Manager, Health Programs and Partnerships

hace 4 días

Panama Panama A tiempo completo

**Position Title**: Manager, Health Programs and Partnerships
**Location**: Panama, Rep. of Panama
**Department**: Special Olympics Latin America
**Reports to**: Regional Director, Health Programs
**Partnerships for Inclusive Health Position Summary**
Special Olympics Inc. (SOI) is an international NGO serving over 6 million people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in 193 countries. Best known for its engagement around sports, SOI promotes a myriad of health services and activities and houses the largest global database of health screenings of people with intellectual disabilities. SOI’s Health strategy is directed towards promoting equity and reducing health disparities for the 6 million athletes and 80 million people with ID around the world through four strategic activities: (1) Preventive care services, including early intervention for those under eight (8) years of age, fitness programs and public health promotion activities; (2) Assessment services, directed at preventive health screenings and early detection of the most common conditions for people with ID and developing person-centered care coordination and connections to reduce those conditions; (3) Training services, to engage the health care workforce using evidence-based learning activities that employ virtual and hands-on interactions to improve quality of care; and (4) Promoting health systems reform through partnerships with provider and government organizations and promoting strong self-advocacy. The Manager, Health Programs and Partnerships (Latin America), reporting to the Regional Director, Health Programs is responsible for raising awareness among governments, the international development community, and the private sector about the critical need to provide quality health care for people with intellectual disabilities. The position is also responsible for mobilizing governments and the international development community to provide policy, funding, and other support to ensure sustainable access to quality health care for people with intellectual disabilities. In addition, this role supports the Regional Director and all Special Olympics Programs implementing health programming with technical assistance, strategic support, operations, grant management, project management, and administrative functions.
**Description**:
The Manager, Health Programs and Partnerships, will help Special Olympics become recognized within the international development, the public health community, and private sector as a key stakeholder in health promotion for people with intellectual disabilities. Importantly, this role supports and strengthens the health programming being implemented at a country level across the region through strengthening partnerships, collaborating with Ministries of Health, providing technical assistance, and soliciting support to sustain and grow health within the region. The position will have primary responsibility for the Latin America Region but aligns with the global health strategy and extended team.
**The key responsibilities of the Manager, Health Programs, and Partnerships are**:

- Cultivating and managing key relationships within the public health, global development community (including regional multilateral organizations, UN, and health agencies) with regional, national, and local governments and the private
sector to achieve Special Olympics’ health outcomes, including access and use of quality, sustainable health care for Special Olympics’ athletes and others with intellectual disabilities;
- Securing resources (i.e., cash, in-kind, technical, promotional) for the SO Latin America Programs and the Region to better support Special Olympics’ health programming and health outcomes;
- Create tools, templates, and mechanisms to support engagement with governments, the international development community, and other international and regional health stakeholders.
- Provide training and technical assistance to Program health staff to implement health priorities and build partnerships to sustain and expand health efforts.
- liaison with Programs.
- Participate in conversations with SOI around new protocols, policies, and program components, ensuring that the SOLA regional perspective is represented.

**Qualifications**:

- Essential_
- Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience in health promotion, public health, international development/relations, or other health science discipline.
- 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in developing and managing international development programs with national governments, UN agencies, and other international development or health agencies, ideally focusing on improving health outcomes in developing countries.
- Knowledge and professional experience in health promotion, understanding of the main challenges of health systems in a low-resource setting,
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish, including a demonstrated ability to build and maintain

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