Reporting to the ICAP Country Director and secondarily to the ICAP Senior Implementation Director, the Program Specialist works within a country office and provides project management and operational support for one or more ICAP country offices in support of donor funded program activities.
Duties
- Works with senior staff in the country program to ensure compliance with donor/sponsor requirements and to facilitate communication with donors/sponsors and ICAP-New York (NY) staff
- Assists senior staff in the management of country office operations, including support to said staff in general financial and operational management, as well as with program planning and documentation of program achievements and reporting
- Coordinates the interaction between the ICAP NY staff and in-country counterparts; ensures that in-country program/technical and financial/administrative staff have information required to facilitate both project-related decision-making and ICAP’s ability to meet donor/sponsor requirements and expectations
- Supports in-country staff to develop programmatic and financial reports that are of high quality and are prepared in a manner that meets donor/sponsor requirements
- Supports in-country senior management in the development and implementation of management systems to help achieve financial, administrative, and programmatic goals
Requisites
- Master’s Degree in Public Health or related discipline
- Minimum three (3) years of experience working in public health program development, implementation and monitoring of international health programs, preferably in program areas directly related to HIV, malaria or tuberculosis control and prevention programs
- Experience in-country positions preferred
- Direct experience in budgeting, financial management, operations and logistics associated with donor/sponsor-supported international public health programs
- Specific experience working with U.S. government (USG)-funded public health programs supported through grants, cooperative agreements and/or contracts (e.g., CDC, USAID) and working knowledge of USG rules and regulations
- Excellent oral/written communications, interpersonal, organizational, and computer skills
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated experience operating in highly complex business environments; and advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office suite
- Demonstrated experience working in a team-based environment, in exercising independent judgment and decision making and working with minimum supervision and direction within broad established guidelines
- Competency and demonstrated experience in public speaking in order to present information to audiences of all sizes representing varied levels of technical expertise
- Oral and written foreign language proficiency in French, Portuguese, or Swahili
- Prior supervisory and/or management experience within an international assistance organization
Notes
- Requires two to four trips annually to ICAP NY headquarters with each trip lasting seven (7) to fourteen (14) days
- Requires periodic travel within country or the immediate region with some trips requiring overnight stays
- Please indicate “Program Specialist – Mozambique” in the subject line
- This position is grant funded
- The successful candidate may be engaged either as a Columbia University employee with international benefits or as a locally hired employee of the country office with international benefits
- Columbia University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. It does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, gender, religion, creed, national and ethnic origin, age, citizenship, status as a perceived or actual victim of domestic violence, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a Vietnam era or disabled veteran, or any other legally protected status