Company Description

We are a global team of experts and innovators tackling some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. We work with leaders and change makers around the globe to bring health strategies to life. We provide ideas, advice and technical know-how that enable our partners to build a path to lasting change.

With 30 years’ experience in global health, we collaborate with our partners to explore existing evidence, combine expertise, scale up ideas and co-create solutions that accelerate change. This includes collaborating on policy design, managing initiatives, building powerful coalitions and galvanising social movements. Our impact is felt across whole communities, with a focus on women, girls and those who have been marginalised.

As part of MSI Reproductive Choices, all our profits go back into supporting MSI’s own mission of children by choice, not chance.

We believe in a world where everyone can access the high-quality health services they need, without financial burden.

The UK aid funded Women’s Integrated Sexual Health 2(WISH 2) programme will support women and adolescents, including the poor and most marginalised, to have greater voice, choice and control over their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

Position

The WISH 2 senior programme manager is a key member of staff on the WISH 2 programme providing strategic technical inputs and oversight of Options’ contractual, HR, programmatic, and financial requirements. S/he will work with Team Leads of West and Central Africa and East and Southern Africa to ensure efficient and high-quality programme delivery manner in line with Options organisational standards and client requirements. This is a fixed term, over the life of programme position (estimated to December 2028).

Requirements

• Fluency in written and spoken English and French essential
• Excellent financial management skills
• Ability to work on a wide range of projects and other issues simultaneously
• Self-starter, who can work independently or as part of a team
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to plan and manage work in a highly organised way
• Excellent communicator both in writing and verbally
• Good negotiation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of programmes (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Teams
• Sensitive to other cultures
• Knowledge of a spread of international donors
• Knowledge of the health sector and international development issues

Benefits

Depending on the location, Options offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous annual leave allowance, Birthday day off, well-being day off, pension, medical insurance and 13th month pay/performance related bonus.

Other Information

• Options is dedicated to equal opportunity for all and recognises that every individual is unique. Whilst we always seek to embrace individual differences and celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we also want to ensure that every team member is suited to their role and that they are given the best opportunity to succeed*.*
• Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
• We seek people who are pro-choice, promote diversity and inclusion, are energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision.
• Applicants must have the right to work in Kenya, Senegal or the UK.