Program Management Specialist USAID Project Jobs – John Snow, Inc (JSI)
Job Title: Program Management Specialist
Organization: John Snow, Inc (JSI)
Funding Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Chief of Party
About US:
John Snow, Inc. (JSI) is a leader in improving the health of individuals and communities by providing high-quality technical and managerial assistance to public health programs worldwide. JSI has implemented projects in 100 countries, and currently operates from eight U.S. and 81 international offices for the past 30 years. The JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. ID a leading public health research and consulting organization.
About USAID RHITES-N Project:
USAID-RHITES-N, Lango will improve the use of integrated health services in Northern Uganda’s Lango region and strengthen the health system to sustain gains made by earlier projects. USAID-RHITES-N, Lango will contribute to improving key population-based national health indicators; build the capacity of the Ugandan government to carry out a sustainable and locally-driven response to the HIV epidemic, while also improving TB, malaria, nutrition, MNCH+A, and WASH outcomes. JSI will work with Ugandan stakeholders to design and implement health system strengthening strategies to scale up high-impact, evidence-based interventions at the national, sub-regional, district, and community levels. Interventions will include VMMC, virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, antiretroviral therapy, and condom education and distribution. JSI will focus where the greatest impact can be realized, with a priority on hard-to-reach and high-HIV-prevalence locations.
Job Summary: The Program Management Specialist will effectively represent the project to Kampala based stakeholders and ensure adequate feedback on the project is sought and relayed back to the Lira based team. S/he will work closely with Chief of Party, programs, finance and operations staff based in the project’s central office in Lira to support various program and administrative needs in Kampala. The Program Management Specialist reports to the Chief of Party. S/he will provide support which includes, but is not limited to:
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Liaising with Government Ministries and other Kampala based partners,
- Advocate for and represent the project to Kampala based stakeholders – donor, GoU and others
- Liaising with the Lira based project staff to ensure effective representation in stakeholder’s meetings and in other events.
- In collaboration with the project team, representing, preparing and making presentations on behalf of the project in select relevant Kampala based meetings.
- Providing prompt and accurate updates on events in which the incumbent represents the project
- Following up with relevant Lira based personnel and units on agreed action points.
- Participating in program and staff meetings either physically or virtually
- Seeking and sharing feedback on the project from stakeholders and ensuring timely and timely and up to date feedback to the project leadership.
- Providing input into the content of the project communication products
- Coordinating and managing project organized appointments, meetings and events in Kampala.
- Collating information, analyzing documents and writing reports.
- Collecting and promptly sharing information on potential business opportunities that may be of interest to JSI.
- Maintain thorough knowledge of the project including but not limited to project activities, strategies and impact.
- Develop and foster relationships with the community, stakeholders, and other entities.
- Collect, analyze, and utilize data and feedback to identify opportunities to improve the relationship between the project and other entities.
- Promptly respond, as necessary, to incidents and other events related to or affecting the project.
- Travel frequently to the project’s central office in Lira.
- Additional responsibilities of a similar nature may be assigned from time to time in consultation with the job holder.
- The job holder should be flexible and will be required to interface and work with cross functional teams within the organization.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the USAID RHITES-N Program Management Specialist job placement should hold a Master’s Degree in Public Health, Business Administration, Social Sciences or related field.
- A minimum of five years’ experience in a related role.
- Familiarity with USAID funded projects, regulations and procedures desired.
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office – including Word, Outlook,
- PowerPoint, Excel and Access a must
- Proven and accurate word processing skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent organizational skills – multi-task, Effective workload management and delivery on commitments.
- Ability to take accurate minutes.
- Ability to travel to Lira, as required.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with a diverse group of people.
- Ability to develop and summarize materials for reports on a frequent or recurring basis
- Self-motivated with a willingness to take initiative and solve complex problems
- Capability to negotiate with and influence others
- Analytically and mathematically minded to analyze data and create necessary reports
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes high-pressure Environment
How to Apply:
All candidates should send their updated cover letters and updated CVs to ug-rhites-n@ug.jsi.com addressed to the Human Resource Manager
Deadline: 12th April 2019
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