AMREF
South Sudan is seeking to recruit a senior Programme Manager to manage
and coordinate planning, resource mobilization, implementation, supervision,
monitoring and evaluation of the AMREF South Sudan Country
programmes.
Stationed
in Juba and reporting to the Country Director, the incumbent will play a key
role in managing and expanding the Country program portfolio and ensuring sound
financial, human resource, information management of all projects and act as a
participating member of Country office Senior Management team.
Senior Health Programme Manager
Key Job functions
- Deputizes
the country director in leading and managing the AMREF South Sudan
country program
- Coordinates
technical program planning, development, implementation and
reporting
- Contributes
to project proposal writing, review and editing
- Works
with field staff to ensure that program resources are available and
effectively and efficiently used
- Participates
in and leads support supervision, monitoring and evaluation of activities
in the states and counties of operation in collaboration with project
coordinators
- Collaborate
with finance staff to prepare and track the progress of project and
activity budgets
- Oversees
technical assistance needed to execute project work plans, which may
include external consultants
- Ensure
timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and
results to the donors and AMREF
- Ensure
compliance with AMREF operational policies and regulations
- Identify
and promote opportunities for new business and sources of funding in south
Sudan
- Promote
and support knowledge management and sharing efforts, including operations
research and advocasy initiatives
- Contribute
to the development of novel knowledge management and sharing tools and
processes
- Provide
leadership and mentoring to Program Coordinators and field staff to assume
responsibilities for developing and managing their projects at the
field level
Required
Qualifications:
- Bachelors
degree in health sciences and a masters degree in public health or related
field
- 5+
years experience managing public health programs
- Strong
program management and technical skills, specifically with primary health
care programs in developing countries
- Knowledge
of UN, multilateral, bilateral and private sector foundation donor
requirements
- Demonstrated
skills in the programmatic and operational coordination of program
implementation
- Experience
in the development of strategic and tactical plans in collaboration with
others who represent a wide range of interests and needs
- Field
oriented and comfortable with a team approach to programming and the
ability to manage several major activities simultaneously
- Demonstrated
collaborative relationship with field-based local and international donor
agencies
- Strong
change management, results oriented and decision making skills
- Excellent
presentation, verbal and written communications skills
- Excellent
team building and staff development, coaching and mentoring skills
- Aware
of and sensitive to working in multi-cultural groups in a post conflict
setting
- Ability
to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and
intense pressure to perform
- Ability
to lead or contribute significantly to new program development and
proposal writing.
- Independent
programmer, capable of running program with minimum supervision and
guidance
- Ability
to travel up to 30% of the time to the field to support project work
- Ability
to represent AMREF South Sudan in various fora with senior government, UN,
Multi-lateral and bilateral agencies
- Knowledge
of Arabic language will be added advantage.
This
position is open to South Sudanese nationals and women are strongly advised to
apply.
If
you are looking for growth and new challenges and have a passion for improving
the Health of disadvantaged communities in Africa, you are welcome to join
us.
Please
quote the reference number (2012/008) and send your application and CV along
with copies of your necessary credentials to HRA AMREF South Sudan at
Southsudan.recruit@amref.org or monicahbako@gmail.com.
You
can submit directly to the office at the following address- AMREF-South Sudan
Country office Opp. UN-OCHA-Juba.
Closing
date: 31st
Dec 2012.
1:04 PM
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