Program Coordinator/Manager (Health) in Project HOPE

Project HOPE is an international NGO of more than 900 engaged employees and hundreds of volunteers who work in more than 25 countries, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 65-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients and provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world. We have helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.

Project HOPE in Ukraine Private Funded Program Portfolio is focused on next major components:

• Equipment, Pharma, Medical Supply for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary health facilities 
• Capacity building for the health care workers including specialized training programs.
• Support in renovation of Health care facilities and other crucial community facilities to strengthen community resilience and decrease workload on other health facilities. 
• Improving IPC/WASH standards within Health Facilities and facilities serving affected population
• Supporting establishment of Mobile Medical Units with Ukraine Health system to establish better access to healthcare services to affected populations and vulnerable groups. 
• Strengthening community cohesion and resilience with big influx of IDPs
• MHPSS support to health care workers and affected population and vulnerable groups
• Emergency Response to healthcare needs in case of crisis escalation 

Position Purpose   

The Program Coordinator/Manager (Health) is responsible to organize program 

management  processes  and   documents  according  to   the  best  program management  practices   ensuring  the  success   of  his/her  designated   projects  and initiatives related to Health.  

Main Responsibilities

•Participate   in  strategic  program   discussions  on  the   planning  of  health 

programs. Formulate, design and prepare a sector of the health program 

proposal, ensuring alignment with Project HOPE’s strategic plan. 

• Provides  operational   support  for  the   projects  related  to   Health  to 

improve  the   quality  and  effectiveness   of  field  programs   focused  on 

several oblasts of Ukraine. 

• Identify other potential response activities or anticipated response needs, 

including  deployment   of  mobile  medical   teams,  support  to   volunteer 

groups, provision of surge support to local medical facilities, etc. 

• Ensuring project  is sharply focused on programming goals and essential 

communications with key stakeholders are actively managed. 

• Work closely with a range of stakeholders, coordinate with Health Cluster 

and it’s Working Groups,  represent   the organization and contribute   to 

collective response efforts, establish partnerships, share tailored relevant 

contextual information. 

• Lead the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Health 

assistance  programs   in  line  with   humanitarian  standards  and 

organizational guidelines. 

• Ensure  that   all  relevant  Health  SoPs   and  procedures  are   in  place  for 

programming. 

• Lead the development of Health technical sections of project proposals, 

including writing narratives, budgets, and logical frameworks. 

• Track  budgets,   procurement  plans,  and   work  plans  to   ensure  proper 

personnel,  facilities,   and  supplies  are   available  to  meet   program 

deliverables. 

• Maintain   relationships with  existing  donors   and  engage  new   potential 

donors. 

• Ensure  efficient   use  of  program   resources,  including  human,   financial, 

and material resources. 

• Provide  technical   support  and  training   in  areas  such   as  Health 

programming,  Shere   Stabdards  in  Health,   Minimum  Initial  Service 

Package for Reproductive Health in Crisis, Sexual and Reproductive rights, 

Sexual  Gender-based   violence  case-management  and   project 

management. 

• Conduct  field   visits  to  monitor   and  support  Protection   &  Livelihoods 

activities and interventions and support technical quality of programming 

by providing feedback and mentorship. 

• Ensure  the   quality  and  effectiveness   of  Health  interventions   through 

regular field visits, supervision, and technical support.  

• Identify  potential   risks  and  challenges   related  to Health  programs   and 

develop mitigation strategies. 

• Collect,  analyze   and  maintain  data   and  information,  compiling   high 

quality reports for senior staff. 

• Ensure programs are responsive to the needs of affected populations and 

align with international standards and best practices. 

• Ensure all program activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and 

organizational policies 

• Ensure proper documentation of project activities, achievements, and 

lessons learned 

• Analyzes available data from on-going health programs, identifies trends 

and proposes ways  for program, needs assessment and data  collection 

improvements aiming better programmatic and research outcomes. 

• Apply and introduce innovative approaches and good practices to build 

the  capacity   of  partners  and   stakeholders,  and  to   support  the 

implementation  and   delivery  of  concrete   and  sustainable  program 

results. 

• Аnalyze and explore data in interactive views, such as charts and tables,

create and  share  interactive   reports,  scorecards,  and dashboards,view, 

sort,  and   organize  small  to   medium  datasets  in   spreadsheets,  create 

charts and tables quickly and easily.  

• Participate in discussions with national partners, clients and stakeholders 

to  promote   health  and  development   issues,  especially  in   the  areas  of 

gender,  emergency   preparedness, maternal  and neonatal   health,  and 

development, health system strengthening.

Educational background:  

Bachelor’s degree in publichealth, Medicine, Nursing, Paramedicine, Hygiene and Infection prevention control or related field, Master’s degree preferred. 

Project Management knowledge and skills 

Strong  Analytical   Skills:  profound  knowledge   of  mathematics,  statistics,   and 

probability,  solid   understanding  of  unit   economics,  understanding  of   basic 

principles of quantitative and qualitative research, understanding data types, data 

distribution types. 

Knowledge of Ukrainian digital health  system (most  importantly, Helsi),  routine 

work of family doctors, most relevant sources of information in Ukrainian public 

health,  disease   and  health  conditions   classifications  (ICD-10,  ICPC-2),   most 

common  epidemiological  indicators   (incidence,  prevalence),  organising 

observational studies

Years of Experience: 3-5 years of experience in a similar position in the humanitarian field 

- Experience in communication with high volume of diverse stakeholders (cold 

and warm contacts) 

- Experience in data collection, conversion and analysis is highly preferred. 

- Experience in proposals/reports.     

- Experience in writing Public Health research and analytical articles (in English) is preferred (could be shared with portfolio materials). 

Language Skills : - Ukrainian – fluent 

- Russian – fluent 

- Fluency in English and excellent writing skills are required. Minimum English 

requirement: C1     

IT Technical Skills: 

 - Proficiency with MS Word and Excel (advanced skills). 

 -  Proficiency   with  computers  both   in  word  processing   and  data  gathering 

spreadsheet programs, with presentation and report writing capability.

Thank you for interst to Project HOPE!