Senior Program Officer - Global Health Risk and Capacity (GHRC) project

IntraHealth International is hiring a Senior Program Officer for the Global Health Risk and Capacity (GHRC) project.

The Senior Program Officer (SPO) is a mid-level role supporting program delivery and ensuring compliance with organizational and donor requirements. In this role, the SPO will assist senior program managers (SPM) and in-country teams with project management, technical quality, and business development. The SPO also collaborates with other departments to resolve challenges and ensure successful program implementation.

This position can be based within the United States remotely.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Facilitate collaboration between country project teams and HQ departments (HR, Finance, Contracts) to ensure project success.
• Manage subcontract requirements and reporting.
• Work with finance teams to monitor and analyze expenditures, ensuring alignment with project budgets.
• Recruitment and engagement of consultants and capacity advisors.
• Reviewing and processing consultants’ invoices.
• Preparing work orders for consultants, drafting scopes of work, activity planning, drafting budgets.
• Regularly liaising with operations support staff to ensure compliance with organizational policies and procedures and contractual requirements.
• Manage meeting schedule with USAID Missions, capacity strengthening consultants and local partners, follow up on action items.
• Facilitate travel arrangements for project team and consultants.

 

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in public health, international health, or related fields required, Masters degree preferred.
• 2 years of project/program management experience required, 4 years preferred.
• Experience with USAID- or CDC-funded projects highly desirable.
• Knowledge of finance, administration, and management, developing and tracking budgets, logistics, and operations.
• General knowledge of international health program areas (e.g., MNCH/FP, HIV/AIDS, HRH, integrated health).
• Overseas field experience in low to middle income countries preferred.  
• Position involves both local and international travel of up to 25%.
• Fluency in a foreign language, especially French and/or Spanish is desirable. 

 

Why join IntraHealth?
IntraHealth International is a global health nonprofit that has worked in more than 100 countries since 1979. We improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work so that everyone everywhere has the health care they need to thrive.

Our programs generate long-term social and economic impact to keep communities around the world healthy, strong, and prosperous. And our dynamic staff are passionate about global health and equity. We are committed to excellence.

Join us. The future of global health starts here.

Our benefits
IntraHealth is a great place to work. We offer competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and flexible teleworking and remote work policies that reflect our focus on staff safety, well-being, and retention.

Our workplace culture
IntraHealth stands for equality, justice, and respect. We strive to be an antiracist organization that works to minimize power imbalances and increase local sustainability in global health. We aim to create and foster a workforce that reflects and contributes to the diverse global community in which we work. Join us and be part of it.

Learn more about our workplace culture: https://www.intrahealth.org/our-workplace-culture

Equal opportunity employer
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