Program Officer - Global Fund

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Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

Program Officer - Global Fund

The Role Summary:

The Program Officer will be reporting to Chief of Party-Global Fund (GF) with matrix reporting to the Program Development & Quality Assurance Director. S/he will support GF grant, Program Development Unit Manager and Senior Program Manager- GF in donor engagement as needed such as mobilizing information collection and discussion to prepare for engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead/Coordinate aggregation of responses to management actions from the donor, Third Party Monitoring and the external audits.
• Attend donor meetings/working groups/cluster meetings or any other relevant external engagements to represent World Vision and gather and document relevant information, with the support from Technical Team.
• Facilitate WV Support Office visits including scheduling external/internal meetings and site visits to the field as needed.
• Conduct regular, positive, and productive communication with key support offices, respective donor representatives, and partners regarding the implementation of program activities.
• File all the grant documents as requested in the information management (IM) system.
• Update the Project Implementation Monitoring Tool (PIMT) on a monthly basis.
• Update the DIP on bimonthly basis in collaboration with M&E and operations teams.
• Coordinate the preparation and submission of donor reports in collaboration with WVUK.
• Provide information, human interest stories and audio-visual materials in collaboration with communication team for internal and external purposes; and for fundraising.
• In collaboration with the TB coordinators, document the lessons learnt and best practices in MDR-TB management and other grant’s key initiatives.
• Prepare and update grant agreements and any other documents between implementing partners/ consortium members and WV in liaison with respective Support Offices.
• Communicate with implementing partners (IPs) on relevant grant updates and various action points arising from meetings on behalf of Chief of Party of GF.
• Coordinate and/or support the start-up and close out of projects;
• Communicate and monitor donor compliance issue of grant under his/her portfolios;
• Organize refresher training with partners and WV staff on donor requirements and grant management standard in collaboration/ with support from SPO and CoPs.
• Coordinate the GF unit’s preparation of donor reports, presentations to various meetings and workshops.
• Participate in Zonal quarterly review meetings and represent WVS as required.
• Coordinate visits to the TB Management Units and review missions as required. Such missions may include, World Vision Somalia staff, MoH, WHO, Local Funding Agent, Global Fund, Consultants, etc.
• Attend and contribute in program coordination and network meetings at Zonal level and international levels as required.

Essential:

• A Bachelor’s degree in relevant field such as Public Health and Social Sciences.
• At least 3 years of project management experience with extensive government engagement experience;
• Past experience working in TB and HIV / AIDS program preferred
• Demonstrates well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as negotiation skills.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills; keen attention to detail with an analytic approach to work.
• A person of high moral and ethical standards.
• Cross – cultural sensitivity, flexibility and emotional maturity.
• Ability to exhibit exemplary life style as interpreted in specific local cultural context.
• Willingness to be flexible with working hours.
• An aptitude for working in a changing environment and managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to work both as part of a team and alone, supervised or unsupervised.
• Knowledge and experience in the field of Public health.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Somali.

Working Environment

• The position will be field based in Mogadishu, Somalia with frequent travel to the field.

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World Vision adheres to strict child and adult safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks which will include criminal background checks. They will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Academic certificates will be verified with the issuing institution. Female candidates are encouraged to apply

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only