Program Manager at Jhpiego – John Hopkins University

Overview

• Jhpiego, an international non-profit public health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, has been working in Nigeria since the 1970’s, creating and delivering transformative healthcare solutions to save lives and ensure healthier futures for women and their families
• The Program Manager (PM) provides programmatic leadership, operational management, and performance oversight for some Jhpiego programs in Nigeria.
• The position works closely with the Senior Program Manager, Project director, government counterparts, donors, implementing partners, and technical teams to ensure effective project delivery, quality assurance, and achievement of program goal.
• The PM leads day-to-day implementation of assigned projects across supported states, ensuring deliverables, budgets, and reporting obligations under the Contract are met.
• The PM also supports other Program Officers (POs) and provides program management coordination across other projects as directed.

Responsibilities
Program Planning and Implementation:

• Develop and coordinate annual work plans, budgets, and implementation schedules.
• Ensure timely execution of project activities across national and subnational levels.
• Monitor progress against targets and address implementation challenges.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including technical, finance, operations, and M&E staff.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with government agencies, donors, and partners.
• Represent Jhpiego at technical working groups, coordination meetings, and stakeholder forums.
• Support advocacy and collaboration efforts that strengthen program sustainability.

Program Monitoring and Reporting:

• Track project performance indicators and milestones.
• Prepare high-quality donor reports, presentations, and program updates.
• Ensure accurate documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
• Use data for decision-making and program improvement.

Financial and Grant Management:

• Monitor project expenditures and budget utilization.
• Ensure compliance with donor and Jhpiego financial policies.
• Support forecasting, financial reporting, and resource planning.
• Manage sub-awards and partner performance where applicable, including milestone reviews, invoicing, and facility/community-level coordination support to state teams.

Quality Assurance and Capacity Building:

• Ensure project activities meet technical quality standards.
• Supervise and mentor project staff.
• Support training, knowledge management, and organizational learning initiatives.
• Promote continuous quality improvement approaches.
• Uphold ethical standards in line with organizational policy requirements.
• Provide PM coordination across other projects as directed, including support to other Program Officers (POs) to strengthen Jhpiego’s systems and processes to achieve project deliverables.

Key Deliverables:

• Monthly Implementation tracker
• CSOs/sub awardee management tracker
• Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly programmatic reports
• Success stories, articles, and briefs documenting program impact
• SharePoint archiving and updates of project materials.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in development studies, public health, Health Administration and Management, Project Management, International Development, or a related field.
• At least 7–10 years of experience managing large health or development programs.
• Experience with donor-funded projects.
• Strong knowledge of Nigeria’s health system and government structures.
• Proven experience in budget management, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership.
• Excellent communication, report writing, and analytical skills.
• Understanding of the Nigerian social and political context and developments in the health sector
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, the private sector and other donors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project management
• Strategic planning
• Leadership and team management
• Budget and financial oversight
• Stakeholder engagement
• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
• Risk management
• Communication and presentation skills.