Senior Program Officer, Primary Health Care, SAFEStart+ Project

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Master's degree in public health, international development, or related field
  

• 3-5 years international health programming experience in LMICs including project coordination and/or partnership management experience
  

• Experience in HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and/or maternal/child health
  

• Experience in designing and implementing learning agendas, M&E frameworks, CQI and data use for action
  

Technical Leadership & Product Development

• Take leadership of specific technical elements of the projects with a priority focus on the learning agenda, continuous quality improvement, project performance analyses, M&E and metrics.
  

• Lead development of strategic technical reports, policy briefs, and programmatic guidance documents that synthesize project findings and provide actionable recommendations for country implementation and global scale-up
  

• Coordinate creation of training materials, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and implementation toolkits for integrated EVT service delivery models, ensuring technical accuracy and country-specific adaptation
  

Project Management & Coordination

• Oversee work in Francophone countries (DRC and Senegal)
  

• Coordinate Project Management Team (PMT) activities including weekly meetings with PATH, ICWEA, and WHA leadership, ensuring effective communication and decision-making across consortium partners
  

• Support comprehensive implementation of project workplans across all four outputs, monitoring deliverables, timelines, and milestones to ensure project objectives are met within prescribed timeframes
  

Country Implementation Support

• Provide technical assistance and guidance to country teams on implementation of integrated EVT models, supporting adaptation of global guidance to local contexts and health system requirements
  

• Support coordination and strengthening of Technical Working Groups (TWGs) and Community Advisory Boards (CABs) in core-engagement and focused-activity countries
  

• Facilitate sharing of best practices, lessons learned, and innovative approaches across implementation sites, promoting continuous quality improvement and adaptive learning
  

Partnership & Stakeholder Coordination

• Serve as primary day-to-day liaison with the donor, ensuring seamless communication, technical and strategic alignment, and coordination on project implementation.
  

• Coordinate strategic relationships and regular engagement with WHO headquarters and regional offices including PAHO & WHO
  

• Act as focal point for assigned countries and facilitate communication and coordination with country-level partners, including ministries of health, national technical working groups (TWGs), community advisory boards (CABs), and implementing organizations across all project countries