Program Manager

Program Manager

The STRengthening Infectious disease DEtection Systems (STRIDES) Activity builds upon the U.S. Government's Global Health Security (GHS) and other global health investments to enhance diagnostic networks and surveillance capabilities in partner countries. Through STRIDES, the United States extends its support for life-saving activities to address the urgent need to improve infectious disease detection, surveillance, and data systems for priority diseases that pose public health risks for outbreaks, while also providing emergency response support when outbreaks occur. In doing so, STRIDES aims to halt outbreaks before they spread by supporting human and animal health systems to provide quality, sustainable services. STRIDES also advances cross-sectoral efforts to identify, manage, and respond to infectious disease threats; detect and prevent further outbreaks; and build trust in a country's disease detection and surveillance structures.

STRIDES Guatemala is seeking a qualified Program Manager to support the implementation of activities. The Program Manager coordinates the entire project lifecycle, from initiation to closure, ensuring that all project goals are met on time and within budget. This role involves comprehensive oversight and collaboration of project planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and risk management. The Program Manager is responsible for overseeing sub-award execution, ensuring compliance, and maintaining strong relationships with sub-awardees. They coordinate the project team, provide strategic guidance, and ensure effective communication with all stakeholders. The Program Manager also ensures adherence to organizational policies, donor requirements, and legal standards, while overseeing monitoring and evaluation to incorporate lessons learned into future projects and plans. A key aspect of this role is proactive risk management to ensure the project's success.

Accountabilities

Project Management

• Develops and manages the project workplan, assigns tasks in accordance with established project RASCI, and ensures overall progress.
• Coordinates team's input and submission of reports and project deliverables to project stakeholders and funder.
• Updates the overall project work plan encompassing all the details of a project for the team members, including a project RASCI that clearly outlines the roles and responsibilities of every function within the project.
• Coordinates project team members to ensure project objectives and deliverables are met, fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Provides guidance and monitoring for project staff, ensuring clarity over project plans and priorities, and encouraging effective teamwork.
• Develops best practices and tools for project execution, communication, teamwork, and management.
• Evaluates the progress of the project on a regular basis.
• Ensures budgets reflect the activities in the project work plan and reforecast as changes are made to the work plan, and in alignment with the scope of work.
• Keeps abreast of the latest strategies, tools and terminologies used in project management worldwide to adopt and increase productivity.
• Ensure proper donor and organizational approvals are obtained prior to work being completed.

Risk Management

Project Administration and Procurement

Financial Management

Personnel Management

Applied Knowledge & Skills

Problem Solving & Impact

Supervision Given / Received

Qualifications

Typical Physical Demands

Technology to be Used