Program Manager - Sierra Leone

About the role

Seed Global Health is a nonprofit that strengthens health systems by investing in the health workforce, training doctors, nurses and midwives through partnerships with governments, universities and health facilities. It is hiring a full-time Program Manager for its Sierra Leone programme, based in Freetown and reporting to the Country Director. The role covers programme implementation, administration, finances and budget monitoring, logistics and stakeholder relationships.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the partnership lifecycle (planning, implementation, evaluation, scale-up or transition) and act as main contact for partnership requests
• Plan annual partnership work, align budgets with the finance and admin/operations manager, and embed adaptive management
• Elevate country insights and learning to inform strategy, and adapt standard operating procedures to the Sierra Leone context
• Manage country reporting, including monthly country situation reports and partnership and educator reports
• Coordinate educator scopes of work, orientation, onboarding and offboarding, and support partners and educators during service
• Develop partnership budgets, prepare and track contracts and agreements, review expense reports and cash requests, and coordinate procurement while following donor grant requirements
• Contribute to proposals and budgets, assist with donor reporting and help generate content for communications

Required profile

• Minimum of five years of progressive programme management experience
• Master's degree in Public Health or a related field, with clinical and programme management experience, preferred
• Knowledge of local and global health and development, including human resources for health, preferred
• Experience overseeing financial management, partnership and grants management, budgeting, operational planning and logistics
• Strategic planning, strong communication and collaboration skills, and willingness to travel within Sierra Leone

Required skills

• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office suite
• Aptitude for technology such as SharePoint, Microsoft Office 365 and Teams

What we offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including universal health, dental and vision coverage, life insurance and professional development support
• Floating holidays and a day off for your birthday