There is a Job Alert At US Pharmacopeial Convention. They are recruiting a Program Manager.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Participates in strategic planning discussions and leads the design of project activities in close collaboration with the senior program manager-west Africa, country leads and other GHMS staff.
- Under the supervision and guidance of the senior program manager, leads the planning and implementation of the assigned project activities to include development of annual workplans, activity monitoring matrices/implementation plans, performance monitoring plans, and progress reports with the support of the M&E team.
- Lead cross-functional project management teams to include technical, M&E, and finance staff to produce high-quality work under tight deadlines, while remaining within the defined project scope and budget.
- Manages timelines/deadlines and provides quality control support for project deliverables to ensure effective, efficient, and compliant project implementation.
- Develops scopes of work and manage sub-awardees, consultants, and vendors, as applicable while ensuring compliance to donor rules and regulations and USP policies.
- Delivers timely and high-quality donor reports; ensures M&E data is regularly collected and documented; and works with other staff, including field staff, to develop global reports that demonstrate progress towards achieving specific targets.
- Proactively anticipates, identifies, and facilitates resolution of potential project issues and risks relating to delays in implementation of project activities.
- Develops materials for both internal and external audiences, including briefing documents, success stories, case studies, and presentations.
- Develops project budgets and monitors project expenditures to ensure activities are implemented within budget and prepares pipelines/projections as needed in collaboration with Finance staff.
- Develops effective working relationships with USAID, Global Fund, World Bank and other donors and key partners; and represents GPH at key stakeholder meetings.
- Ensures good records management, according to USP and donor policies.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences, public health, or related field required
- Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in managing public health programs in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia; an equivalent combination of experience and education may be substituted.
- Experience working with high-level officials in funding agencies, international organizations, private foundations, ministries of health.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences, public health, or related field preferred
- Experience working with international non-governmental organizations and national diseases programs strongly preferred in low- and middle-income countries
- Extensive understanding of how medicine regulatory systems function in low- and middle-income countries
- Demonstrated experience working with and familiarity with USAID required.
- Results driven with demonstrated successful outcomes
- Must possess ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to travel both domestically and internationally at least 30% of the time.
- Significant experience as a team player and commitment to bringing about change through a partnership approach
- Fluent in French
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