Program Officer, Health Workforce

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🇬🇭 Ghana – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✨ Program Officer

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Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2002

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a nonprofit global health organization committed to building a world where everyone has access to healthcare. Founded in 2002, CHAI focuses on tackling major health issues like infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and non-communicable diseases through various programs in over 35 countries. By partnering with governments and organizations, CHAI aims to reduce the cost of healthcare, enhance health policies, and improve health systems, ultimately saving lives and fostering a healthier future.

📋 Description

• Provide direct day-to-day programmatic and administrative grant management for grantees across an assigned portfolio of 3–4 countries • Manage investments through their full life cycle, from planning through close-out • Serve as the primary point of contact for grantees in the portfolio • Execute grant management processes and problem-solve with implementers • Escalate technical, financial, or compliance issues to the appropriate lead • Support development of grant management tools and materials, including budget and financial reporting templates and the initiative administration manual • Coordinate with country-level planning partners to guide planning, align with funding parameters, and track progress • Coordinate implementer due diligence, manage document collection, and support due diligence reports • Review draft concept notes and provide technical and strategic input • Track donor feedback and coordinate revision cycles with country partners • Hold routine check-in meetings as implementers develop work plans and budgets • Support investment recommendations, including work plans, budgets, theory of change, and results framework • Track planning processes and proactively resolve bottlenecks • Conduct routine grantee check-ins, review reports, and resolve or escalate issues • Monitor work plan and budget execution against approved terms • Collect and review narrative and financial reports • Maintain portfolio-level tracking dashboards • Flag technical implementation issues and support corrective action plans • Confirm contractual obligations are met at close-out • Compile final reports, deliverables, lessons learned, and outstanding issues for initiative-wide close-out and learning

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in program/grant management, ideally in global health, international development, or donor-funded programs • Expertise in managing multiple concurrent workstreams and country relationships, including relationships with government and partner stakeholders, and serving as the primary point of contact for grantees • Familiarity with due diligence processes, grant documentation, and budgeting and/or financial reporting • Strong organizational and tracking skills • Problem-solving skills • Expertise in health systems strengthening, public health, community health, health workforce, PHC, MNCH, and/or related area(s) • Knowledge of health workforce and health systems programming in East, West, and/or Southern Africa • Experience working with private philanthropies, grant-making, and donor reporting • Knowledge and understanding of the cultural, political, and economic context in African countries; lived experience preferred • Advanced degree in nursing, midwifery, medicine, public health, community health, health policy/systems/financing, or a related field preferred • Willingness to travel regularly internationally • English fluency required • Working French or Portuguese is an advantage • Work authorization eligibility for Ghana or the applicable work location

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity environment • Diversity and inclusion commitment • International travel opportunity

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