Programme Management Officer

The Programme Management Officer enables effective implementation of WHO collaborative programmes by delivering strategic and results-based operational planning, budgeting, resource distribution, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting functions. The role supports technical strategic dialogue between the country office and regional office related to strategic and operational planning.

Responsibilities

• Support and promote technical dialogue between the WHO country office and WHO regional office during strategic and operational planning, including the country cooperation strategy.
• Coordinate and provide support to the head of the WHO country office and senior staff on the implementation of the one-planning and monitoring approach anchored in the country cooperation agreement at the country level.
• Coordinate the overall results-based management of the country office, including grants management, budget, work planning, and allocation to ensure effective execution of WHO public health programmes.
• Collaborate with resources mobilization focal point on resources mobilization activities.
• Ensure appropriate use of funds, especially thematic funding and specified voluntary contributions to achieve results.
• Administer planning, inclusion of critical programme performance measures, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of programme initiatives for quality results and strategic decision making including in emergency settings.
• Prepare elements for briefings, proposals, reports, communications, and advocacy documents required for strategic decision-making.
• Organize programme management meetings, capacity-building programmes, and relevant activities, supporting and ensuring follow-up on agreed action points with stakeholders.
• Administer implementation of flexible and creative solutions to deficiencies in WHO country office management processes towards enhanced results-based management, proposing revisions to SOPs.
• Work closely with health policy adviser or specialist to promote integrated approaches and cross-programme collaboration throughout results-based management cycle.
• Administer capacity-building programme or initiatives of the country office for all results-based management processes and tools.
• Apply WHO Emergency Response Framework to analyse and document WHO performance and ensure implementation of remedial programme management actions for effective emergency-response and health interventions.

Requirements

• A university degree (bachelor’s) in a relevant field such as public health, public administration, management, administration.
• For those without a degree in public administration, management, administration or similar, an accredited academic course, training and/or certification in programme planning or development implementation or monitoring and evaluation is required.
• An advanced university degree (master’s level or above) in public health, public administration, management, administration or related field is desirable.
• A minimum of five years of work experience relevant to the position providing programme or project management services in public-sector, international development or public health programmes.
• Experience in programme management is desirable.
• Experience of WHO processes and policies is desirable.
• Some experience at an international level is desirable.
• Ability to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, projects and programmes.
• Delivering public health programmes.
• Facilitating strategic planning processes.
• Results-based management/work planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Analytical skills and logical thinking.
• Excellent oral and written communication, including for reports, presentations and technical documents.
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Expert knowledge of English; working knowledge of another official language would be an asset.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Public Health Programs
• Strategic Planning
• Result-Based Management
• Work Planning
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Report Writing
• Technical Documentation Production
• Team Leadership
• Resource Distribution
• Budgeting
• WHO Processes and Policies

Languages

English