Position Description:

 The Health Program Manager is responsible for supporting in planning, implementing, monitoring, and reporting for the health-related projects including Increasing Access to Maternal Health at Remote Communities Phase II, COVID-19 response and vaccine equity related projects and other health and SRHR related programs. S/He will be responsible for ensuring the quality and efficient delivery of health program in the organization.  S/He will oversee the project’s overall operation, financial management, work with NGO partners, and supervise the project team, ensure capacity building of the project team including NGO partners; carry out monitoring and supervision of activities at district and municipal; submit program and financial reports to donors as per the specified schedule. 

S/He will be responsible for networking, and coordination with federal, provincial and district line agencies and other stakeholders for collaboration, and synergy building. S/He is responsible to produce quality reports and documentation as per the donor and CMPs requirement. S/He will also share the progress periodically with the government counterparts at different levels. S/He works closely with Provincial Health and relevant different Departments/Divisions of MoHP at federal level, and its structure through Health Offices in the program districts. S/He will collaborate with other CARE implemented projects in the districts to demonstrate the complementarity, and create an environment of resource leverage and program collaboration. 

S/He will be based in the country office, Lalitpur and will report to Coordinator - GJHER. S/He will work in close coordination with the GJHER Coordinator to ensure program quality and standards. S/He will also work with other technical back stoppers at CO including Partnership and Alliance Specialist, DMEL/KM Coordinator, GED/social norms specialist and CO based finance team. The person will also support other thematic coordinators to align the health issues in the plan of DRR GIE, emergency response and economic empowerment.  This position will be responsible to provide technical on all health related components in the humanitarian programming and also contribute to create a nexus between humanitarian and development initiatives at CARE.  S/He will also contribute in new business opportunities under GJHER theme. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Program & policy planning and implementation: (35% of the available time)
• Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Reporting and Documentation of project activities (25%of the available time)
• Liaison, Coordination and Program Collaboration (10% of available time)
• Administration, Financial Management and Human Resource Development (5% of the available time or as applicable)
• Contribute in advancing programmatic shift through effective implementation of strategic direction: (15% of the available time)
• R6. Emergency and Humanitarian response for Health (10% of the available time )
• Upholding CARE’s Core values and ensuring its principles

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Working Conditions:
The position will be based in Country Office, Kathmandu with extensive field visits.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Public Health with clinical /nursing background and possess at least 3 years of experience in a similar field  

Knowledge Skills & Competencies:

• Team building, coaching, delegating and communication skills
• Planning, decision making and organizing skills
• Budget review/analysis  and monitoring skills
• Conflict resolution,  liaison and negotiation skills
• Skilled and  familiar with admin policy and procedure
• Sensitivity and responsiveness to Gender, diversity issues
• Basic understanding on Resilience, Governance, GESI and poverty related issues