Senior Program Officer

Job Summary:

Position Title: Senior Program Officer

Project: EpiC Global Health Security (GHS) Project Mozambique

Location: Maputo

Reports to: Global Health Security Expert

About FHI 360:

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 40 countries and all U.S. states and territories. We are currently seeking qualified local candidates for the position of: Senior Program Officer (SPO)

Description:

FHI 360 is seeking a Senior Program Officer (SPO) to serve as a core member of the EpiC Global Health Security (GHS) technical team in Mozambique. The Senior Program Officer – Technical Team will provide day-to-day coordination, tracking, and quality assurance support to ensure that technical assistance activities are delivered on time, meet required standards, and are fully compliant with donor requirements and organizational policies.

The position serves as the operational and coordination link between technical staff, sub-partners, and internal operations, finance, and monitoring and evaluation teams. Working closely with the Global Health Security Expert, the SPO will track progress against the workplan, coordinate timely preparation of deliverables and reports, and support consistent documentation, filing, and follow-up.

This role is critical to enabling the technical team to function effectively by establishing and maintaining systems, trackers, and processes that support quality, coherence, and consistency across project activities. The position requires strong attention to detail, persistence in follow-up, sound judgment in identifying risks and escalating issues, and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Through this function, the Senior Program Officer contributes directly to the successful implementation of EpiC’s Global Health Security objectives in Mozambique. This positions reports to the

Global Health Security Expert.

Accountabilities:

• Works closely with the Global Health Security Expert to provide project management support in implementing EpiC-supported GHS activities, ensuring timely execution and documentation of activities in compliance with donor requirements and organizational policies and procedures.
• Provide technical and program management coordination to the EpiC GHS project technical team  in Mozambique, including coordination of the technical experts on staff and technical sub-partners, and coordination with the ops functions and resources..
• Lead the design and establishment of in-country subawards, including defining subaward approaches and selection processes aligned with project objectives and local partner capacity.
• Ensure coherence and quality across technical scopes of work, budgets, and M&E frameworks, and lead or substantively contribute to subaward negotiation memoranda and justification of funding decisions.

Ensures monitoring of subawardees takes place and is documented.

• Synthesizes existing information and data into an overarching summary of progress on key project activities reporting to senior management team.
• Oversees reporting process to ensure client requirements are met.
• Communicate and work closely with technical team staff to respond to project programmatic questions and/or requests.
• Ensure that all documents (formal communications, deliverables, approvals, sub-agreements, modifications, descriptive reports, minutes/summaries/drafts) are properly organized and filed in physical and electronic format.
• Ensure the collection of products and the flow of information on disbursement requests, submission of quarterly and final (descriptive) reports.
• Provide operational support for all activities under EpiC GHS, as requested. Serves as the contact regarding project operational needs.
• Support the technical team in the preparation of quarterly reports.
• When assigned, represent EpiC in relevant stakeholder coordination platforms, and partner engagements.
• Contribute to resource mobilization by supporting the preparation of technical inputs for proposals and participating in stakeholder consultations and donor coordination meetings.
• Support the capacity-building of other EpiC staff and partners through training and mentoring.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or project leadership to support EpiC’s GHS goals.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or International Equivalent in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Economic Development, Education, or Related Fields.
• Project management certification preferred.
• A minimum of 6+ years of relevant experience with project management principles and practices.
• Prior work experience in a USG funded project in health with a non-governmental organization (NGO), government agency, or private organization required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of theories, concepts, and practices in project management, process development, and execution.
• Demonstrated experience designing and managing in-country subawards for donor-funded health or development projects, including alignment of program descriptions, budgets, and M&E frameworks, and preparation of negotiation memoranda.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Comfortable holding peers accountable for inputs and deadlines in a collegial, solutions-oriented manner.
• Exercise judgment to meet strategic business goals, develop objectives, and plans that align with and ensure achievement of organizational goals.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English and Portuguese.
• Proven ability to develop, adapt, and maintain monitoring tools and trackers (e.g., workplan trackers, deliverable matrices, compliance checklists).
• Exceptional attention to detail and persistence in following up on actions, documentation, and deadlines, while juggling multiple priorities
• Sound judgment in identifying risks, delays, or quality issues and knowing when and how to escalate.
• Experience working closely with operations, finance, and M&E teams to ensure technical activities meet internal and donor requirements.

The last day of receiving application is 16 March 2026.

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

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