforts
- Ensure global staff is included in sharing of information and knowledge and that flow of information is multi-directional
- Promote and support knowledge management and sharing efforts, including uploading documents onto Jhpiego knowledge management sites and the development of novel knowledge management and sharing tools and processes
- Work collaboratively with the Regional Director and team to develop and manage regional strategy, human resources, and relevant internal processes
- Mentor field staff to assume responsibilities for developing and managing the program at the field level
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and supervision (where assigned) to Program Officers and Sr. Program Coordinators
Required Qualifications:
- Fluent Portuguese or Spanish language skills
- Advanced degree in public health or related field
- 7+ years progressively senior international health program development and program management experience
- Demonstrated experience managing relations with donors (USG, corporate, foundation), other implementing partners, and in-country counterparts
- Demonstrated programming, management and technical skills
- Experience in developing strategic and tactical plans in cooperation with others who represent a wide range of interests and needs
- Strong change management, results oriented and decision making skills
- Demonstrated collaborative relationship with field-based international donor agencies
- Demonstrated experience in new business/resource development, including proposal writing
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Excellent skills in facilitation, team building, and coordination
- Field-oriented and comfortable with a team approach to programming
- Ability to manage several major activities simultaneously
- Ability to interact with established networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners
- Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups in a developing country environment
- Appreciation for socio-cultural differences in countries, preferably having lived and worked in one or more low resource settings
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the time to region
How to apply:
Please visit the following link to submit you application.
https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/2223/sr.-program-officer/job
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