Job Description
Job Description
The Program Officer reports to the Programme Manager through the senior program officer, if any. He/She is accountable for ensuring services programs under his or her direction provide and deliver consistently high-quality cost-effective services.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead strategic planning processes; establish short- and long-term goals and quantifiable measures for program services, including the development and implementation of new services, changes in services, and expansion of successful established services
- Provide direction and oversight in the development and tracking of attainable and mission consistent annual budgets and revenue generation for all programs.
- Provide direction and supervision of Program manager’s fiscal management in accordance with controlling expenses and generating revenue.
- Ensure that formal outcomes data is collected and strategically applied on a regular and systematic basis.
- Develop, manage and maintain funding relationships.
- Collaborate with staff, grantees, external organizations and other funders on special projects.
- Any other role assigned by the program manager.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Minimum of HND or B.Sc in health, social and behavioral sciences.
- At least 3 - 5 years working experience of in programming and community-level implementation
- Good organizational and planning skills
- Ability to write concise, analytical, and accurate reports to meet agreed-on timelines
- Experience in monitoring and, evaluating or capturing learning for projects
- Excellent report writing skills.