Senior Programme Officer, Technical

m2m is seeking a highly-skilled and organised Senior Programme Officer, Technical to work with the m2m’s Head Office programme division in developing and supporting our expanding programme portfolio in Sub-Saharan Africa. Your role will be to support our Senior Technical Advisors by assisting with innovative programme design, quality assurance and improvement, research, and business development outputs, to ensure high-quality implementation in all m2m country programmes, in alignment with organisational and county-specific priorities and programme strategies.

**Key Performance Areas**:
**Programme Support**
- Support planning, rollout and implementation of current and new RMNCAH and other technical projects and/programme areas.
- Contribute to the development/adaptation of programme framework, SOPs and tools.
- Liaise with countries to facilitate successful implementation of DPTS-led programme innovations
- the m2m’s virtual mentor mother platform (VMMP) and other SBCC projects
- Participate in regular technical check-in meetings with countries, led by the STAs and assist in follow up on specific operational challenges
- Assist the STA in results
- oriented follow up of actions between Head Office and county team, through robust follow up
- Coordinate and support optimal use of m2m’s VMMP help-desk across all countries
- Coordinate process for identification, review and development/update of technical content for the VMMP and other SBCC projects
- Assist countries/projects to set realistic donor targets based on m2m’s methodologies.
- Design, implement, and manage special projects as assigned.

**Programme Quality Assurance/Quality improvement (QA/QI) support**
- Participate in routine Head Office led monthly/quarterly QA/QI meetings with countries, including documentation, synthesis, and follow-up of action plans with responsible staff.
- Document project successes, challenges, and lessons learned.
- Assist managing follow up and key action items to improve program performance and coordination with relevant STAs
- Collaborate with Senior Researcher to carry out operations research and related to SBCC to inform programme improvement

**Business Development, Reporting and Communications**
- Write and/or contribute to the development of concept notes and proposals.
- Develop reports, presentations, and other communication materials for projects and programmes, as needed
- Coordinate complex reporting processes, as required.
- Facilitate communication and respond to information requests from internal and external stakeholders, including donors.
- Participate in professional meetings, as appropriate.

**Knowledge Management and Sharing**
- With the Senior Technical Advisors, develop spaces/platforms to facilitate information sharing among countries.
- Co-create and facilitate learning workshops/sessions in collaboration with the STAs
- Manage internal and external webinars and the documentation there of that involve sharing of global trends, global. Regional best practices but all innovations implemented
- Research and write technical analyses, reports and policy briefs.
- Liaise with m2m’s internal communication on design of projects as delegated by Line Manager

**People Management**
- Supervise consultants and programme assistants as delegated

Job Requirements

**Qualifications and Experience**
- BA degree, Masters Degree preferred in public health, social sciences or related field.
- 3-5 years’ experience in non-profit/NGO/international development or philanthropic programme or project management, with a focus on public health, RMNCAH HIV/AIDS,
- Demonstrated Experience with RMNCH, PMTCT, HIV programme implementation and quality assurance/improvement support.
- Demonstrated Experience in project management - including developing standard operating procedures, reports, work plans and coordinating cross-organisational processes - is essential.
- Demonstrated Experience of writing funding/business development concept notes and proposals and reports.
- Demonstrated Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa and with multi-cultural teams.
- Demonstrated Experience with working with diverse groups of stakeholders such as government, NGOs, philanthropists and private-sector partners.
- Demonstrated Experience with U.S. Government-funded programmes, multilateral and bilateral donors, preferred.

**Competencies**
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity.
- Excellent writing skills including analytical reports and proposals.
- Strong research, analytical and interpretative skills.
- Highly organized, reliable, with excellent attention to detail.
- Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and work to strict deadlines.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team.
- Ability to work under high pressure, meet deadlines, monitor and follow-up on pending matters under minimum supervision.
- Strong IT skills essential, including MS Office Suite including Word, Exc