Program Manager (for Filipino Nationals only)

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. Jhpiego develops strategies to help countries care for themselves by training competent health care workers, strengthening health systems, and improving delivery of care.

The Program Manager will serve on the Management team which provides programmatic and technical guidance and direction to ensure that the program/portfolio is progressing towards expected outcomes and is responsive to the needs of the stakeholders. The Program Manager will be an experienced manager with leadership skills and strong understanding of program and project development management and approaches in the context of the Philippines Health Care System, Universal Health Care and the priorities of the country. The Program Manager will also be keen on identifying opportunities that would continue the Jhpiego’s mission of saving lives, improving health, and transforming futures.

• Works with the Management team to oversee the planning, implementation and management of the program and projects and ensure the scope, budget, timeline and the overall programmatic and technical integrity.
• Responsible for managing very complex and high-level processes and providing input on strategic initiatives.
• Develop strategies and work plans, progress reports, and other deliverables for donors and partners, in collaboration with partners and the Jhpiego technical team.
• Directly work with the stakeholders and partners to ensure implementation is aligned with the strategic workplan and able to advise adaptive management approaches when necessary.
• Work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure an effective, efficient and responsive internal project monitoring and evaluation system, as well as achievement of performance monitoring plan targets.
• Lead project teams to ensure the mapping and planning of program expansion, considering different service delivery models and demand promotion activities
• Coordinate and manage Jhpiego teams to align their efforts to ensure rapid and sustainable results, which include leading and supervision. 
• Writing reports, abstracts, manuscripts and other documents for dissemination of activities.
• Any other tasks assigned by the Country Program Manager
• Adhere to all project and organization policies and procedures

The job description is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may vary from time to time considering strategic developments following discussions with the post holder. The post holder will be expected to work on agreed objectives, which should facilitate achievement of key responsibilities in accordance with the performance of the review process.

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree required
• 7 to 8 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant experience required
• Supervisory experience required
• Professional and/or subject matter expert role with proven ability to understand and apply a highly technical body of knowledge and applicable laws, including supervising a major area.
• Conversant on Universal Health Care and the Philippine Health Care System
• Adolescent Reproductive and Maternal health and / or reproductive health programs experience
• With competency in research and quality improvement/quality assurance
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Excellent written and oral English
• Excellent computer skills and presentation skills