The Position

• As an Associate Programme Manager, you will oversee a portfolio of projects and monitor progress of projects across 5-6 countries in Francophone African countries. Primary location is Dakar, Senegal, alternatively Nairobi, Kenya.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Be the daily responsible for monitoring of WDF-funded project partnerships and programmes in 5-6 countries in the Francophone Africa region. The monitoring will follow WDF’s standard operating procedures and include field visits, stakeholder meetings, etc., as deemed relevant, as requested by partners, and as requested from WDF headquarters.
• Prepare reports, advocacy, communication, and other formats of content, related to WDF-funded partnerships in the countries of responsibility and pursue opportunities for profiling of WDF.
• Engage in strategic discussions on the continued development of the Francophone African portfolio in WDF with colleagues and management and support both internal knowledge sharing at WDF and that project learnings are shared regionally and globally.

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you should have:
• Master’s degree within a field of public health/international health, political science/social science, development studies or related.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in development projects within pharmaceutical industry or healthcare.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• The preferred candidate should be based in either Dakar, Senegal or Nairobi, Kenya
• Track record of employment with e.g., national health authorities or public health institutions, NGO’s working in Kenya, or international development agencies.
• Full professional proficiency in French and English.