Senior Program Officer- Public Health & Humanitarian Aid at Idmibok International (360 HSDC)

Job Overview

The Senior Program Officer- Public Health & Humanitarian Aid will be responsible for leading and coordinating team members in the development of quality proposals and bids and will also serve as a subject matter expert. S/he will also have direct oversight and management of projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate development and write of high-value or complex proposals or bids
• Support new business efforts in sourcing for and responding to RFPs, E.O.Is, grants and other funding opportunities
• Must be able to comprehensively review proposals to ensure they are well synthesized and cohesive
• Cultivate business relationships with external stakeholders and potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities
• Works closely with the New Business advisor to ensure prompt response to new business leads
• Track up-coming funding opportunities, donor engagement and proposal development process.
• Provide professional developmental opportunities for junior program staff.
• Evaluate performance of supervisee(s) and provide constructive feedback and proactive leadership
• Serve as primary interface for the organization and local staff to implement projects
• Achieve project requirements within budget, established time-frame, standards of quality, and donor satisfaction
• Establish, maintain, and develop productive working relationship with field staff, supervisees, consultants at large, and other departments within Idmibok International
• Represent program management at offsite venues for the purpose of business development and information dissemination as directed
• Contribute to and inform program design, knowledge of tools towards implementation of projects, knowledge management and thought leadership, and collection of resources.
• Work with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team to design and determine indicators, ensure that the field has the tools to monitor progress made towards indicators, periodically check in with field team on data collection and progress toward meeting objectives, and share experience with regional teams
• Monitor and evaluate project progress and performance, including reviewing deliverables, and make recommendations where project activities may need to be adjusted based on M&E results
• Travel to field offices to monitor project activities
• Work with Human Resources to source and recruit critical talent
• Support design, review/selection, and implementation of sub-awards, including review of quarterly narrative and financial reports, as well as processing invoices.
• Ensure the quality of monthly/quarterly reports.
• Provide input into annual work-plans, performance monitoring plans, and other programmatic reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Medicine, Public Health, Political Science, Social Science, International Studies, or other related fields is required.
• Minimum of 8 years of overall work experience in the international development sector, with emphasis on public health and humanitarian affairs
• Experience leading proposal-writing and development is essential
• Significant experience with budget management and oversight of large single project or multiple small projects, including projections, pipelines, and modifications.
• Experience managing and providing guidance and supervision to employees.
• Balances meeting deadlines, while maintaining high professional standards and accuracy
• Demonstrates the highest level of discretion in a manner that promotes a positive working environment
• Ability to build networks, partnerships, and capacity to collaboratively lead a team
• Strong analytical and advisory skills
• Excellent Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and report writing skills.