Program Manager

Overview

The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for overall program management, leadership, and guidance to team members. Under the supervision of the Project Director and in collaboration with a core technical team, the PM will provide coordinated and comprehensive program management support to the Breast Cancer initiative, under the Pfizer Foundation-funded project.

The Program Manager will support rapid start-up, implementation, and reporting, including work planning; technical and program support to teams and technical working groups; report writing; financial oversight and sub-award management; operations and administration.

The Program Manager will lead the overall project implementation at the field level - oversee program staff and regional focal persons - working closely with the Project Director, technical staff, support staff, home office, and donor to ensure the success of the project under the supervision of the Project Director.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed implementation plans and budgets, and submit for review and approval with clear team accountability aligned with program proposal, in close collaboration with internal and external team players
• Harness human, material and financial resources appropriate for the program
• Maintain an overview of the project budget (regularly monitor budget versus actual (BVA) expenditures) working closely with the Finance Director and proactively develop timely solutions to project’s under and overspends in line with organization and donor requirements
• Ensure continuous monitoring of program activities, as well as timely and accurate evaluation and reporting of progress toward the achievement of program goals and objectives
• Supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff; align their efforts with program goals
• Coordinate technical inputs from different international technical experts and support international advisors to understand the local context for the project
• Monitor and supervise short- and long-term consultants and subawards contributing to program efforts
• Contribute to establishing, maintaining, and improving active and regular working relationships with government authorities, donors and other partner agencies
• Utilize learning from the field to contribute to the improvement of project, development and implementation of other programs/projects and advocacy initiatives
• Provide timely program updates to the Project Director, relevant departments and US-based backstopping teams
• Present progress, achievements and lessons learned to key stakeholders including Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Services and other relevant partners.
• Develop program risk mitigation plans along with teams for smooth implementation of program, identifying delays and informing the Project Director
• Troubleshoot to prevent and resolve potential problems and review outputs for quality control
• Ensure that project reports and publications are of high quality and produced on time in line with agreed deadlines
• In coordination with the Communications Specialist, program teams, and technical contributors, support the development and implementation of KM approaches
• Support external communications efforts including the development or review of success stories, articles, blog posts, or other external communications products
  
  

Required Qualifications

• MPH or equivalent advanced degree
• At least 7 years’ related experience managing donor funded projects or other work relevant to the position (e.g., developing or implementing programs, working in health/development sector, overseas experience, working with donor or multilateral agencies, business development, or grants management)
• Certified in PM@Jhpiego (Jhpiego’s internal project management curricula) or PMD Pro, or will be within 60 days of hire.
• Experience supervising and mentoring staff
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work proactively, organize and manage own work and assist others to do the same
• Prepared and submitted on time high quality reports for donors/funders
• Successfully developed, analyzed, and reviewed budgets
• Successfully developed work plans in collaboration with multiple partners
• Understanding of global health, development program and financial management principles
• A commitment to responsiveness and to supporting a positive team culture
• A broad variety of programmatic, administrative, financial, and computer skills (including Word Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access, Teams and other virtual platforms
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the country
  
  

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