Vacancy: Program Manager

Company Profile

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 Corporation in Ghana has been providing technical support to the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service for the past 40 years in a variety of technical areas including cervical cancer treatment and prevention, community health, HIV and AIDS, maternal and newborn health, health workforce capacity development (both pre-service and in-service), family planning, malaria, and IPC/WASH.

Job Description

As the leading global partner for the Momentum Country and Global Leadership program, MCGL is a five-year USAID funded global award that works with country governments and local non-governmental organizations to provide targeted technical and capacity development assistance.  

MCGL builds upon existing evidence and best practices and catalyzes innovations that enable government-led partnerships to deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions that accelerate reductions in maternal, newborn, and child mortality and morbidity at scale. The project also contributes to global technical leadership, learning, and USAID’s policy dialogue to achieve global maternal, newborn, and child health, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health (MNCH/FP/RH) goals by supporting globally endorsed initiatives, strategies, frameworks, guidelines, and action plans. 

We are currently looking for dynamic individuals to fill the following position: Program Manager 

• Duration of Contract: May 1, 2022 – 30 September, with possible extension to 31 May 2023


• Job Location: Accra 


• Position Reports to : Country Director   


• Positions Supervised : Technical Team 

Job Overview

The Program Manager will oversee the MCGL’s program implementation. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as a focal point in representing Jhpiego in the implementation of the MCGL project in Ghana 


• Develop detailed implementation plans and budgets, submit for review and approval with clear team accountability aligned with program proposal, in close collaboration with internal and external team players 


• Harness human, material and financial resources appropriate for the program


• Maintain an overview of project budget (regularly monitor budget versus actual (BVA) expenditures) and proactively develop timely solutions to project’s under and overspends in line with organization and donor requirements 


• Ensure continuous monitoring of program activities, as well as timely and accurate evaluation and reporting of progress toward the achievement of program goals and objectives


• Supervise and manage a team of highly qualified staff; align their efforts with program goals


• Coordinate technical inputs from a number of different international technical experts and support international advisors to better understand the local context for the project, applying excellent and timely communication


• Monitor and supervise short- and long-term consultants contributing to program efforts


• Contribute to establishing, maintaining, and improving active and regular working relationships with government authorities, donors and other partner agencies 


• Support a robust learning culture where teams and individual staff can share openly successes and failures for continuous improvement at organizational and individual levels, facilitating as appropriate the application and use of specific methodologies found in MCGL’s adaptive learning toolkit


• Utilize learning from the field to contribute to improvement of project, development and implementation of other programs/projects and advocacy initiatives 


• Provide timely program updates to Country Director, relevant departments and US-based backstopping teams


• Present progress, achievements and lessons learned to key stakeholders including Ghana Health Services and other relevant partners. 


• Develop program risk mitigation plans along with teams for smooth implementation of program, identifying delays and informing Program Director 


• Troubleshoot to prevent and resolve potential problems and review outputs for quality control


• Ensure that project reports, workplans, publications and other program related documents and donor requests for information are of a high quality and produced on time in line with agreed deadlines 


• Support and apply knowledge management system by promoting and facilitating evidence/knowledge generation, dissemination, and publication

Required Skills or Experience

• Masters’ degree in public health or relevant field 


• Professional Certification in Project Management preferred


• 10 years of mid-to senior-level experience implementing and managing complex donor-funded public health programs   


• Solid understanding of/extensive experience in Ghana in RMNCH+ nutrition/IPC/WASH, with strong knowledge of and experience working in collaboration with MOH and GHS, international and local donor agencies and program implementing organizations (NGOs). 


• Knowledge of competency-based training, performance and quality improvement approaches


• Experienced in project management cycle from the design, start up, implementation, M&E, and transition/handover/closing 


• Demonstrated ability in problem solving, show initiative/being pro-active, work independently and within a team


• Demonstrated skills in collaborative engagement, program planning, knowledge management, networking and communication.


• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and supervisory skills, inspiring teamwork and motivating staff and partners to achieve results


• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform


• Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills


• Knowledge of USAID programs, regulations, compliance and reporting


• Fluency in written and spoken English.


• Ability and willingness to travel within Ghana up to 30% of the time