Overview
Job title Senior Program Manager – Temporary Coverage
Department Foundation Markets
Based in Washington, D.C. or Remote
Reports to the Market Group Director
Who we are
We're Population Services International (PSI), the world's leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire by marketing affordable products and services that range from mosquito nets to contraceptives to HIV testing.
There are over 7,000 “PSI'ers” around the world. It's a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds – from the medical industry to the music business - all with unique skills we bring to the job.
Join us!
PSI seeks an entrepreneurial and dynamic candidate with an interest in global health for the position of Senior Program Manager, within the Foundation Market team. The Sr. Program Manager will lead headquarters support for a portfolio of Global Fund projects in Liberia, Madagascar, Mail, and South Sudan. S/he will be responsible for delivering financial, programmatic, and organizational support for country programs, connecting platforms with functional and technical departments in PSI/Washington; managing a small program support team; providing strategic planning support; fostering relationships with the Global Fund country Portfolio Managers; and supporting close out plans for projects ending in December 2020. This position will specifically cover this portfolio for a four month maternity leave.
PSI seeks qualified, dynamic candidates with significant expertise in project management including: budget design & tracking, deliverables monitoring and compliance, and project closeout. This position requires working knowledge of the Global Fund. The position also entails supervision of one direct report (Associte Program manager) and suggesting tasks for two junior teammembers not under direct report (Program Coordinator and Associate Program Manager for Risk & Compliance).
Sound like you? Read on.
Responsibilities
Your contribution
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring that the various technical, operational, financial and administrative needs of assigned country programs are being met by developing relationships with the field and support departments;
- Providing guidance and oversight to APM for Mali and Madagascar projects
- Leading as focal point for Liberia and South Sudan projects
- Reviewing and responding to programmatic and financial requests for information from various departments, field team, and donor
- Supporting regular monthly project financial reviews for portfolio led by Financial Analyst or Financial Manager
- Leading semi-annual reporting for Liberia and South Sudan in August 2020 and provide oversight to APM for Mali and Madagascar reports
- Supporting PSI's end of year network quality standards (StEPs) as needed for porfolio
- Leading or supporting the Associate Program Manager in budget management across all projects, including budget realignments, cost-extensions, and no-cost extensions as necessary
- Conducting regular check-ins with the country teams to review health impact, monitor achievement against targets, track obstacles/challenges to achievement, burn rates, and other programmatic or financial issues as they arise;
- Advise Senior Regional Director on relevant issues; keeping her informed of significant developments and issues pertaining to the country programs or impacting operations overall.
- Coordinate communications between platform teams and PSI/W departments as relevant to the Foundation Market program support;
- Hold monthly meetings with the country teams to review health impact, monitor achievement against targets, track obstacles/challenges to achievement, burn rates, and other programmatic or financial issues as they arise;
- Attending regular weekly SMT meetings as well as any workshops or training sessions as needed
- Liase with Risk and Compliance team and Financial Analyst/Manager regularly to ensure financial health and subaward management needs are being well addressed and supported for portfolio;**Qualifications**
What are we looking for?
The Basics:
- Relevant Master's degree (MBA, MPA, MPH, etc) or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience related to international development (international health preferred) and at least two years working in a developing country
- Exceptional problem-solving and organizational skills
- Significant experience in developing and monitoring budgets
- Previous supervisory experience and demonstrated management capacity in a fast paced work environment
- Demonstrated experience with international donors and familiarity with international development and health issues; experience with Global Fund required
- Fluency in English and French is required
- Creative, innovative and a strategic thinker.
- Effective verbal and written communicator
- Must be authorized to work in the United States. PSI will not consider work visa sponsorship for this positon
- References will be required.
- The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.
What will get us excited?
The successful candidate will be a creative, innovative and strategic thinker, and will have: excellent communication, analytical, organizational, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills; a passion for private sector approaches to development; and proven ability to produce results
- Budget guru. You love budgets and numbers and are excited to develop, monitor, and update project budgets to align with program needs.
- A love for compliance but the flexibility to meet program needs. You like to play by the rules but you understand the importance of being flexible to meet our ultimate goal of health impact
- Team Player: You know how to connect several diverse groups of people in order to get things done
- Self-Starter: You are not afraid to jump in from the start and get your hands dirty with minimal direction and you are not afraid to ask questions
- Work hard, play hard. You support the idea that the team that works hard should play hard. We like people with a team attitude who smile and encourage others through both easy and tough tasks.
- Icing on the cake
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills; you feel comfortable speaking up when you have something important to say and can effectively interact with senior management.
- Mind for Process Improvement. You bring awareness and commitment to doing work effectively and efficiently. We want people who will see a way to streamline or improve a process and who won't hesitate to share their ideas in making it happen.
- Champion of Fun. You support the idea that the team that works hard should play hard. We like people with a team attitude who smile and encourage others through both easy and tough tasks.
STATUS
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.
ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to: newhiresupport@psi.org or call (202)785-0072.
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