Senior Program Manager - Health
Job Description
Title: Senior Program Manager - Health
Company Name: Save the Children
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Medical Graduate (MBBS), preferably with Masters in Public Health (MPH) or related field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ This position will be primarily responsible for leading Health and MHPSS team, and activities for Rohingya population in camps and host communities.
∎ S/he will be based in Cox's Bazar and reporting to the Director-Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Sector at Dhaka.
∎ The Senior Program Manager will provide clear strategic direction for designing and implementation of Save the Children's Health program including MHPSS in Cox's Bazar, working closely with the other Senior Program Managers and cross-cutting Departments, e.g. Gender, MEAL, Field Coordination to ensure an integrated programmatic response.
∎ S/he will lead development of the health program response and Health Sector Strategy and other relevant national strategies and monitoring.
∎ S/he will assist proposal development, manage all health grants ensuring program funding spend efficiently, lead health strategy including master budget development and ensuring donor compliance is also a critical element of this role.
∎ The incumbent will also involve representation of the organisation in various forums including Health Sector Working Group, Health SAG and the SRH working group, and other high level related government forum at CXB level.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of 7 years of relevant field experience, including 3 years in management position, preferably in managing emergency Health program.
∎ Sound knowledge on the Bangladesh health system; experience in working with UN and other stakeholders in both development and emergency setting
∎ Substantial experience of humanitarian health management including strong knowledge of health cluster and humanitarian architecture and systems.
∎ Experience of undertaking representational duties with WHO, donors and partners and ministries of health at project and country level.
∎ Experience of managing multiple grants and budgets.
∎ Excellent proposal development and donor report writing skills.
∎ Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
∎ Ability to work within a tight timeframe,
∎ Excellent leadership skills and experience in managing teams.
∎ Good in written and spoken skills in English
Application Deadline: December 21, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Save the Children
∎ Business : The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Category: Medical/Pharma
