Program Manager I - Community Based Health Insurance

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is hiring a Program Manager I for an anticipated five-year health systems strengthening project in Uganda, focused on strengthening faith-based health services through better community health financing, governance and locally led solutions. The role provides technical leadership on Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) and other community health financing approaches, supporting design, implementation, monitoring, learning and scale-up. The position is open to Ugandan nationals only and is reported to the Program Manager II.

Key responsibilities

• Support agency-wide strategies, technical standards and tools for CBHI and community health financing aligned with donor requirements, government priorities and global best practice
• Provide technical leadership to project teams and partners on designing, implementing and adapting CBHI interventions, including remote and on-site support
• Accompany local partners to strengthen their technical leadership, decision-making and implementation capacity
• Contribute to proposal design, including preparing, submitting and approving project concepts and proposals, and act as technical writer when needed
• Advise on integrating donor strategies and requirements into the project approach
• Support capacity building through learning and training strategies, trainings, workshops and coaching
• Collect and analyze program data, share lessons learned and best practices, and maintain relationships with donors, peers and research institutions
• Represent CRS in technical working groups, policy dialogues, conferences and sector forums on health financing and universal health coverage

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, Development Studies, Social Science, Economics, Health Services Management or a related field; Master's degree is an advantage
• At least five to eight years of relevant work experience, ideally with an international NGO
• At least two years of field-based experience in community health insurance, health financing, health systems strengthening or related areas
• Fluency in English; willingness to travel up to 40%
• Preferred: knowledge of Uganda's health financing, health insurance and UHC landscape

Required skills

• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), web conferencing, information and budget management systems
• Project design, proposal writing and technical writing
• Capacity strengthening, program monitoring and evaluation, and donor relations
• Strong presentation, facilitation, training and mentoring skills