Senior Director of Programs

POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL•Washington, DC

1d•$140,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

PAI is a nonprofit, civil society organization based in Washington, D.C. Founded almost 60 years ago, we work to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all people through U.S. and global advocacy, partnerships with multisectoral institutions and the funding of community-based organizations across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The Sr. Director of Programs will provide grant and budget oversight, monitoring, and support to ensure that PAI effectively meets grant requirements and leads the development of technical tools and insights that advance the advocacy agendas of PAI and its partners worldwide. In addition, the Sr. Director of Programs will provide day-to-day leadership and management to support the growth, success, and impact of PAI's grant programs and work to strengthen and enhance PAI's partnerships with civil society organizations around the world. The Sr. Director of Programs will provide leadership and management coordination to advance key grant objectives, engage with donors as part of regular reporting and renewal cycles, ensuring PAI stays abreast of and responsive to shifts in donor strategies and priorities. In addition, in partnership with the Sr. VP of Program Growth and Strategy, the Sr. Director of Programs will support PAI’s engagement in external committees, taskforces and technical groups, and be part of a core team focused on diversifying the PAI programs portfolio in line with our mission. The Sr. Director of Programs will serve as the supervisor for 4 PAI International Advocacy Program staff. This position reports to the Sr. VP of Program Growth and Strategy.

Requirements

Master’s degree or equivalent in public health, public policy, public administration, or equivalent.
At least 10 years of related public health experience and/or non-profit/government experience including 5 years as a manager and 5 years within the SRHR sector, preferably in advocacy.
Partner Relationship Management Skills: Proven ability to develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships with representatives of various sectors, including funders, CSO partners, academic institutions and/or bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies.
Team Management Skills: Superb leadership and staff supervisory/management skills. Ability to make decisions with significant, broad implications for the management and operations of a major department or multiple departments.
Grant and Budget Management Skills: Proven track record in managing multiple grant programs (at least $2 million) and demonstrated ability to understand and manage grant budget parameters.
Problem Solving Skills: Ability to address problems that are broad, complex, and abstract, often involving organization-wide issues and requiring substantial creativity, resourcefulness, staff engagement, negotiation, and diplomacy to develop solutions.
Written Communications Skills: Ability to communicate complex information effectively in writing to Programs staff, management, and external partners across functional areas.
Oral Communications Skills: Ability to verbally communicate complex concepts and address sensitive situations, resolve conflicts, negotiate, and motivate. Ability to represent an organization before a variety of diverse audiences and in a wide range of situations.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate broad and comprehensive knowledge of SRHR concepts, practices, new and emerging trends and research, donor landscape, and policies with the ability to use them in complex and/or unprecedented situations across multiple functional areas.
Health Equity Focus: Deep understanding of core social and economic constructs and how they impact health, including health, gender, and racial equity, economic justice, environmental justice and climate change, social determinants of health, and the root causes of institutional and structural racism.
Technical Skills: Advanced skills with Microsoft applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis, and maintain databases (including Power BI and work planning programs).
Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task and deal effectively with multiple time-sensitive priorities.
Ability to translate data analytics and tools into planning and advocacy tools.
Ability to travel internationally approximately 10% of the time

Nice To Haves

proficiency in a second language (preferably French)

Responsibilities

Contribute strategic and SRHR technical expertise to advance the development and implementation of PAI overall grant programs in partnership with civil society organizations.
Provide day-to-day oversight and management of grant programs, develop and support review of donor reports and engage in restricted donor meetings.
Directly support the implementation of key grant programs where surge capacity is required or to effectively meet complex grant requirements.
Manage onboarding of approved new programs with Sr. VP of Program Growth and Strategy, including coordinating with finance and operations departments.
Manage grant budgets and conduct monthly reviews with finance and Sr. VP of Program Growth and Strategy.
In coordination with Operations conduct grant bi-annual grant program review meetings and support program grant team to prepare internal presentations.
Oversee the management and continuous adaptation of the PAI M&E system.
Identify potential threats to PAI grant program administration and coordinate with PAI’s SVP of Program Growth & Strategy and Operations and Finance teams to mitigate program or organizational risks.
Stay abreast of changing grant standards and proposal guidelines and communicate relevant information to stakeholders including funded partners (via programs staff), Development, Finance and Operations respectively.
Supervise and support the retention of high-performing international programs staff, provide direction, guidance and support for effective implementation and management across all critical program areas, while empowering them to perform responsibly and effectively.
Put grant tracking systems in place to ensure the team works effectively and efficiently.
Perform other duties as required or assigned.
Help sustain and grow PAI’s international programs portfolio.
Working with Sr. VP of Program Growth and Strategy and President & CEO, support restricted grant renewals and new business opportunities. Provide technical leadership and input in the design of new grant applications.
Serve on SRHR technical committees and working groups in the sector.
Ensure PAI develops and disseminates a steady supply of technical products that enhance advocacy capabilities worldwide and generate a diversified technical toolbox that PAI and partner staff can draw on to advance their advocacy agendas.
Work effectively across multiple departments, guide compliance, bring exceptional problem solving and enthusiasm to a range of program and donors’ requirements, and advance the development and dissemination of stellar technical tools.
Elevate PAI’s program work through technical and peer-reviewed publications and the development of tools.