Bangladesh: Health and Nutrition Program Manager

Position: Health & Nutrition Program Manager

Reports to: ER Team Leader

Location: Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

About RI: Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them

Position Summary: The Country Health & Nutrition Program Manager is responsible for overseeing all of RI’s health and nutrition programs for the Rohingya refugee response. The Health & Nutrition PM will lead the design of all health and nutrition programs, negotiate with donors throughout the program development process, oversee implementation, ensure timely reporting. He/she will be key in driving the growth and expansion of RI’s health and nutrition portfolio. This position requires an individual who is accustomed to the pace of emergency response programming, has experience in successfully leading a diverse team, does not require close supervision or direction, is flexible and highly responsive, and excels at building and strengthening relations with donors.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

Program Management

· Overall supervision and successful implementation of health and nutrition portfolio Development of work plans and budget management according to Program outputs and results

· Ensure program targets are met using indicator / activity tracking tables

· Monitor program expenditures and regularly liaise with finance staff to address any spending issues

· Directly manage program budgets, forecast procurements, and human resource needs and work with finance, HR, and operations to prevent gaps in services.

· Manage his or her teams to complete program goals on time and on budget

· Capacity building of his or her team members

· Evaluate activity progress and determine necessary actions to course correct in collaboration with technical leads and M&E.

· Lead the process, and with inputs from the Health, Protection, M&E and WASH coordinators and in collaboration with the Grants Unit, provide program reports that are timely and meet institutional and donor requirements. The PM is ultimately responsible for all relevant donor reporting for the Programs.

· Represent RI, in coordination with the technical leads, at relevant stakeholder or coordination meetings, as needed, and maintain a positive, continuous and visible presence for RI

· Manage donor requirements for data collection and reporting Develop and establish a work plan for carrying out programme deliverables and required activities

· Develop and maintain strategic relationships with local partners, donors, and vendors

· Spend significant time at field sites to ensure quality

· Work constructively with support teams to ensure sound administrative practices with regards to record keeping, compliance with donor regulations, communications, etc.

· In collaboration with the Grants Unit, organize and lead program kick off meetings, grant review meetings and grant closeout meetings and lead in the development and oversight of the RI Mobilization plan for the first 3 months of program implementation.

· Work closely with the Grants Unit to ensure compliance with donor requirements at all stages of the Program lifecycle

Program Development

· Lead needs assessments in populations affected by the Rohingya Response to identify new program opportunities

· Stay up to date with all regional and country-specific response plans by the U.N., donors active in the relevant clusters, and other key actors

· Interface with the GSO Health Team and donors in Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar on all aspects of health portfolio

· Share methods, approaches and tools with RI colleagues across the region, and contribute toward RI’s regional response strategy by ensuring programmatic coherence, innovation and responsiveness.

· Lead the proposal development/budget modification process, in consultation with the Grants Unit, technical leads and M&E, by creating proposal development plan, assigning tasks to relevant RI team members, overseeing the proposal process and adherence to deadlines, and seeking the relevant verification from RI management;

· Act as focal point for RSO and GSO on proposal process and to answer any questions arising, including issues letters for health and nutrition related activities. These activities are to be undertaken in consultation with the Grants Unit to ensure adherence to donor guidelines. Writing of proposals is an essential requirement of this position.

Program Quality

· Ensure program quality by establishing a system of regular supervision, feedback and improvement for staff delivering clinical care and community services.

· Identify gaps and make adjustments to programming to ensure RI is meeting targets and being responsive to new health and nutrition needs in the area.

· Build staff quality and competencies through on-the-job coaching, mentoring, and setting up regular learning opportunities such as Continuing Medical Education (CME).

· Establish strong links with community leaders and local authorities

· Improve the quality of primary health care (PHC) and reproductive health (RH) services delivered at supported facilities throughout through priority setting, on-the-job training, and continuous program monitoring

· Ensure the quality of data through proper entry, cleaning and regular checking, and use of the data for actionable improvements at the site

· Ensure the diagnosis and treatment of patients are based on standard procedures (national and international guidelines)

· Ensure that community-based activities, such as EPI, nutrition screening, health education, and case tracing are properly conducted

· Represent RI at the local, national, and regional levels, including attendance at high-level meetings, with clusters and working groups, and in donor meetings

· Provide guidance and expertise in strategic expansion of health programming

· Share health technical expertise with program development team to create strong proposal submissions

Required skills and competences:

· Medical doctor, Masters of Public Health or equivalent preferred.

· Strong grant management experience, familiarity with multiple donors (ECHO, UNICEF, BPRM)

· Minimum 5 years of experience in health program management; at least 2 years of experience working with an international health NGO. Experience working in similar refugee contexts is desirable.

· A dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to perform in a demanding, fast paced environment.

· Experience and ability to implement full project management cycle (proposal and logical framework, work plans, budget management, reporting)

· Substantive experience managing, supervising, and mentoring clinical staff.

· Ability to creatively solve complex and sudden clinical and medical logistics challenges with limited support.

· Takes initiative and ability to multi-task.

· Knowledge of local language is a plus.

RI Values:

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:

· Inclusiveness

· Transparency and Accountability

· Agility and Innovation

· Collaboration

· Sustainability

Please submit your application package here:

http://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=RI&cws=4&rid=1141