Senior Program Advisor

CCS - Centro de Colaboração em Saúde is recruiting a Senior Program Advisor, to be based in Maputo.

Duties

• To work in close collaboration with CCS’s central management team to support the organization’s activities.
• Planning and budgeting activities, drafting CCS internal reports and reports for donors, participation in the drafting of the programs’ objectives, external communication, including with donors, monitoring progress of programs implementation
• Coordinate the whole process of CCS’s annual, quarterly and monthly planning from district to central level
• Coordinate for activity planning to be included in the annual planning of institutions that work with CCS
• Leed the monitoring process of plan implementation
• Lead the process of drafting monthly, quarterly, semester and annual , both internal of CCS and for donors and institutions that work with CCS
• Lead the process of establishing and managing CCS’s website
• Coordinate the drafting of articles for publication, lessons learned, case studies and other materials necessary for NGOs and donors
• Supervise the drafting and periodical revision of program objectives, budgets and the staff working plans
• Take part in regular meetings of CCS, be it at technical or administrative/ financial level
• Monitor progress in order o achieve program objectives and deadlines, including communication with donors
• Support the Executive Director in the management of relations with Mozambican Government officials: to negotiate and draft memorandums of understanding to define work relations with government partners, facilitating efficacious communication between CCS and the government
• Whenever necessary, to represent CCS in meetings with MoH, donors and partners and prepare reports and presentations as requested by the Executive Director
• Perform any other tasks that may be assigned

Requisites

• Wide national and international experience on public health and management of HIV/AIDS programs
• Work experience with donor agencies, such as USAID, CDC and familiarity the with norms and regulations of those agencies
• Capacity to manage projects / activities, define priorities and realistic chronograms and follow them adequately
• Experience in drafting program activities, working plans and budget
• Excellent interpersonal skills and capacity to work in a team
• Excellent communications skills
• Sensitivity for cultural differences and understanding of political and ethic issues related to HIV infection
• Capacity to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility between the project team, donors, sub-beneficiaries and other partners
• Postgraduate in public health, social sciences or related areas
• Over 5 years experience in international development programs
• Experience in management of projects funded by the US Government
• Fluency in English, spoken and written
• Good knowledge of Portuguese, spoken and written

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted