Program Manager at The Health Support Organisation (THESO)

• The ideal candidate will have strong implementation oversight experience and an enthusiastic and proactive approach to building a program portfolio.
• Team empowerment and capacity strengthening background with strong communication and presentation skills are required. Experience in coordination and managing various stakeholders locally, regionally, and globally is also necessary for this position.

What you will do

The role of the Program Manager (PM) position is to be responsible for technical supervision, strategic direction, implementation, and quality assurance as well as monitoring of THESO program activities in Kenya and South Sudan, as well as relevant staff mentoring and capacity development under the leadership of the program Director.

• The PM is expected to follow THESO’s standards, procedures, and guidelines for project governance applicable to the projects. S/he is also responsible for the overall planning and coordination of all interventions, directly as an integrated approach across THESO areas of focus. S/he will lead the efforts to scale up THESO’s operations effectively address the immediate needs arising and ensure timely and quality provision of required support.

In this role, you will:

• Develop program, technical SOPs / Guidelines, and Macro Logframes.
• Develop the Core Competency, including by identifying trends, technical standards, and donor priorities, as well as by leading and/or co-leading donor, diplomatic, developmental, and humanitarian stakeholders field visits and meetings.
• Lead the development of sound and evidence-based program project proposals and budgets for new projects/extensions of projects in conjunction with the relevant teams.
• Responsible for providing technical and implementation support and guidance to field-based program staff in implementing THESO project(s)
• Overall management of project staff, providing systematic training build capacity of technical staff and transfer key skills.
• Coordinate and manage program project/s implementation (activities, budget, and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies, and donor requirements.
• Closely coordinate with all contractual commitments and cross-thematic areas (including digital approach and environmental considerations) to maximize integrated responses.
• Ensure that key learnings are extracted from contractual commitments implementation and incorporate them in all thematic areas of contractual commitments and staff development processes.
• Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposals, budgets, and donor reports.
• Ensure compliance with contractual commitments across the program contractual commitments, THESO policies, program tools, handbooks, guidelines, and procedures to achieve high technical quality and synergies in project implementation.
• Liaise and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities, stakeholders, and donors and represent THESO in relevant forums/clusters/working groups.
• Contribute to the implementation of Safe and Inclusive Programming Minimum Standards across your area of work while promoting the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

What you will bring

• Minimum 10 years of experience within a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Minimum 7 years of program expertise (as Specialist/Technical Adviser and/or Program/Project Manager).

Specific experience, knowledge, and expertise in:

• market analysis, cash-based interventions, and market-based programs.
• working in complex political contexts.
• program start-up and expansion experience and experience leading needs assessment, project monitoring and evaluation activities, and program development.
• working in remote management contexts is desirable.
• knowledge of the Middle East Region and Palestine context specifically.
• key technical standards (SPHERE, HAP, IASC, safe and inclusive programming, gender mainstreaming, IHL, humanitarian principles, etc.) with the ability to rate into programming.
• Advanced computer skills, especially in MS Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Understanding of and commitment to:

• working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including capacity strengthening.
• integrated programming and/or coordinating multiple sectors/CCs.

Master’s degree in public health or related fields of study (would be advantageous).

Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable.

• Valid driver’s license.