The Maternal & Child Health Program Manager, Liberia will be responsible for overall coordination and management – both programmatic and financial – of the DFID-funded Maternal Child Health (MCH) Project in River Gee district. The manager will guide, train, direct and support project staff in implementing project activities while also providing monitoring and evaluation tools to assess progress against agreed objectives. The Program Manager is ultimately responsible for ensuring all project activities, data collection, records management and financial accounting is conducted according to internal, donor and statutory guidelines. The manager will be responsible for regular project reporting to the Samaritan’s Purse (SP) Liberia Country Office, local government officials and donor representatives, in line with donor requirements, and must ensure effective coordination of project activities with the relevant local government departments and development stakeholders.
The Maternal & Child Health Program Manager will provide direct line management of the Curriculum Specialist, Field Coordinator, and Health Supervisors, including performance reviews, ongoing direction, support, encouragement and correction. It will be important to establish clear strategy and direction for the MCH Project in the districts of operation in collaboration with the Health Sector Manager and SP Liberia country office.
This position is pending funding approval.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year College or University in Medical, Nursing, or other health-related field; 1-2 years of related field experience in health programming in a developing country; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Masters of Public Health or equivalent degree preferred.
- One year of college-level Biblical studies strongly preferred.
- Ability and willingness to live and travel to remote locations (field based position – about 75% of time spent up country).
- Ability to provide capacity building and training of team to be able to manage and implement the project effectively.
- Ability to work with partners and beneficiaries at the field level.
- Prior experience in community health and WASH, particularly the care group model, is preferred.
- M&E experience and understanding of qualitative and quantitative research is preferred.
- Prior experience working with DFID as a donor is preferred.
- Team player with a positive, flexible attitude.
- Above average verbal and email communication skills.
- Demonstrable Word and Excel experience.
12 month contract with the potential for renewal.
This position is able to accommodate a spouse, but minor children are not able to accompany.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply, please visit our website at http://careers.samaritanspurse.org/maternal-and-child-health-program-man... and click Apply With File.
