Sr. Program Officer II (Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health)

We are seeking a Sr. Program Officer II who will oversee technical, programmatic, and administrative aspects of Attendance as a Vital Sign (AVS) a cross-sector national program focused on the health and social drivers of chronic absence helping state and local-level actors improve the conditions for local success. The Senior Program Officer II will mentor staff and oversee teams. S/he also travels domestically to lead technical assistance and coaching in areas of their expertise and will oversee technical assistance and coaching of other staff. S/he will lead technical work and AVS initiatives independently. S/he will lead proposal development, lead strategic partnership development, and donor cultivation. S/he will lead and oversee high-level strategy design and implementation, and future proposal development.

Performance is measured in each of the areas below (program management, people management, technical work, and professional and organizational growth) with five criteria:

• Quantity of Work
• Quality of Work
• Initiative, Problem Solving & Innovation
• Interaction with Others
• Communication

Performance of staff who supervise other staff will also be measured in

• Staff Development
• Utilization and Allocation of Resources
• Organizational Effectiveness

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Program Management

• Lead, oversee or act as technical expert for Attendance as a Vital Sign (AVS) independently. 
• Envision, design, and initiate new program activities according to the larger program goals.
• Produce and edit documents, work plans, reports, and presentations.
• Lead budget development and resource allocation.
• Oversee staffing, roles, and level of effort to meet program goals.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between program, finance, and administrative staff to ensure team functioning to meet program goals.
• Facilitate and model frequent, open, ongoing communication with program team members in all locations (remotely, onsite, and offsite domestically).
• Lead engagement with internal and external partners.
• Ensure adherence to JHU and donor rules, regulations, and policies.
• Lead process of using data to inform strategies, work plans, and program direction.
• Put in place tools, processes, and structures to ensure excellence in programs, products, and deliverables to meet program goals.

People Management

• Design and manage effective team structure to meet AVS goals.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor staff independently.
• Orient and train new staff members.
• Conduct regular (at least quarterly) check-ins and annual performance reviews with all supervisees.
• Identify and recommend appropriate professional development opportunities for supervisees.
• Ensure effective coaching, mentoring, and supervision of all staff on your team.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to promote continued growth and improvement among supervisees and other staff.
• Oversee and ensure the quality of work produced by staff or team. Develop processes, tools, and routines that ensure the quality of work.
• This position will have official supervisory duties; s/he will engage in coaching and mentoring of staff.
• Operate in compliance with all JHU supervisory policies.

Technical Work

• Oversee high-level strategy design and implementation independently.
• Lead and build staff capacity in technical work, including strategies, toolkits, communication materials, scripts, job aides, needs assessments, etc.
• Generate and envision new activities, ideas, frameworks, and strategies that further AVS goals.
• Use, develop, and model tools, processes, best practices, and colleague review to ensure all products and documents are of the highest quality possible.
• Provide others with information about the quality of work. This includes raising concerns about errors, omissions, and poor-quality products to the staff member responsible for that work, and requesting revision of work that is not high quality.
• In collaboration with AVS faculty, strategically plan for research, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
• Supervise/oversee the technical assistance and coaching of staff independently.
• Lead district-level technical assistance, including trainings, workshops, and program support, independently.
• Demonstrate technical expertise in relevant technical areas (i.e. SIS, evidence-based practices in school attendance, health areas, etc.) and build capacity in others.
• Demonstrate high-level technical communication, including writing reports, creating and giving presentations, and