Program Officer II - Health Programs

FHI 360•US-REMOTE-DC, DC

1d•$65,000 - $75,000•Onsite

About The Position

This Program Officer II (PO II) position supports several global health projects funded by the U.S. Government and other donors across a portfolio of countries within a geographic region. The projects span a range of technical focus areas, including HIV, global health security and outbreak response, maternal and child health, and malaria. The Program Officer II provides programmatic management, operational coordination, and administrative support across a portfolio of 2-5 countries and/or project components for multiple projects. The PO II works closely with country teams, technical staff, and U.S.-based project leadership to support project start-up, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and compliance. This role involves preparing detailed reports, managing budgets for project components, and optimizing resource use. The Program Officer II also develops sub award packages, and monitors sub-awardees to ensure compliance, identifies risks, and develops mitigation strategies within their project areas.

Requirements

Full understanding of project/project management concepts and practices.
Basic knowledge of the technical area of the project.
Task level knowledge.
Working knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures with project design.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English required.
Strong and demonstrated project/project management skills.
Ability to problem solve and implement corrective action as needed.
Ability to prepare reports and provide information to management in a timely matter.
Articulate, professional, and able to communicate in a clear, positive fashion with funder and staff.
Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English
Typically requires a minimum of 4+ years of relevant experience with project management principles and practices.
Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization (NGO), government agency, or private organization.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in French or Spanish preferred.
Project management certification preferred.
Experience managing and/or supporting complex USG contract/acquisition mechanisms strongly preferred.
International or Domestic (US) Program Development or Program management preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinates specific components of projects, supports planning and implementation
Contributes to detailed planning, develops plans for specific project components
Manages tasks related to specific project areas, ensures timely completion
Prepares detailed reports, documents project activities, and tracks progress
Communicates with stakeholders on specific project aspects, provides regular updates
Coordinates small teams or work groups within project, ensuring collaboration
Provides support to project management, delivers presentations, and leads meetings.
Research and provides inputs for project design by supporting other team members.
Synthesizes existing information and data into an overarching summary of progress on key project activities.
Tracks trends in the project area and collects more sophisticated data.
May conduct new hire onboarding on department procedures and administrative processes.
Participates in external events related to project and/or technical area.
May serve as a mentor to other team members.
Monitors compliance with project policies and procedures within specific areas
Identifies risk within specific project areas, proposes mitigation strategies
Assist in ensuring project SharePoint site is used appropriately by project team.
Liaises with the funder by supporting administrative task and assisting with the coordination of the contracting process; serves as the contact regarding administrative task assignments.
Monitors subawardees for specific project components, ensures compliance with terms.
Supports the management of the budget for specific project components, optimizes resource use
Reads and interprets budget to understand tracking and suggest budget items/approach for tasks
In collaboration with Financial Analyst/Manager, reviews expense reports, invoices, and purchase orders prior to project and finance management approval and collaborates with field office on financial transparency on purchase orders input into country office finance system of record to ensure purchases align with workplans and budgeted activities
Drafts sub-award packages and reviews sub-award package and provides comments before submission for approval
Manages the pre-award assessment process
Liaises with subcontractors; facilitates partner/sub-award communication related to task completion and planning