General Description: The Program Officer-Family Planning is responsible for supporting one or more field programs within the portfolio of the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) project with technical, programmatic, and administrative assistance. The Program Officer serves as a field program’s consistent link to Baltimore, and provides the day-to-day problem solving, technical input, writing and editing, and procurement processing field programs require. The Program Officer also travels internationally to provide technical assistance in areas of their expertise.

Technical Assistance: Work with Sr. Program Officer-Family Planning (SPO) in responding to short and long-term country needs, and communicates activity updates among other relevant HC3 team members. Provide technical assistance in reproductive health and child survival within the HC3 portfolio to field offices and programs, both in-country and from Baltimore. Make recommendations regarding programmatic adjustments and innovative program initiatives to SPO FP/CS and larger team. Write, edit, facilitate, or assist with strategies, work plans, assessments, and evaluations. Monitors and supports fulfillment of technical assistance needs and plans as requested by SPO. Initiate own travel arrangements through Safe Harbors, complete report, travel and expense reimbursements requests and related tasks in university systems. Participate in all areas of proposal development.

Knowledge Management: Remain informed about international reproductive health and child survival issues and share information and research within the larger HC3 team and CCP more broadly. Curate or assist in curating a section of the CCP internal knowledge management system. Write up and share minutes of all non-confidential formal meetings using CCP standard procedure.

Backstopping: Maintain frequent, open, ongoing communication with the field office. Coordinate the various Baltimore-based functions needed for efficient operation of core HC3 reproductive health and child survival activities and field programs. Act as point-of-contact for field-based staff. Respond to field-based staff requests for information, documents or assistance promptly. Assist the field in developing contracts and facilitate contracts processing in Baltimore. Seek technical input on materials, strategies, workplans, and budgets as needed. Coordinate regular docket reviews for all programs backstopped.

External Relations and Outreach: Participate in reproductive health forums, working groups and conferences to stay abreast of developments in the field, expand networks, and give visibility to HC3’s RH and child survival work. Develop professional networks as appropriate to your job, to include colleagues from other public, private, and non-profit organizations and share contact points with CCP’s proposal development teams.

Qualifications: Master's degree required. Three years related experience required. Experience in family planning/reproductive health related programs. Additional relevant experience and/or training may substitute for some education.

Preferred Qualifications: Exposure to working internationally/working abroad.