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ATscale Senior Programme Manager

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Deadline: Feb 14, 2025
Location: Switzerland
Job type:Contract, 12 months +
Languages:
English, French, Spanish
English, French, Spanish
Work experience:Min 7 years
Date posted: Jan 24, 2025

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Description

Dutystation: Geneva, Switzerland

Functional responsibilities


Together with the Head of Global Programmes & Markets, the Senior Programme Manager will work on the below areas:

A. Strategy Development

  • Support the development of ATscale’s strategy for strengthening the enabling ecosystem in coordination with the broader ATscale strategy and operational plan.
    • An emphasis on a coherent approach/plan for coordinated support at country-level is required, which could include:
    • -support development of enabling policies, standards and other tools to support implementation of AT systems and access to AT services.
      - support to national planning processes for AT sector development and inclusion in health and social systems;
      - build capacity of AT users and workforce to increase ownership and participation
      -identifying effective finance mechanisms;
      -establishing standards and regulatory mechanisms that ensure production, procurement and provision of quality assistive products; and,
      -strengthening data collection and information management systems.
  • Articulate mutually supportive links between interventions that reinforce elements of the enabling ecosystem and those that focus on a specific product and its related services.


B. Programme Management

  • Support the translation of the ATscale strategy and country approach into priority interventions.
  • Oversee a sub-set of country programmes based on ATscale country engagement approach, including ensuring robust country plans are developed, approved for funding and implemented effectively
  • Support the Head of Global Programmes & Markets in prioritisation process for a coherent package of interventions to strengthen the enabling ecosystem and market shaping approaches to present to the Board in the preparation of annual operational plans
  • Supported by expert input, lead the detailed scoping of interventions approved by the board
  • Oversee the processes leading to implementation of a sub-set of these interventions from the programmatic side, e.g. participation in competitive processes through drafting of requests for proposals, evaluation etc.
  • Stay abreast of developments in the AT sector to inform recommendations for investment by ATscale.


C. Partners and Stakeholder Management

  • Maintain partnerships at working level to develop and advance ATscale’s strategy and effective implementation of agreed programmes
  • Engage with relevant partners in the assistive technology space, including organisations of persons with disabilities, national governments, UN and other multilateral agencies, bi- and multilateral donors, private funders, international NGOs, the private sectors such as manufacturers and suppliers of assistive technology, and technical experts including in academia


D. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

  • Support monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) of/from enabling ecosystem related ATscale investments and promote data utilisation among partners to guide the interventions.
  • Use information gained from the regular partner reports and MEL to inform policy and strategy briefs, current strategy, and to support advocacy.


E.Miscellaneous

  • Ensure all processes above remain aligned with UN host agency requirements.

  • Provide the Head of Global Programmes & Markets and the team with regular updates on developments in the AT sector and potential opportunities.

  • Prepare talking points, presentations, and other material to support the Head and, upon request, the CEO.

  • Support the preparation of relevant Board Papers related to the enabling ecosystem for ATscale Board meetings


**Travel for this position is estimated at 30%.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

A. Education

  • A bachelors degree in public health,, rehabilitation (such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, or prosthetics & orthotics, audiology, rehabilitation doctors), assistive technology or a related field is required combined with 9 years of relevant experience or
  • Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public health, rehabilitation (such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, or prosthetics & orthotics, audiology, rehabilitation doctors), assistive technology or a related field is required combined with 7 years of relevant experience

B. Work Experience

  • A minimum of 9 years ( with a Bachelors Degree) or 7 years’( with a Master Degree) experience at increasing levels of responsibility in managing and implementing health systems strengthening programs in the areas of rehabilitation or assistive technology is required
  • Proven track record of working at country and/or regional level with development cooperation partners (e.g., bilateral donors, multilateral organizations, international NGOs etc.), host country government officials, key stakeholders, and civil society to achieve a common objective (preferably in health or another similar area of development) is required
  • Demonstrated experience in providing technical support to government partners and development partners at country and/or regional level for planning, implementation and monitoring of rehabilitation or AT programmes is required.
  • Demonstrated experience of engaging with/ within Lower- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) at international level, preferably including experience supporting government institutions is required
  • Experiences engaging in public-private partnerships and experience and/or understanding of working with the private sector an asset.
  • Skill in strengthening service delivery programs, training, performance and quality improvement and monitoring and evaluation is considered an asset.
  • Extensive experience with programme management and coordination is desirable.
  • Significant experience leading the development of high-quality deliverables, including presentations and written reports, including for donors is considered an asset
  • Solid understanding of MEL and demonstrated ability to analyse and utilise data to monitor and manage interventions and programmes is desirable.
  • Lived experience as an AT user is desirable.

C. Language

  • An excellent knowledge of English is required.
  • Good working knowledge of other UN languages, especially Chinese, French or Spanish would be an asset.
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