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Apply for Program Manager at Project Hope

Project HOPE delivers essential medicines and supplies, health expertise and medical training to respond to disaster, prevent disease, promote wellness and save lives around the globe.

• Founded in 1958, Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) is dedicated to providing lasting solutions to health problems with the mission of helping people to help themselves. 
• Identifiable to many by the SS HOPE, the world’s first peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now provides medical training and health education, as well as conducts humanitarian assistance programs in more than 35 countries. 
• Over the past five decades, Project HOPE has demonstrated its ability to develop and permanently institute long-term solutions to pressing health problems, the true essence of helping people help themselves. 
• Project HOPE remains as committed as ever to addressing the world’s new health threats by playing a leadership role forging new alliances among those on the frontlines of health and together seeking new solutions.

Experience: 10 years

Location: Abuja

Program Manager

The Program Manager will be responsible for the strategic design, implementation, and monitoring of the Nigeria Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI) deployment. This role will ensure the provision of comprehensive support to address critical gaps in hypertension control nationwide. 

• A key objective will be to establish and optimize information systems for patient monitoring and program quality, thereby reducing loss to follow-up and building sustainable capacity within LGAs, facilities, and communities for effective hypertension management.
• The Program Manager will report to the Country Representative and will lead Project HOPE’s technical team for efficient planning, financing, delivering, and monitoring high quality services on the NHCI project. S/he will be responsible for designing and implementing operational plans and leading program activities. S/he will provide technical leadership on all aspects of hypertension control services and providing support to the government’s strategic goal of strengthening hypertension management and increasing coverage in Kano and Ogun States.
• This role will develop comprehensive strategies for resource mobilization and long-term sustainability, working closely with stakeholders at both national and subnational levels. 
• She will lead the technical team in producing timely quarterly, semi-annual, and annual quantitative and narrative reports. These reports will not only detail project progress but also include critical insights on lessons learned, challenges encountered, and opportunities for improvement. 
• Furthermore, this role will be instrumental in fostering strong partnerships and coordinating among diverse health actors, ensuring project feasibility and the sustainable integration of program initiatives into national and subnational health systems.

Specific Responsibilities

Strategic Planning

Oversees the program budget and development of annual work plans, semi-annual reports, and other reports as needed to ensure all project deliverables are of high quality and produced on time and within budget.

• Provides leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing an integrated package of interventions to increase strengthening of hypertension control at community, and health facility levels in collaboration with key national and state stakeholders
• Operationalize and implement of the Nigeria Hypertension Control program components
• Support the development, strengthening and implementation of state and LGA strategic and annual plans.
• Facilitate linkages and foster collaboration and coordination with key stakeholders including relevant national, state, and local government authorities, partners and civil society organizations involved in hypertension control, and communities
• Provide input and participate in the project strategy design and implementation plan for the health facility and community services components.

Educational Requirements:

• MBBS, or Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Social Sciences, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, or a health-related field is required

Professional Experience/Requirements:

Senior leader with 10+ years of relevant experience, with capacity development of government offices preferred.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the social welfare context and health system in Nigeria, and preferably in Niger state
• Successful experience in implementing hypertension control projects and familiarity with USAID/RESOLVE programs preferred.
• Demonstrated results with capacity building/training and implementing training programs and workshops in Monitoring, Evaluation and Research; familiarity with DHIS is an advantage
• Familiarity with the Nigerian Health system including government planning and budgeting processes at Federal and state levels
• Strong skills in negotiating with and engaging Ministry of Health officials at all levels of the health system.
• Demonstrated computer skills in Epi Info, SPSS, GIS and Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook and advanced skills in the use of analytical tools
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of hypertension control Indicators
• Contribute to the use of information management tools such as dashboards to support decision makers at the local government and state levels to make better use of data.

Experience working with private sector actors involved in health services delivery Fluency in English.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Project HOPE employees work in the global health field and may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship”.
• Travel for extended periods by air and other modes of transportation.
• Must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment and must be able to communicate in verbal and written form.
• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Project Hope on projecthope.csod.com to apply

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