ABOUT VILLAGEREACH
VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone. We are driven by a vision of a world where each person has the health care needed to thrive. VillageReach’s goal is to reduce inequities in access to quality primary health care for 350 million people by 2030. We work with governments, the private sector, partners and communities to build responsive primary health care systems that deliver health products, information and services to the most under-reached. As a locally driven and globally connected organization, VillageReach has offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique and the United States.
This position is being advertised contingent upon award; while the recruitment process will proceed as part of the organizational preparedness, no formal offer will be extended until funding is confirmed.
Summary
The Senior Program Manager will serve as the project manager and award manager to a new potential large grant with a focus on improving immunization coverage in Lomami province in DRC, with components of supply chain, service delivery, data systems, and M&E. The Senior Program Manager will work closely with the Immunization Lead at VillageReach who will serve as the main Program Lead for donor relationship management and technical leadership. They will also work closely with the VillageReach DRC team, along with Global Technical Team, the Research, Evidence & Learning teams, as well as with global, regional, and country partners and donors.
Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.
Project Management and Coordination (50%)
Coordinate development, regular updating and oversee implementation of an integrated workplan, including deliverables, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, risks, and decision points across technical workstreams.
Establish and maintain clear project governance, including terms of reference, meeting cadence, decision-making processes, and action tracking for internal and external coordination bodies.
Work closely and coordinate with the Immunization Lead who will serve as the Program Lead for donor relationship management, technical leadership, budget management, and decision-making.
Coordinate with Research, Evaluation and Learning (REL) colleagues to ensure performance data, learning questions, and adaptive-management decisions are regularly reviewed and used to improve implementation.
Support effective coordination with government counterparts and implementing partners to align activities with provincial and national immunization priorities and avoid duplication with other investments.
Select, configure, and maintain appropriate project management software and tools; and ensure teams are trained and using these tools consistently.
Develop, implement and maintain practical knowledge management processes to capture, organize, and share project documentation, technical resources, implementation decisions, lessons learned, and evidence across VillageReach teams and partners. This should include a centralized, accessible project repository with clear file-management standards, version control, templates, and defined responsibilities for updating key materials.
Coordinate program implementation with DRC country teams.
Manage grant milestones, ensuring timely and quality execution of all deliverables
Plan and facilitate a routine cadence of program meetings.
Ensure synergies and dependencies are being managed across teams
Grant Administration, Budget Management and Compliance (20%)
Provide strategic technical oversight for the grant and contracts.
Manage financials (budget and expenditure tracking) and provide technical oversight to the grant and contracts team, including budget management, regular reviews, and reforecasting.
Prepare donor communications, including reports and preparing for donor meetings.
Manage grant budget including…