12 New Job Opportunities at Pathfinder International Tanzania – Program Advisor, Francophone
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| Pathfinder International |
Job Category: Program Services
Requisition Number: PROGR01116
Posting Details
Posted: March 25, 2021
Full-Time
Locations
- Washington, DC, USA
- Niger
- Bujumbura, Burundi
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Kampala, Uganda
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Cairo, Egypt
- Lome, Togo
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Description
Pathfinder Overview
Pathfinder International
is driven by the conviction that all people, regardless of where they
live, have the right to decide whether and when to have children, to
exist free from fear and stigma, and to lead the lives they choose.
Since 1957, we have partnered with local governments, communities, and
health systems in developing countries to remove barriers to critical
sexual and reproductive health services. Together, we expand access to
contraception, promote healthy pregnancies, save women’s lives, and stop
the spread of new HIV infections, wherever the need is most urgent. Our
work ensures millions of women, men, and young people are able to
choose their own paths forward.
Program Advisor
Location:
Washington D.C, Watertown, MA, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger,
Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, or Uganda.
The Francophone Program
Advisor will provide overall program management during the full project
lifecycle by establishing or supporting sound project and program
management practices to ensure successful outcomes. They’ll contribute
to the development and monitoring of project workplans and helps to
track project spending and Pathfinder’s new business development. They
will work with a multi-disciplinary team and may serve as the Pathfinder
spokesperson on behalf of the project to promote the project goals,
achievements and strengths to key stakeholders. As appropriate, they
will support Pathfinder’s technical workstreams. They will collaborate
with project team on project activities that have a combined program
focus. They collaborate with other members of the project team to ensure
that deliverables meet the needs of intended populations. With capacity
building and developing as a guiding principle, they will engage
closely with government and/or local NGOs on the design, management and
monitoring of all field-based programs. They will coordinate with in
country agencies and programs to ensure linkages and to identify
opportunities for integration between SRHR and technical services and
broader health, educational, vocational, and other non-health
interventions that meet the needs of intended populations. They will
assess technical and training needs, reviews and adapts training
materials, and contributes to scaling up successful experiences in
implementing best practices in clinical and community settings that lead
to increased use of family planning services. They will ensure that the
project team draws on state-of-the-art knowledge and practices in the
areas specific to the program area. They partner with other technical
advisors to enable policy, research and programs that benefit women and
female children.
Key Job Outcomes:
- Project
Work Plans and Execution: Contributes to content and design and
provides oversight of execution on project work plans and revises as
appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements. Identifies
resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities. Provides
guidance, tools and resources to manage day-to-day operational aspects
of a project and scope. Reviews deliverables prepared by team before
passing to client. Enforces organizational standards. Ensures all
project documentation is complete, current and stored appropriately. - Financial,
Resource, and Risk Management: Provides oversight on project budgets,
conducts monthly financial reviews and analysis to ensure compliance
with Pathfinder and client requirements. Supports project staff to
effectively procure and manage resources, following Pathfinders and/or
client systems and processes. Troubleshoots and resolves unexpected
issues in a timely fashion. Facilitates identification of issues and
resolutions to mitigate risks. - Communication: Identifies and communicates difficult/sensitive information in accurate and timely fashion.
- Project
Meetings: Holds regular status meetings with project team. Ensures
multi-directional communication between the project and country teams
and other relevant organizational team members. Facilitates team
meetings. - Staff Development: Helps build the project management capacity of staff, including technical staff, as appropriate.
- Donor
Compliance: Complies with and helps to enforce standard policies and
procedures, serving as a Trainer of Trainer on specific USG and
Pathfinder rules and regulations. - Communication: Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized internal and external presentations.
- Business/Proposal
Development: Directly contributes to Pathfinder’s proposals, including
responses to competitive bids. Inputs into program designs, staffing
plans, workplan and budget alignment, adherence to donor and RFA
guidelines, as appropriate, and other tasks as assigned. - Technical
Assistance: Provides technical assistance to country offices, host
country governments, local partners, and other agencies by contributing
to report reviews; technical reviews; identification and provision of
topic-specific technical assistance; and capacity building and working
with local partners. As appropriate, supports technical excellence in
design and implementation of programs, and participates in technical
communities of practice or strategy teams. Reviews and provides input on
project reports, data, and progress against project workplans - Quality
Assurance: Monitor and works with the technical team to ensure that
best practices for services and service integration being implemented
are well documented, evaluated and poised for scale up. Coaches and
builds teams to optimize staff performance programming, target setting
and project workplan and scale-up. Contributes as member of internal
technical strategy teams. - Partner Management: Supports the
development of partner agreements, including supporting identification
and tracking of deliverables and budgets.
Minimally Required Job-Specific Competencies:
- Country
Specific Public Health System: Intermediate understanding of multiple
countries and advanced knowledge in at least 3 countries; understanding
of the countries’ public health systems. - Sexual and Reproductive
Health and Rights: Intermediate knowledge of contraception and
reproductive health principles and rights, practices and services,
including program strategies and indicators, and the latest developments
in the field. - Program Operations and Development: Advanced
skills in implementing and managing global health program operations in
the developing world. - Proposal Development: Advanced skills in
project management-related tasks within proposal development from
concept to full proposal. - Leadership: Advanced skills as a
leader in program or project management as part of health and health
service delivery strengthening in developing countries. - Program
and Project Planning and Management: Advanced skills in program and
project management and planning to fulfill performance objectives,
including the timely implementation and reporting of donor-funded
program activities. - Operations and Financial Management: Advanced knowledge of operations and financial management in developing countries.
- Change
Leadership: Ability to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility in
managing change across a broad group of stakeholders in an inclusive
manner. - Presentation Skills: Ability to make presentations on results and products to diverse stakeholder groups.
- Community
Relations: Advanced skills in facilitating working relationships
between project teams, donors, partners, government officials, and
communities.
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Minimally Required Organizational Competencies:
- Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
- Languages: Proven writing and speaking skills using English; Portuguese preferred.
- Communication
and Influencing Skills: Proven ability to influence others through
diplomacy and proven oral and written communication skills. - Passion
for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Commitment to
contraception, reproductive health services and rights, gender equality,
maternal, and child health services. - Self-Management and
Teamwork: Ability to work independently or as a member of the team,
ability to thrive in a matrix organization, ability to be
detailed-oriented, and ability to manage stress effectively in a
fast-pace environment. - Confidentiality: Ability to maintain confidentiality on work related matters.
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Required Education, Training and Experience:
- BS/BA required; Master’s degree strongly preferred
- 8 years’ experience in working in international development, preferably in implementing programs in developing countries
- Professional to native fluency level of spoken, written, and reading French required
- Prefer: Experience with USAID-funded projects
- Prefer: Experience in project design
- Prefer:
Experience living or working in developing countries that aids in
understanding of program context, field realities, and technical need
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Other Information:
- Travel Required (approximately 30%)
- Uses cellular and desk phone; laptop or desktop computer
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The
contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate
against employees or applicants because they have inquired about,
discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or
applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation
information of other employees or applicants as a part of their
essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or
applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to
compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a
formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation,
proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by
the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to
furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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