Job Description
Overview:
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is implementing USAID funded Maternal and Child Health Survival Program (MCSP) AFPP program to accelerate family planning programs in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan provinces in Pakistan. Jhpiego seeks suitable candidates for the following position based in Islamabad.
Jhpiego Pakistan office requires to hire services of a Public health Specialist in the capacity of Program Manager to support implementation and management of ongoing projects and contributing in expansion of Jhpiego profile in Pakistan. It is expected that the position will contribute to multiple projects.
Responsibilities:
- Actively contribute in developing work plans along with project teams
- Overseeing implementation of work plans in provinces, identifying delays and informing project directors/ supervisors
- If required, participate in federal/provincial meetings for negotiating and briefing stakeholders, including technical working group and government officials
- Contribute in developing risk mitigation plans along with teams for smooth implementation of projects
- Contributing in all technical documents including training material of projects
- Contribute in design and implementation of technical meetings along with project teams
- Work closely with project lead in identifying and mobilizing stakeholders at federal and provincial levels
- Actively participate in collecting data, take lead in analyzing data and drafting reports for landscape analysis,
- Actively participate in developing project reports
- Contribute in designing and implementing project dissemination, including development of project briefs, presentations and handouts
- Contribute in developing proposals in response to any upcoming requests for proposals
- Represent Jhpiego at various fora, as assigned by the supervisor
- Contribute in design, planning, implementation and management of any other upcoming projects
- Accomplishing any other relevant task/ assignment.
Required Qualifications:
- MBBS/MD with at least post graduate qualification in public health
- Having 8-10 years of experience in developing and implementing public health projects
- Thorough understanding of health systems of Pakistan , and administrative roles of federal and provincial levels
- Proven experience of developing professional documents including reports, project briefs, training manuals and other technical material
- Experience of conducting literature research, developing project proposals and guiding development of project budgets
- Proven experience in developing quantitative and qualitative tools, developing databases, managing and analyzing data; presenting data in user friendly manner
- Proven experience of developing and presenting technical presentations to senior government officials and development partners
- Linkages with development partners and government officials specifically in Health and Population Welfare will be an asset
- The incumbent is expected to be a team player, both as member and lead, with proven experience of supervising and mentoring teams
- This position requires travelling up to 50%.
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
JHU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Details
Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. 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 the delivery of care. Jhpiego has been working in Pakistan since 1997 when it provided technical assistance under a series of maternal and reproductive health projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). One of the Project aims in Pakistan is to improve the quality of public and private sector health services. Healthcare providers will be trained; health facilities renovated and services will be expanded and improved. We also will improve access of women and children to health services especially the poor and those who do not or cannot go for health care, by educating communities and families and setting up better transport and communications systems. By 2017, thousands of deaths of women, newborn babies and infants will have been prevented as a result of the USAID/Pakistan MCH Program. USAID/Pakistan has, in cooperation with the USAID Office of Inspector General, established the Anti-Fraud Hotline to provide an avenue for the reporting of fraud, waste, and abuse which may be associated with USAID funded projects in Pakistan. Complaints are handled with complete confidentiality and individuals are encouraged to report when corruption, fraud, waste or abuse may exit in the USAID/Pakistan projects. Reports can be filed anonymously via the easy-to-use Hotline (toll-free number 0800 84700); e-mail at [email protected]; fax at 021-35390410; postal address at 5-C, 2nd Floor Khayaban-e-Itthad, Phase VII, DHA, Karachi, Pakistan; and on the website www.anti-fraudhotline.com.”
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