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Position Name: Senior Program Manager

Position Reports To: Project Lead, MCGL QoC Project

Location: Abuja

Position Overview:

The Sr. Program Manager will work hand in hand with the senior management team to provide oversight to program implementation. This includes strategic, programmatic, technical, financial and grants management integrity of the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership (MCGL), Quality of Care (QoC) project to contribute to reduction of maternal and child morbidity and mortality in Nigeria, and to increase the capacity of health systems to sustainably support quality health care services. It is anticipated that MCGL/QoC will support to the National and State/LGA RMNCAEH+N Quality of Care Technical Working Groups across Nigeria including USAID Implementing Partners on quality of care activities and initiatives. S/he will therefore support the operationalization of existing and newly developed RMNCAEH+N quality of care policies, guidelines, and strategies that aim to improve the maternal health and deaths in women of reproductive age at the national and State level. S/he will be responsible for oversight of work plan implementation, ensuring compliance with USG and Jhpiego regulations, developing monitoring and early warning systems and supporting state offices in overall program management. The Sr Program manager will coordinate with the project team and oversee staff in country to ensure consultants/vendors achieve program goals. The Sr. Program manager will develop, maintain, strengthen and expand a collaborative approach and program documentation. He/she will serve as the primary point of contact on program management with donor and GoN stakeholders and will report to the Project lead.

Responsibilities:

· Supports senior management in providing management and technical oversight of program, ensuring that program activities are effectively and efficiently implemented.

· Provides management and support to state and country teams to ensure optimum support to business performance management, work planning, project implementation, budget development and tracking, and sub award management within established policies and principles of Jhpiego, the laws of host country and within the regulations and standards set by the donor.

· Ensures that rigorous analytical management systems are in place and that senior staff are capable of enforcement of compliance of these systems to achieve financial administrative and programmatic goals.

· Oversees work plan monitoring systems development and implementation.

· Provide coordination of various administrative and finance support units to ensure projects receive the quality and quantity of services required in a timely manner.

· Provides timely and accurate programmatic reports and other contractual deliverables to senior management, the national RMNCH QoC TWG, state officials, other stakeholders and donors as required.

· Works with the Project leadership in communicating with donors, National RMNCH QoC TWG, states and partners about the project.

· Provides training, mentoring and coaching to program management and project staff

· Supervise and manage the program team to ensure conformity to the project goals and deliverables.

· Ensure that project activities are executed successfully, completed within time frames and project scope to meet program objectives.

· Ensure timely writing of program reports for review and thereafter onward submission to Jhpiego and the donor as stipulated in sub contract agreement

· Provide input to manuscripts for publication and presentations as necessary.

· Assume other duties as assigned by the supervisor and Jhpiego management.

Required Qualification:

· Advanced degree in development studies, public health, health administration, international health or a related field

· Strong understanding of the field of RMNCH with management experience in public health programs. S/he must be familiar with the reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) community in Nigeria.

· 10+ years’ experience in management, operational and technical expertise with a preference in RMNCH program implementation

· 5+ years' experience managing large, multi-year international sector development projects (approximately $2 mil per year) that have implemented successful activities in areas of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services.

· Understanding of the Nigerian (or similar) social and political context and developments in the health sector

· Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving program needs

· Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as the FMoH, SMoH, SPHCDA, NGOs, Professional Associations, the private sector and other donors.

· In-depth knowledge of USAID-funded projects, regulations, compliance and reporting

· Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational and team-building skills.