Health Program Manager

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What do we believe?

Demonstrate Biblical Integrity

What is the opportunity?

Respond with Compassionate Action

• Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ
• Lead daily field-level implementation of Health programs, ensuring activities achieve established objectives and targets within approved budgets and agreed timelines while evaluating program effectiveness and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Strengthen local partnerships and coordination by identifying potential implementing partners, engaging existing partners in alignment with response strategies, and representing Samaritan's Purse at relevant cluster and coordination meetings.
• Build the technical capacity of Samaritan's Purse and partner staff through training, mentoring, and ongoing support, while conducting regular clinic visits to assess service gaps and collaborating with health teams to address identified needs.
• Support strategic health and nutrition programming by conducting field assessments, identifying emerging needs, designing and implementing appropriate response plans, and contributing to program development, proposals, and project budgets.
• Promote responsible stewardship and community health by monitoring program effectiveness and financial expenditures, evaluating ongoing and new activities, and working with health teams to develop appropriate health and nutrition messages based on identified community needs.
• Other duties as assigned

What are the qualifications?

• Education: Nursing degree or clinical medicine qualification from an accredited medical school with a valid practicing license and at least two years of nursing or clinical experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Two or more years of emergency health programming experience in complex international environments, a Master's degree in Public Health, and experience in management, capacity building, and mentorship of health teams are preferred; 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, an opportunity to meet and complete the requirement is available upon hire.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and other written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduling instructions, and prepare clear routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal formats, deliver public presentations, maintain open communication with program stakeholders, coordinate scheduling changes, and build positive working relationships with other agencies.
• Ability to perform calculations involving discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume; apply basic algebra and geometry; and solve practical problems involving varied circumstances with limited standardization.
• Ability to demonstrate strong organizational and interpersonal skills while assessing complex security situations and advising on appropriate program design, coordinating activities across teams, and supporting safe, effective, and compassionate health programming in challenging humanitarian environments.

What are the benefits?

• International medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days
• When at IHQ, on-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)

• Nursing degree or clinical medicine qualification with valid license and 2+ years clinical experience
• 12 credit hours of Biblical Studies
• Fluency in English
• Ability to work in complex international environments
• Travel ~30 days/year