Overview
The Country Program Officer will coordinate the implementation of country programs in line with the Operational Framework and technical standards, ensuring effective coordination between the Norwegian Red Cross country office and the Ukrainian Red Cross Society regional branches.
Key Responsibilities
- Support alignment of programme implementation with Operational Framework at field level and country.
- Contribute to programme results by ensuring timely follow-up of activities.
- Support coordination between programme teams at operational level.
- Conduct regular field monitoring visits to programme locations in different regions.
- Support day-to-day follow-up with field teams and track implementation progress.
- Identify operational issues and escalate them to Program Coordinator.
- Support preparation of programme documentation (MoMs, monitoring reports, field notes, surveys).
- Support data collection, verification and reporting processes.
- Ensure timely flow of information from field teams to programme coordination level.
- Assist in organisation of meetings and programme activities.
- Support follow-up on agreed actions and implementation timelines.
- Contribute to monitoring activities and basic data tracking.
- Identify and document programme achievements, beneficiary stories, lessons learned and examples of good practice during field visits.
- Prepare engaging programme stories, case studies and communication materials that demonstrate the impact and added value of Norwegian Red Cross-supported Health Programmes.
- Perform other tasks assigned by the line manager.
Required Experience
Working experience relevant for focus. Demonstrated ability to support programme implementation in humanitarian or development contexts. Proven experience in supporting project cycle activities (monitoring, basic needs assessments, reporting, and follow-up). Experience in working with or supporting partner organizations is an asset.
Qualifications
Higher University Degree in relevant technical discipline (medicine, public health, healthcare management, nursing, physical rehabilitation, health sciences or another closely related health discipline).
