{"id":20511,"date":"2016-11-28T14:19:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T14:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=20511"},"modified":"2016-11-28T14:21:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T14:21:07","slug":"jhpiego-recruits-program-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/jhpiego-recruits-program-officer.html","title":{"rendered":"Jhpiego Recruits Program Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jhpiego, an internationally recognized non-governmental organization focused on improving the health of women and families internationally and in Ghana is seeking qualified, skilled and highly motivated candidate to fill the position of<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title: Program Officer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports to: Sr. Technical Specialist, MCSP (CHPS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Program Officer will work closely with Ghana Health Service, the regional health teams and other stakeholders and partners to implement activities and build capacity to support CHPS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Planning and Implementation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lead the detailed implementation plan and schedule for project CHPS activities and field travel with CHPS team<\/li>\n<li>Review and update plans as needed and communicate changes<\/li>\n<li>Develop budget for training and workshops and submit for activity advances<\/li>\n<li>Lead project schedule and cost performance reviews and recommend adjustments to ensure deliverable are met within the given time frame and budget.<\/li>\n<li>Lead process to proactively identify and document risks that can negatively affect the project\u2019s ability to achieve deliverable and develop strategies to mitigate risk.<\/li>\n<li>Lead process to proactively identify and document risks that can negatively affect the project\u2019s ability to achieve deliverables and develop strategies to mitigate risk.<\/li>\n<li>Administer activity related funds as per policy and reconcile with finance team after activities<\/li>\n<li>Co-facilitate project schedule and cost performance reviews and recommend adjustments to ensure deliverable are met within the given time frame and budget.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate and oversee a study on urban CHPS including data collector hiring and training, data collection, informed consent, using the right tools, data quality, etc).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Coordination, Networking and Representation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cultivate strategic relationships and alliances with ministries, donors, implementing partners and other key stakeholders to advance project strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate planned activities with relevant stakeholders, partners, leadership and staff and ensure support and collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Represent Jhpiego and the project in meetings, workshops and events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sub-award Management\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop and monitor detailed implementation plans and budget<\/li>\n<li>In collaboration with the Grants and Compliance Officer, review milestones and invoices for reimbursement<\/li>\n<li>Document the process by which sub-grantees are selected for awards and the implementation status of activities<\/li>\n<li>Conduct individual coaching, mentoring and supervisory visits to designated institutions, as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Record Keeping and Reporting\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure adequate and organized record keeping of all project activities including plans, implementation progress, workshops, supervision visits and training<\/li>\n<li>Share records with relevant stakeholders and team members, as needed<\/li>\n<li>Monitor performance against results framework<\/li>\n<li>Collate and provide data with MER team for entry into JADE<\/li>\n<li>Work with team to identify and document success stories and case studies and share to relevant audiences<\/li>\n<li>Write and submit timely reports as required including key issues, achievements, successes, challenges and lessons learned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Communication\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure timely and adequate communication between MCSP and all Jhpiego projects and departments office in Accra and headquarters.<\/li>\n<li>Work closely with staff in Communications and External Relations team in Accra and Baltimore to develop accurate, creative story ideas for a variety of media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Knowledge Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Act as the Jhpiego Office focal person for knowledge management.<\/li>\n<li>Oversee the development and implementation of the office knowledge management plan.<\/li>\n<li>Document literature reviews and contribute to program discussions.<\/li>\n<li>Review and edit technical materials produced by MCSP staff and partner organizations ensuring accuracy of content and language, and ensuring editorial consistency and standards.<\/li>\n<li>Represent Jhpiego Ghana in various knowledge management for a both internal and external to the organisation.<\/li>\n<li>Develop capacity building activities for staff, in coordination with the Communications Officer, to enhance their ability to communicate about project achievements\/position Jhpiego<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NOTE: \u00a0<\/strong>All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Model the Jhpiego mission and values<\/li>\n<li>Participate in the business development process<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process<\/li>\n<li>Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability<\/li>\n<li>Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed<\/li>\n<li>Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and\/or organizational objectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Required Skills or Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 years\u2019 experience as a project manager ensuring project deliverables are met on time, on budget, and of high quality<\/li>\n<li>Advanced degree in public health or management<\/li>\n<li>Experience using program management tools (Gantt charts, stakeholder matrix, work breakdown structure, issues logs, project charters, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>PMDPro Certification(s) preferred.<\/li>\n<li>Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, Quark, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, CorelDraw, Illustrator, Corel graphics is preferred.<\/li>\n<li>Strong written and oral communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Strong organizational skills, detailed-oriented and high degree of accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Ability to foster a productive team environment<\/li>\n<li>Ability to lead team with diverse but complementary skill set to achieve project goals and objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to manage complex projects with multiple objectives and deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Strong time management skills.<\/li>\n<li>Previous experience working and familiarity with research studies<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work independently and as a member of the team<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to travel within country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please apply with a cover letter and detailed CV including three referees. Email applications to <strong>work2savelives@gmail.com<\/strong><br \/>\nApplications <strong>Close: Tuesday, 6 December 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer<br \/>\nOnly short-listed applicants will be contacted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jhpiego, an internationally recognized non-governmental organization focused on improving the health of women and families internationally and in Ghana is seeking qualified, skilled and highly motivated candidate to fill the&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[81],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-5kP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}