Associate Program Manager, East Africa

Our client is a global healthcare company, whose purpose is to drive change to defeat serious

chronic diseases.

The position

The Associate Program Manager position will be based in Nairobi and fixed term for a period

of 3 years. In this role, you will oversee project and portfolio management, leading to

sustainable local outcome and impact creation across East Africa. This position directly

reports to the Program Manager responsible for the Eastern Africa region and work closely

with all team members located in Africa and other regions, local program partners and

community stakeholders.

The main scope of responsibilities includes but not limited to:
•  Management and proactive development of a growing regional program portfolio and related innovative program and service offering.
• Sustainable local impact creation, measurement, and communication – making a difference to the hemophilia and haemoglobinopathies community in East Africa.
• Including program development, facilitation of workshops and processes, budget management and controlling, progress monitoring and reporting of local outcome and impact of programs.
• Leverage learnings within the team, amongst partners in East Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa and with other international stakeholders through various initiatives and platforms.
• Congress representation and preparation and hosting of program related events in

East Africa.

Qualifications
• Master’s degree in public health, sociology, business administration, project management, economics or related fields.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills are required especially from nonprofit organization.
• Experience with facilitation of processes, workshops and meetings is crucial.
• Experience with healthcare development and advocacy will be an advantage.
• English proficiency in both written and spoken, with strong cross-cultural skills, intercultural awareness especially of East Africa, and positive team spirit and demonstrate high quality work under tight deadline.
• Resourcefulness in solving problems and diligence in operating in a complex stakeholder environment will be part of your daily work. You are willing to travel across East Africa or overseas in some instances ~30-40% of the time.