Program Officer Accelerating ChoiCe Equity and Sustainability for Services
Program Officer Accelerating ChoiCe Equity and Sustainability for Services
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PROJECT SUMMARY
EngenderHealth is leading the Accelerating ChoiCe Equity and Sustainability for Services (ACCESS) cooperative agreement. This fiveyear $89.8 million initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) aims to transform family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) services across select low and middleincome countries. ACCESS focuses on expanding equitable access to highquality healthcare reducing maternal mortality and improving health outcomes for marginalized populations including youth people with disabilities Indigenous Peoples racial and ethnic minorities and persons living in extreme poverty among others. EngenderHealth will lead a diverse consortium of global and local partners including the International Rescue Committee; Matchboxology based in South Africa; Restless Development; Samasha Medical Foundation based in Uganda; and YLabs; along with resource partners African Disability Forum based in Ethiopia; African Population and Health Research Center based in Kenya and Senegal; Deloitte Consulting Limited Tanzania; Faith to Action Network based in Kenya; the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; and ThinkWell. Together this partnership is dedicated to creating sustainable locally led youthresponsive genderequitable solutions that address the systemic barriers that impact peoples abilities to make informed RH decisions and access essential services.
JOB SUMMARY
**This position requires the candidate to be based in the Washington D.C. area and to possess strong writing skills as well as fluency in French. Applications will only be accepted through the EngenderHealth careers page: **
The Program Officer will provide programmatic administrative and technical support to the planning design implementation monitoring evaluation and reporting of the ACCESS project. Under the direction of the Deputy Project Director and in liaison with other members of the technical team the Program Officer will be responsible for supporting diverse programmatic and administrative functions throughout the projects life cycle including assisting with the development of core and mission workplans and budgets monitoring timely and efficient implementation and achievement of milestones and deliverables including identifying and supporting solutions to potential bottlenecks; documentation and dissemination of the projects knowledge products and communication materials; and supporting team and partner coordination and communication.
The Program Officer will also support coordination and communication activities with partners and collaborators including as a project representative on crossACCESS working groups and acting as project point person for relevant technical areas. Across activities the Program Officer will support in collaboration with project leadership and EngenderHealth finance and administrative staff compliance with all relevant EngenderHealth and USAID rules and regulations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Programmatic Management Support:
Contributes to project work planning and budgeting including team coordination providing inputs to the workplan and budget.
Works closely with the project leadership activity managers and the Finance team to track performance against budget project timelines objectives and deliverables.
Monitors execution of deliverables to address programmatic issues in a timely manner.
Coordinate and compile inputs to quarterly and annual narrative reports as well as other relevant technical reports and project deliverables. They will also assist with the preparation of project deliverables and documents.
Works with the ACCESS communications team to review/prepare various needed communications products and update online project information.
Provides coordination and administrative support to the technical team including team coordination meeting agendas and notes communication and coordination of partners in the ACCESS project.
Monitors and supports fulfillment of technical assistance needs for field offices and projects including preparation of scopes of work identification of resources including shortterm technical assistance providers in consultation with relevant technical and contract staff and ensures critical followup.
Supports procurement communication and monitoring of consultants including coordinating the development of scopes of work coordinate interviews and hiring processes including submission of deliverables.
Coordinates the response to programmatic financial administrative and logistics needs and requirements generated from project leadership.
Technical Support:
Conducts peerreviewed and gray literature searches and review on relevant technical issues to inform project design implementation and evaluation. Assists with compiling and creating technical content for publications and manuscripts.
Synthesizes information and data into an overarching summary of progress and achievements on key project activities.
Assists the ACCESS Technical Team to develop refine and implement technical activities.
Supports technical teams to identify and document successful local advancements to contribute to global technical leadership and adaptive learning.
Work with the technical team and the Knowledge Manager to coordinate and support documentation and dissemination of project knowledge products (briefs success stories articles reports curricula/manuals job aids or presentations) for print or electronic format including research writing and/or coordinating editing and production in collaboration with other staff and/or consultants including ushering products through ACCESS and USAID review and EH comms/production teams.
Ensure project results and learning are highlighted through project strategic external communications channels (including web events and social media) and uploaded to relevant USAID platforms (DEC DDL).
Provide technical and administrative guidance and direction to interns/consultants as relevant.
Other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
Must possess the following requirements with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Graduate degree in public health epidemiology social sciences public administration or other healthrelated field.
35 years of experience supporting or implementing international health and development projects.
Prior work experience in an organization focused on family planning/reproductive health adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health gender or related areas required.
Excellent English and French written and speaking skills required (fluent)
Strong and demonstrated project/project management skills.
Ability to travel to program countries and global conferences based on business need approximately 25% of the time.
Highly skilled in technical writing and editing.
Experience with knowledge product development including peerreview publication technical briefs and program impact documentation.
Experience in program monitoring and reporting.
Experience in research or evaluation study design and implementation.
ESSENTIAL SOFT SKILLS:
Committed to the core organizational values of EngenderHealth of Reflection Inclusion Integrity Respect and Transformation.
Comfortable working in a fastpaced environment and being held accountable for meeting ambitious targets.
Able to synthesize complex information and write clearly and persuasively and perform and thrive in a matrix management context.
Crosscultural sensitivity and ability to work effectively in different sociocultural contexts.
Ensuring compliance with organizational and donor expectations regarding alignment with the broader ACCESS suite of programs and branding/marking guidance.
Collaboratively shares information and supports colleagues.
PREFERRED SKILLS ABILITIES AND FUNCTIONS:
Experience in project/project management concepts and practices and developing high quality Power Point slides and facilitating presentations.
Experience supporting the design and hosting of Webinars and run of show/ scripts and budgeting cost share planning and documentation and expenditure monitoring as well as familiarity with subaward management.
Additional Information :
Disclaimer
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person(s) assigned to this job. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities as needed and assigned.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
