Population Services International (PSI) seeks a Program Officer (PO)for a large malaria service delivery project. The PO should have management and international experience, relevant language skills, and be capable of thoroughly understanding and successfully implementing international health programs under a contract.
The PO will have wide‑ranging responsibilities working with PSI staff at all levels and across departments both in Washington and overseas. The PO will provide project management and operational support to a portfolio of countries. The person in this role will serve as a key liaison between the country teams, the CORE project team, subcontractors, and PSI technical and service departments. The position requires flexibility, strong organizational skills, and a willingness to assume varied duties.
- Work with the CORE project team and field offices on the development of country workplans and project deliverables.
- Serve as the primary contact to country offices and as a liaison between project leadership in country, CORE project staff, PSI HQ technical and functional departments, and subcontractors.
- Provide support to program implementation and advise platforms and CORE staff on process improvements, capacity building needs, risk mitigation, project development, and strategic issues.
- Monitor contract compliance across project countries.
- Work closely with the Finance Team to provide financial management support to the country offices including forecasting, monitoring project and annual budgets against programmatic scope of work.
- Provide results-oriented technical assistance to country offices on matters related to budget development, subcontract management and compliance, and general program management support, as needed.
- Support programmatic and financial reporting process, ensuring quality submissions and document retention.
- Complete monthly financial reviews with the project and country teams.
- Advise project team on relevant issues; keeping them informed of significant developments and/or risks.
- Reinforce the development of robust systems for monitoring subcontractors’ financial performance and risk and support the country team by sharing relevant tools and building strong capacity within PSI national staff.
- Ensure Patriot Act and Transparency Act reporting and compliance.
- Coordinate closely with the CORE project team and Grants and Contracts Department to evaluate country office risk and design relevant monitoring and capacity building plans related to development of both internal country office staff and subcontractor capacity.
- At least 3 years of experience working with increasing responsibilities in contract management, subcontract management, or a related field.
- In-country experience living or working in a developing country.
- Solid knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the subcontractor management lifecycle.
- Experience working with USAID contracts and program implementation; multi-country experience strongly preferred.
- Strong financial acumen to be able to track financials and contribute to project forecasting and variance analysis.
- A keen sense of urgency and strong work ethic, positive mindset, and comfort with the ambiguity and pace of a dynamic and bureaucratic environment.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively across departments and with both “dotted” and “solid” line reporting and communication relationships.
- Fluency in French preferred.
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed.