Program Manager II - Health Systems Strengthening

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is hiring a Program Manager II for an anticipated five-year health systems strengthening project in Uganda, based in Kampala. The project supports the sustainability and resilience of faith-based health services through stronger institutional capacity, better community health financing, improved governance and locally led solutions. The role leads, manages and provides technical oversight of project activities, and is open to Ugandan nationals only; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, manage and implement all project cycle activities, from start-up to close-out, in line with CRS quality standards and donor requirements.
• Ensure project staff and partners use approved systems, tools and processes, and coordinate with partner leadership and technical teams.
• Build and maintain relationships with faith-based health institutions, church structures, government entities and private sector actors.
• Lead the development and coordination of community health financing and other innovative approaches, and cultivate strategic partnerships.
• Act as main point of contact with stakeholders, support design, business development and proposal work, and represent CRS in technical working groups and stakeholder forums.
• Coordinate and monitor financial and material resources, and supervise, coach and mentor project staff.
• Prepare technical, financial and donor reports, document lessons learned, and integrate safeguarding, accountability, gender, localization and locally led approaches.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in international development, social sciences, development studies, health-related management or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of field-based project management experience, preferably 3 years managing complex health or health systems-strengthening programs in a leadership role.
• Fluency in English; willingness to travel up to 40%; supervisory responsibilities over Program Manager I and Project Manager (MEAL).
• Preferred: Master's degree, international NGO experience.

Required skills

• MEAL skills and experience.
• Project grant management, including project design, preferably for multiple public donors such as USG and UN.
• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), web conferencing and information management systems.
• Ability to write high-quality technical proposals and reports.