Oxygen and Biomedical Training Program Manager at Build Health International:Deadline: Ongoing

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Job Title: Oxygen and Biomedical Training Program Manager

Location: Beverly, MA (hybrid) with international travel expected

Hours: 12-Month Contract with extension option

Reports to: Director of Medical Oxygen Education and Training

Job Description:
About BHI: Founded in 2014, Build Health International is a nonprofit organization that designs and builds dignified and affordable healthcare for all. BHI is a dynamic organization that is growing rapidly to address unmet needs for health facility improvements in response to COVID-19 and other pressing public health challenges. BHI’s Medical Oxygen program builds on its unique expertise in the construction and repair of hospitals, clinics, and other health infrastructure in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). COVID-19 has promoted a phase of rapid and substantial growth for BHI’s medical oxygen program.




About the Role: BHI is looking for a motivated, organized, and mission-driven candidate to serve as the Oxygen and Biomedical Training Program Manager (Program Manager). The Program Manager will provide coordination and management support to BHI’s rapidly growing medical oxygen training program. The Program Manager will work with the Director of Medical Oxygen Education and Training to plan, prepare, and implement medical oxygen training for senior managers, engineers, and technicians in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) with current efforts focused on sub-Saharan Africa and potential opportunities in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia.The core competencies of this position are international program management, training content development, and nonprofit operations management. This position will also engage in proposal writing, grants management, communications, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for the training program. Program Manager will be a member of the BHI Oxygen Team and will work closely with BHI colleagues in finance, communications, supply chain, and IT. This position will be based in BHI’s U.S. office in Beverly, MA with significant opportunities to travel.The ideal candidate will have international program implementation experience – with experience in pre-service or in-service training preferred, as well as strong managerial and leadership skills, proven attention to detail, an organized approach to work, and an action orientation. Success in this role requires a strong willingness to learn, a sense of urgency, and a commitment to delivering quality training and increasing access to medical oxygen.BHI Medical Oxygen Program: Since the construction of Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) in Haiti over a decade ago, the BHI team has been active in the design, installation, repair, and maintenance of PSA plants. BHI has expanded its medical oxygen practice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic through:

  1. Advisory: advising Ministries of Health on the procurement of PSA plants in partnership with the Global Fund,
  2. Coordination: coordination and technical support to the international community,
  3. Find & Fix: onsite assessment and repair of PSA plants in partnership with major global organizations such as CHAI, PATH, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Skoll Foundation,
  4. Facilities Upgrades: hospital facility infrastructure improvements to support medical oxygen delivery systems including installing oxygen piping and strengthening electrical systems, and
  5. Training: training senior leadership to ensure the sustainable management of medical oxygen systems and training biomedical technicians and hospital maintenance staff to repair and maintain PSA plants and oxygen delivery systems. BHI is also in the process of establishing a Biomedical Engineering Training Center of Excellence in Rwanda.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Program Coordination and Implementation: Provide managerial support from BHI’s Beverly office to ensure the effective implementation of training in multiple countries. Engage in scheduling, staffing, budgeting and financial management, communications, travel, and procurement with support from relevant professionals and departments within BHI.
  • Training Materials Development: Collaborate to develop training program materials including presentations, manuals, checklists, and instructional videos.
  • Donor Relations, Proposals, and Grants Management: Support donor relations, proposal development, and grants management in partnership with BHI’s program development and external relations team.
  • Stakeholder Relations: Engage and coordinate with partners including the WHO, UNICEF, Partners In Health, and the Every Breath Counts Coalition as well as local country teams.
  • Communications: Coordinate closely with the Medical Oxygen Content Development Manager and external relations team to develop public communications including press releases, social media posts, and video that raise the profile of BHI training program.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): Manage training program data and support organization-wide initiatives to strengthen M&E. Develop donor reports using training program data and support research and evaluation initiatives.




Qualifications: 

  • Experience: Three years of relevant international program implementation experience including training management. Recommended minimum of one year of professional experience in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Education:Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or equivalent experience in public health, public administration, international relations, or related field.
  • Language: Excellent written and verbal professional communication skills in English. French language skills desired.
  • Communications: Experience with and interest in communications including still photography and video and audio recording and editing is not required but very welcome.
  • Travel: Willingness to work on training projects in a wide variety of sites and infrastructure conditions.




Compensation: Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.

Application: To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to the following link: https://buildhealthinternational.org/were-hiring/.

BHI partners with global health nonprofits who share our commitment to establishing healthcare as a human right. We collaborate with our partners throughout their projects, including planning, design, construction, and operation. Our strategy leverages global resources, invests in the local economy, and creates facilities that will continue to provide care for decades to come.

BHI is committed to providing equal opportunity in the workplace. BHI will make all employment and other placement decisions without regard to non-job-related factors such as race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or sexual orientation. These protections apply to all areas, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, and benefits.

 

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