Abt Global - Senior Grant Manager, AIHSS2 | PATH

Job Description

Abt Global is seeking a highly qualified individual to fill the role of Senior Grant Manager, Accelerated Immunisation and Health System Strengthening Phase 2 (AIHSS2) on PNG Australia Transition to Health (PATH) Program. This role is based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

About the Organization

About the Program

The PNG Australia Transition to Health (PATH) is a 6-year (2020-2026) health sector program funded by the Australian Government under the Papua New Guinea – Australia Partnership for Development. PATH works with the PNG Government to improve coverage and quality of health services for the people of PNG through effective, equitable, efficient, and inclusive interventions.

Guided by the National Department of Health (NDoH), Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) and the Bougainville Department of Health (BDoH) are responsible for the delivery of health services across PNG.

PATH assists NDoH, PHAs and BDoH to strengthen systems for health service delivery targeting infectious diseases, and reproductive, maternal, newborn child and adolescent health, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership.

PATH’s end of investment outcomes (EOIO) are:

1. PHA’s more able to lead provincial health reform and manage effective, efficient, equitable and quality essential health services in selected provinces.
2. DFAT funded health services are demonstrating efficient and effective models of service delivery, influencing Provincial Health Authority (PHA) performance; and building sustainability by transitioning to PHA management in selected provinces.

PATH’s intermediate outcome (IO’s) are: PHA Leadership, Women in Leadership and Health Care Workforce.

PATH is a locally led, adaptive, and politically informed program that seeks to maintain flexibility to respond to changing and local circumstances over the life of the program.

About the Project

AIHSS2 is a 4-year program (2024–2027) funded by the Governments of Australia and New Zealand and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. AIHSS2 aims to increase access to quality and affordable health services and strengthen health systems. AIHSS provides support to Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) and Bougainville Department of Health (BDoH) to improve the reach of routine immunisation (RI) services and increase immunisation coverage of target populations.

AIHSS2 will be delivered through the PATH Program. PATH, an established program managed by Abt Associates will provide governance and contractual oversight and operational support to AIHSS2.

About the Opportunity

Working closely with the Lead, the Senior Grant Manager, AIHSS2 will:

• Manage end-to-end grant management effectively and efficiently for a number of grant agreements across the AIHSS2 provinces;
• Support grantees (PHAs, BDoH and Implementing Service Providers (ISPs)) to meet identified targets and goals under the AIHSS2 Program, as per their agreed grant agreements;
• Manage the relationship with grantees and supporting grantees to monitor and manage grant pre-award, implementation, and risk management, and reporting requirements, including facilitation of targeted technical capacity support as needed from technical partners; and
• Work collaboratively and cohesively with broader PATH work units including but not limited to, PHA Support Program, Grants, Legal, Compliance and Safe Guarding teams.

About You

For applications to be considered, a response to the key selection criteria below must be provided.

• Relevant post-graduate qualification in Public Health or related field;
• More than six years in program and grant management roles in international or community development, humanitarian, or health-sector programs;
• Strong demonstrated understanding of the end-to-end grant management cycle including a demonstrated understanding of GEDSI principles and how they apply to aid programming and evaluation;
• Strong demonstrated understanding of monitoring, evaluation and program performance including demonstrated experience reporting qualitative and quantitative progress against the monitoring and evaluation framework;
• Excellent analytical and writing skills including the preparation of donor and government reports and briefs for internal and external stakeholder audiences;
• Experience in broad coordination and facilitation and capacity building to internal and external stakeholders; and
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationship management skills with proven results in working with external stakeholders, and officials to achieve outcomes.

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