Sightsavers Ghana office is currently seeking a Programme Manager to implement, develop, design, and monitor in country projects. The Programme Manager will also identify and contribute to programme growth and development in collaboration with partners and colleagues.
Responsibilities
The Programme Manager duties include;
Supporting partners by providing technical advice and expertise on the core thematic areas of Sightsavers work and give guidance to ensure the successful implementation of projects.
Support the development and implementation of country advocacy plans in line with projects and represent Sightsavers at the appropriate forums with partners and stakeholders.
Lead on partnership assessment initiatives and develop a coherent plan of partner capacity building, and support project officers in the implementation of those plans.
Oversee the work of the Programme Officers to manage all aspects of the project cycle including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation to ensure project documentation and reporting is of a high quality and meets donor/compliance requirements.
Ensure that all aspects of the programme are effectively monitored and evaluated on an ongoing basis and that learning is systematically used to continuously improve all projects and programmes, in country and share across the organisation.
Work collaboratively with Senior Programme Manager and finance colleagues to monitor project budget and expenditure, advising on financial trends and to support the strengthening of partner financial capacity.
Lead the programme team to develop a plan for the office which reflects country and organizational priorities and deadlines and use this to ensure effective ongoing programme delivery.
Support the Senior Programme Manager to contributes individual and country learning/ experience into broader organisational learning and policy development.
Support the country team in developing a system for monitoring and evaluating country programme portfolio performance.
Provide direction and support to assist country research teams and help them to identify operational research opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of NTD elimination efforts, prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment as well as promoting social inclusion issues.
Assist project teams and country Ministries of Health in disseminating information on social inclusion and NTD activities, studies, research and lessons learned at national and international level.
Act as the first point of contact for any safeguarding incidents or concerns.
The Programme Manager role is a highly varied and involved position and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
Skills and Experience
As the ideal candidate, you will possess working experience or a post graduate qualification in a relevant field, have extensive experience working within an NGO environment in a leading position with a background in line and team management, and hold knowledge of project design and management, budget development and monitoring, resource management.
Jobholder entry requirements – the essential knowledge, skills and behaviours
required
Knowledge (Education & Related Experience):
• Working experience and a post graduate qualification in relevant field
• Extensive working experience in an NGO environment in a leading position, and line
and team management experience
• Knowledge of project design and management, budget development and monitoring,
resource management
• Knowledge of advocacy, research, impact assessment, partnership development and
resource mobilisation.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Strategic programme development experience
• Safeguarding experience.
• Experience of working with partners and building relationships.
• Experience of working with Government organisations and MOH.
Skills (Special Training or Competence):
• Interpersonal skills
• Planning and Organising
• Good communication skills (both oral and written)
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Computer literate – Excel and Word
• Numeracy and financial analysis
• Ability to understand and work with project budgets, forecasts and report
Further requirements include;
Knowledge of advocacy, research, impact assessment, partnership development and resource mobilisation
Excellent report writing skills.
Strategic programme development experience
Safeguarding experience
Experience of working with partners and building relationships
Advocacy experience
Experience of working with Government organisations and MOH
Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
