Program Officer - Public Health Watch

Organization: Open Society Institute

Website: OSI

Title: Program Officer

Location: New York, New York

Salary: Not Listed

Description: 
The Program Officer, who will report to PHW's Director, will be responsible for:

• Supporting the development of the field of community monitoring for health: Maintain current knowledge of the community monitoring field, as well as situations and needs in PHW and PHP's focus countries and regions. Identify and analyze major frameworks, methods, approaches, tools for community monitoring and assess their applicability for the Public Health Program's (PHP) work. Identify gaps in methods, approaches and tools and develop strategies for filling these gaps. Identify key players that can be supported to strengthen the field. Develop requests for proposals and coordinate grant competitions. Review proposals and organize their review by other PHW and PHP staff and external reviewers. Monitor grant implementation, including through visits and reviewing reports. Represent PHW in meetings and other fora. 
• Developing collaborations within the PHP and OSI: Support PHW colleagues and from other PHP projects, and colleagues at Soros National Foundations, in developing and implementing community monitoring efforts.  Participate in joint planning processes and development of campaigns and events of the PHP that involve community or civil society monitoring.  Where necessary, coordinate grant-making, capacity-building, advocacy, and other activities with other initiatives within the PHP and OSI. 
• Documentation and advocacy: Coordinate and edit documentation of promising and proven practices in community monitoring.  Disseminate information on best practices at national, regional and international levels.  Assist grantees and partners in presenting the results of their work.  Organize events to discuss and publicize issues relevant to PHW's work.
• General program development and administration: Contribute to the development of PHW's program strategy, work planning and implementation of long-term plans.  Contribute to the general administration of PHW and the PHP.  Participate in meetings and workshops and help organize conferences and events.

 Qualifications:  
The ideal candidate will have the qualifications below.  Though it is not expected that a single person will possess every one of these, substantive knowledge of the field as described below is essential:

Master's degree in a social science e.g. public health, international or public policy.

• Substantive knowledge and experience in the field of community monitoring, including knowledge of different methods and tools (e.g. citizen report cards, community score cards, social audits, shadow reports, and other relevant methodologies) as well as familiarity with organizations working in the field.
• Understanding of policy-making and budgetary processes in a range of countries.
• 3-5 years work experience in community monitoring or a related field.
• Experience developing learning materials such as toolkits and sourcebooks.
• Experience in working with community and/or advocacy organizations
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written English.  Familiarity with Russian a plus.
• Ability to effectively manage several projects simultaneously in a fast-paced working environment.
• Experience in project management, including managing consultants, and developing and managing budgets.  Grantmaking experience a plus.
• Experience working internationally, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and/or Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
• Ability to listen and communicate clearly and effectively with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Ability to work as a team member and independently, with a high level of self-motivation.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally on a frequent basis.

To Apply:
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements by February 28, 2010, to: humanresources@sorosny.org

*You must include job code in subject line: PO-PHW
 
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