New Job Opportunity (Family Health International)- Kenya, 01/09

Family Health International (FHI) is dedicated to improving lives, knowledge, and understanding worldwide through a highly diversified program of research, education, and services in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, reproductive health, and infectious diseases. We are seeking qualified candidates for the following position:

Senior Program Officer - Africa Region (Kenya)

Position Description:
To give programmatic support to the Senior Director, Global Operations for the Africa Regional office based in Nairobi. Main responsibilities include: Provide leadership for projects and/or support country programs in a select region, particularly in large, complex or start-up programs; Provide ongoing programmatic; management; and financial oversight required by projects and/or the regional and country offices; Lead in the decentralization authority process for countries and regional project and participate in the country and project assessments; Participate in resource development efforts and coordinate proposal development teams, as necessary; Build capacity of country offices, regional projects and implementing partners to manage programming; Liaise with FHI HQ GO program office to ensure requirements of country and regional programs are met.

Minimum Requirements:
BS/BA in public health or related field, and 7 - 9 years relevant experience with international development programs. Or MS/MA in public health or related field, and 5 - 7 years relevant experience with international development programs. Overseas field experience required.

FHI has a competitive compensation package. Interested candidates may register online through FHI's Global Staffing Database at https://recruiting.fhi.org
<https://mail.fhi.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://mail.fhi.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://recruiting.fhi.org/> or through the International Employment section at www.fhi.org <https://mail.fhi.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://mail.fhi.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.fhi.org/> . Please submit CV/resume and cover letter including salary requirements. Please specify source in your application. AA/EOE/M/F/V/D

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