Program Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical and Programmatic Support:

• Collaborate with a team to provide technical support in designing and implementing the lead poisoning prevention program;
• Assist in guiding and building the capacity of government and non-government staff to implement the lead poisoning prevention program;
• Provide support in the development of a surveillance framework, standardizing surveillance procedures, and obtaining ethical approval
• Train and monitor activities of field surveillance teams;
• Support organizing technical discussions, journalist training;
• Provide support on policy analysis;
• Facilitate training sessions for health officials, frontline workers, journalists, and other stakeholders.

Stakeholder Management:

• Assist in developing and maintaining partnerships with government and non-government stakeholders across various sectors, including health, environment, academic and research institutions, etc;
• In collaboration with the supervisor, serve as the Vital Strategies focal point and representative for key stakeholders.

Data Management:

• With designated personnel, monitor data collection, ensure data quality, and manage data sets;
• Provide on-ground monitoring through regular visits to selected surveillance sites;
• Work with senior epidemiologists to clean, analyze, and report surveillance data, ensuring the quality of surveillance data.

Communication

• Create presentations, technical reports, and non-technical summaries for varied audiences, including policy-makers and the general public;
• Disseminate and present report findings to stakeholders and promote data use for policy and planning.

Operations and Administration

• Supervise and support a small, dispersed team;
• Assist with program start-up, logistics, contracting, expense monitoring, activity reporting, and procurement;
• Oversee payment processing for program team members and vendors, collaborating with the

Finance and Operations teams of the Vital Strategies office;

• Submit program and financial updates and project reports for Ghana;
• Coordinate activities with the initiative’s partner organizations;
• Assist with other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications:

Education: Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, environmental science, or related public health field (e.g., biostatistics, demography) or public administration.

Experience Required

• Minimum of six to seven years of experience in epidemiology, environmental health, global health, and/or program implementation;
• Experience in supporting the design and monitoring of health surveillance programs at the national level or previous experience managing large health-related surveys;
• Experience working with government health departments, regulatory bodies, and public health facilities;
• Experience in using data analytic software (e.g. R, Stata, SAS, Excel) and/or data visualization platforms (e.g., Shiny, Tableau);
• Experience in conducting training sessions;
• Experience in supervising a small team. Ability to manage a team of 2-3 staff and other program stakeholders at the national level.

Preferred

• Experience managing complex data flows;
• Demonstrated experience in communicating scientific and health information to varied audiences;
• Experience in using project management platforms such as Monday or Airtable is a plus.

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated familiarity with public health systems, health programs, disease surveillance programs, and health and environmental risk assessment;
• Understanding of advocacy for evidence-based interventions and how to navigate bureaucratic processes;
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines;
• Ability to work independently while coordinating with diverse teams and stakeholders;
• Ability to be flexible with colleagues across time zones.
• Excellent communication skills to convey technical information to diverse audiences.
• Professional oral and written proficiency in native language and English;
• Proven ability to interpret public health data, generate actionable insights, and support policy recommendations;
• Ability to anticipate challenges, develop solutions, and adapt to evolving program needs;
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office suite;
• Passion for addressing environmental health challenges and improving community well- being
• Ability to build strong, ongoing, impactful relationships at all organizational levels and across a diverse range of cultural, generational, ethnic, racial, educational, and social backgrounds;
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• This is a full-time position that can be based remotely from Accra, Ghana. This Vacancy
• Advertisement is open to Ghanaian Nationals and candidates holding a valid work resident permit for Ghana;
• The successful candidate will be hired on Vital’s Employer of Record;
• Willing to travel for in-person meetings and field visits in Ghana as needed, and occasionally travel internationally to attend meetings.

How To Apply: Interested and qualified applicants are invited to submit their updated resumes to deborah.eshetu@ethiojobs.net with the subject line: "Program Manager – Ghana".