Sr. Program Officer will work in close collaboration with the Sr. Program Manager to support the Indonesia country portfolio. Responsibilities include ensuring that good project management practices and tools are being used to stay on scope, schedule, budget for the countries supported. SPO will also support quality improvement and assurance initiatives in the region and support countries in the region to win new business. SPO will oversees and represent the organization in all aspects of the program in coordination with project leaders. Ensuring integrity of design and implementation of program, achievement of project objectives, and deliverables. The Senior Program Officer is responsible for managing relationships with subrecipients and the donor as needed by the country team.

• Develop concept notes and respond to donor requests for additional funding under project
• Support the country teams with workplanning, including design workshops, gathering technical inputs and writing the workplan, as needed.
• Liaise with GPO POs and country office PMs to plan for and monitor project scope, track and manage project management standards, and troubleshoot issues and delays
• Have a good understanding of all technical aspects of the project in order to coordinate effectively to meeting project goals and objectives
• Review and escalate quality concerns (technical, project management, financial management, compliance)
• Ensure knowledge management is maintained for country offices
• Ensure projects remain on scope, on budget and schedule.
• Coordinate with partners closely as needed and monitor progress, working in close coordination with country teams.
• Monitor finances and compliance with Finance Manager
• Coordinate development and submission of donor deliverables ensuring the highest quality (reporting, continuing applications, etc.)
• Monitor country office operations to proactively manage fixed costs
• Proactively identify and share risks with SPM and GPO management
• Serve as program lead for new proposal development for the country as needed including providing budget inputs, conducting budget reviews, and developing management plans and support
• Present project achievements, management, and financial information through the Portfolio review
• Report out internally on project accomplishments
• Ensure teams are complying with PM@Jhpiego (Jhpiego’s internal project management curricula requirements

• MPH or relevant experience
• Certified in PM@Jhpiego (Jhpiego’s internal project management curricula) or PMD Pro, or will be within 60 days of hire
• 7 years related experience, such as experience as a program officer, senior program coordinator, or other work as relevant to the position (e.g., developing or implementing programs, working in health/development sector, overseas experience, working in business development, grants management, working with donor or multilateral agencies, etc.)
• Successfully managing large complicated public health projects (e.g., multiple partners, difficult donor relations, low in-country capacity) by at least 2 different types of donors, including one USG donor in multiple countries with experience:
• Submitted high quality reports submitted on time to donors
• Managed partners as part of a consortium
• Developed, analyzed and reviewed budgets
• Analyzed expenses, variances, accruals, and pipelines
• Successfully started up a new project
• Successfully developed and written work plans
• Successfully closed out a large project
• Successfully supporting new program development for multiple proposals
• Provided significant inputs to proposals as program lead – including budget inputs and writing sections of proposals
• Understanding of global health, and international development program/financial management principles, operations
• Strong ability and experience supervising and mentoring staff
• Strong ability and experience organizing and conducting training and capacity building
• Strong communication and presentation skills: developing communication products (success stories, FB posts, briefs, PowerPoint presentations), writing skills, and presenting skills
• Strong problem solving and decision-making: identifying the problem; locating, gathering, and organizing relevant information; generating alternatives; choosing a solution; implementing the solution
• Strong planning and organizing skills: planning; prioritizing; managing projects
• Strong teamwork skills: identifying team membership and role; establishing productive relationships; meeting team objectives; resolving conflicts
• Successfully dealing with challenging situations (HR, fraud, donor, etc.) including identifying issues and proactively working with team to resolve them
• Identifying opportunities for improvement and making constructive suggestions for change
• Experience with Office 365
• Travel: Ability to travel 30%
• Knowledge of USG rules and regulations preferred