United States of America: Program Officer II


Overview Program Officer II will support Liberia and Haiti country programs including HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, maternal and neonatal health and malaria. Responsibilities include program management, developing budgets and reviewing project expenditures with finance staff, work plan development and tracking deliverables, reporting, business development, materials development and knowledge management. Program Officer II will also represent Jhpiego in external meetings with donors and strategic partners to ensure strong collaboration between Jhpiego and local governments, donors and sponsors.


Responsibilities



  1. Lead program reviews with program teams (including technical, program, M&E and finance) to ensure necessary program planning, development and management activities function smoothly and efficiently




  2. Support country teams to develop work plans, prepare quality reports, review process and outcome indicators




  3. Ensure strong communication with prime and sub partners




  4. Ensure that programs are meeting their deliverables on time




  5. Work collaboratively with HQ staff to ensure that resources for effective and timely program implementation are available




  6. Work collaboratively with finance staff to prepare and track the progress of program’s activity budgets




  7. Ensure that technical assistance needed to execute project work plans, which may include external consultants is available




  8. Ensure compliance with Jhpiego, JHU, and donor operational policies and regulations




  9. Promote opportunities for new business and sources of funding in Liberia and Haiti




  10. Participate in the writing and/or review of technical and programmatic portions of business development proposals




  11. Promote and support knowledge management and sharing efforts




  12. Mentor field staff to assume responsibilities for quality management of programs at the field level




  13. Represent Jhpiego in meeting with senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners



Qualifications •Fluent in French language skills •Advanced degree in public health or related field •7+ years’ experience managing international health programs •Strong project management skills (PMD Pro Certified preferred) •Strong understanding of technical approaches for integrated approaches to maternal and newborn health and infection prevention control. •Knowledge of international and USG donor agencies compliance regulations •Experience developing work plans for large complex projects with multiple partners •Demonstrated ability to develop and/or review project budgets and monitor project financial expenditures •Field oriented and comfortable with a team approach to programming and the ability to manage several major activities simultaneously •Demonstrated collaborative relationship with partners, stakeholders, and donor agencies •Excellent presentation skills and verbal and written communications skills •Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination •Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups in a developing country environment •Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform •Ability to travel up to 40% of the time to developing countries





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