SEAOHUN Secretariat

Job title: Program Manager

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand

Contract period: One year with a possibility of renewal.

Start: As soon as possible after the candidate’s selection

BACKGROUND

The spillover of infectious agents from animals to humans in recent decades has had a significant impact on the health of humans, animals, and our environment. To minimize the impact of future pandemic threats, the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) was established in 2011 with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development to develop a resilient and competent One Health workforce to effectively prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats by leveraging education, research, and training excellence provided by member universities.

Since its establishment, SEAOHUN has expanded network membership from 10 universities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to over 99 universities in eight countries, including the four founding countries plus Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and the Philippines. The expansion was made possible with the support of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), U.S. Department of State (DOS) through its Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), and USAID. Our university members come from multiple disciplines connected to the health of humans, animals, and their ecosystem.

Our regional programs promote and facilitate collaborative activities among the countries with an emphasis on improving One Health education and research. Examples of our educational initiatives include the development of One Health core and technical competencies, competency-based education, research capacity to provide an evidence-base for One Health advocacy, One Health student clubs, and other experimental learning activities.

The SEAOHUN Secretariat based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is the coordinating body for all the country networks. The Secretariat manages subawards with the country networks, facilitates SEAOHUN Executive Board meetings and regional activities, strengthens One Health University Networks in Southeast Asia through capacity building activities, and partners with national, international and non-governmental organizations to build the next generation of One Health leaders. The Secretariat represents interests of its country networks at global and regional meetings/conferences/forums such as Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), and ASEAN+3 Field Epidemiology Training Network (FETN). SEAOHUN has partnered with Zoetis and Pfizer to address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and with Chevron to strengthen One Health education in Southeast Asia.

For more information, you may visit https://www.seaohun.org/ and http://facebook.com/seaohun.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall supervision of the Executive Director, the Program Manager will assist the Executive Director to manage SEAOHUN regional programs, supervise Officers under the Program Team, Information and Outreach Team, manage contracts of regional programs, and oversee communication and reporting of regional programs. S/he will undertake the following tasks:

Provide daily program management of the USAID One Health Workforce – Next Generation (OHW-NG) and Transition Award (TA) Projects throughout the project’s cycle to ensure successful delivery of the project’s outputs and progress towards the outcomes. SEAOHUN Programs include fellowship, small grant, student assistantship, internship, scholarship, regional student engagement, and SEAOHUN international conference.
Supervise and provide guidance to Officers under the Program Team, Information and Outreach Team to ensure successful implementation of all SEAOHUN regional programs inclusive of monitoring, evaluation, and learning of outputs and outcomes.
Manage all contracts of regional programs valued under USD 15,000, including programmatic and financial reporting. Collaborate with the Finance Team to ensure efficient management of funds.
Lead the development of the work plan and budget of SEAOHUN Secretariat.
Provide technical support when needed to enhance capacity of country networks to develop and manage its country-level programs and activities.
Contribute to the development of the SEAOHUN annual reports, OHW-NG semi-annual and annual reports, TA semi-annual and annual reports focusing on regional programs in liaison with the MEL Officer.
Contribute to communication activities and the efforts to increase organizational visibility, in liaison with the Senior Public Engagement Officer.
Support resource mobilization efforts such as writing grant proposals.
Coordinate and maintain effective working relationships with program/project stakeholders.
Facilitate monthly management meetings with country networks and support coordination of global-level activities with the OHW-NG consortium in absence of Deputy Executive Director.
Serve as the second alternate to represent SEAOHUN at regional and global forums as assigned by the Executive Director.
Perform other tasks as assigned and needed for successful program implementation.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Master’s or higher degree in One Health-related field from a recognized college or university.
A minimum of five years of progressive work experience in health-related areas, preferably on One Health issues in Southeast Asia, with at least three years’ work experience in managing multi-country and multi-stakeholder programs.
Practical experience providing technical support to government agencies, intergovernmental agencies, academic universities, or NGOs is required.
Experience working in Southeast Asian countries.
Excellent relationship management, interpersonal, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to liaise, consult and negotiate with a wide range of multi-disciplinary stakeholders, including external agencies and service providers.
Experience with USAID-funded projects is highly desirable.
Experience in writing proposals and resource mobilization is strongly preferred.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Self-starting, ability to take initiatives and to work with minimal supervision.
Proven effective communication skills in English, both in written and orally.
Skills in Microsoft Office/Google, email, and Internet navigation are required.
Willingness to undertake regional travels.