Overview
The Programme Management Officer enables the effective implementation of WHO collaborative programmes by delivering strategic and results-based operational planning, programme budgeting, resource distribution, technical monitoring, evaluation, and reporting functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and promote technical dialogue between the WHO country office and WHO regional office during strategic and operational planning.
- Coordinate and provide support to the head of the WHO country office and senior staff on the implementation of the one-planning and monitoring approach.
- Coordinate the overall results-based management of the country office, including grants management, budget, work planning, and allocation.
- Collaborate with resources mobilization focal point on resources mobilization activities.
- Ensure appropriate use of funds, especially the thematic funding and specified voluntary contributions (VCS) to achieve results.
- Administer the planning, inclusion of critical programme performance measures, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of programme initiatives.
- Prepare related elements for briefings, proposals, reports, communications, and advocacy documents.
- Organize various programme management meetings, capacity-building programmes, and relevant activities.
- Administer the implementation of flexible and creative solutions to deficiencies in WHO country office management processes.
- Work closely with the health policy adviser or specialist to promote integrated approaches and cross-programme collaboration.
- Administer the capacity-building programme or initiatives of the country office for all results-based management processes and tools.
- Apply the WHO Emergency Response Framework (ERF) to analyse and document WHO performance.
Required Experience
A minimum of five years of work experience relevant to the position (providing programme or project management services in public-sector, international development or public health programmes).
Qualifications
A university degree (bachelor’s) in a relevant field (such as public health, public administration, management, administration). For those who do not hold a degree in public administration, management, administration or similar, an accredited academic course, training and/or certification in programme planning or development implementation or monitoring and evaluation is required.
