Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Samaritan’s Purse is privileged to be part of the humanitarian effort in Ethiopia and legally registered as foreign charity to work in Ethiopia since October 08, 2018.

Duration of Contract: December 31, 2024.

Job Summary

We are hiring a Program Manager for our Health and Nutrition program to be based in Woldia town, North Wollo Zone. As the Program Manager, you will be responsible for strategic development, coordination, and management of a Mobile Medical Unit targeting the displaced people in Jarra IDP camp, Habru Woreda. This includes providing leadership over the development of strategic and operational plans for the health program, in order to meet country office objectives. The Program Manager oversees MMU project staff to ensure the effective implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of project activities in compliance with internal Samaritan’s Purse policies, and international standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership over the development of a health, nutrition actives in Jarra IDP camp.
• Guide, manage, and support project staff through providing trainings, conducting performance reviews, and resolving team conflicts.
• Represent SP in developing relationships with Health and Nutrition clusters, local government, other INGOs and NGOs, as well as other stakeholders in SP Ethiopia’s areas of operation.
• Ensure information-sharing and coordination of project activities with relevant local government departments, health centers, NGOs and community stakeholders.
• Ensure all project activities are conducted in a timely fashion to meet project timeline objectives.
• Effectively manage project finances through adherence to SP and donor financial guidelines within approved budget limits. This includes budget planning, tracking financial expenditures, providing receipts, conducting PAR reviews, and ensuring the accuracy and timely submission of financial reports.
• Coordinate with the logistics department to ensure procurement and delivery of medical supplies in a timely and transparent manner to meet project objectives.
• This includes providing verifiable records for the receipt and usage of project inputs.
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports, as well as other reports required by internal stakeholders and external donors.
• With technical assistance from the M&E Coordinator, regularly monitor and evaluate project activities to track progress towards indicators, incorporate lessons learned, and improve health, nutrition and MCH programming.
• Although it is optional, the Health Program Manager is invited to attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, its donors and volunteers.
• Maintain a strong ethic that is not in contradiction to the Christian witness of Samaritan’s Purse to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public.
• Assess, manage and report critical physical, emotional, or spiritual concerns of supervised staff

Job Requirements

Skills Required

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Experience working for humanitarian organizations is preferred
• Previous experience managing health programs
• Proven ability to coordinate program staff, develop budgets, complete reporting and monitor/evaluate methodologies within the health sector
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to work with culturally diverse groups of people
• Possesses strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable.
• Willingness to travel in and out of the field.
• Strong English language writing and speaking skills, with ability to produce quality English reports
• High level of integrity and stewardship
• Committed to the SP values and ethics

Education / Experience Needed

Professional health care license (MD, MPH, or PH/BSc in Nursing) from a certified, licensed college or university plus three to four years of experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training. Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies preferred.

Language

• Fluency in English (required)
• Fluency in Amharic (preferred)