VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Job Title Program Officer

Department Program
Employment status Full time
Number of Position 1
Location Yangon, Myanmar
Travel Up to 50% of work time
Reports to Sr. Program Manager
Reporting to this position NA

Community Partners International (CPI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to

empowering vulnerable communities in Asia to meet their essential health, humanitarian and
development needs. Founded by U.S. doctors in 1998, the organization has grown to serve
more than one million people each year. Community Partners International focuses on helping
communities affected by conflict, violence, and displacement, in remote and hard-to-reach
contexts, and marginalized by poverty and exclusion.

The Program Officer is to closely coordinate with field teams and related EHO/CSO partners
in Karen and Shan States engaging Strategic Purchasing Pilots (SPP). He/she conducts site
visits and involves in data analyses, program training, data/service quality assessments and
project evaluation in the implementation areas together with the EHO/CSO partner staff.
He/she will also review data of partners' monthly report and present the findings and
recommended action plan to maximize health outcomes and improve data/service quality.

Primary Responsibilities
• Communicate and build strong relationships with CPI’s EHO/CSO Partners for Strategic
Purchasing Pilots (SPP) and related Health System Strengthening (HSS) activities,
especially in Karen and Shan States
• Assist supervisor in rolling out Health Financing project, from conceptualization to
development and implementation, by intensive coordination with partner staff
• Participate in HSS and Health Financing projects in the border ethnic areas and take part
in improvement of Health Information System (HIS) and Supply Chain Management
System in coordination with relevant departments
• Lead/facilitate meetings, training, workshops and report preparations related to SPP and
Health Financing Projects

Regular Responsibilities
• Conduct the quarterly site-visits and assessments in the implementation areas together
with the partners’ teams and develop/provide feedback to partner's clinic staff to increase
operational efficiency

Page 1 of 3
• Develop the capacity building plan of partners in consultation with relevant CPI's
departments for effective implementation SPP/HSS/HIS activities across various levels of
authority
• Participate in information collection and budget calculation exercise for each partner to roll
out the SPP project in selected clinics or healthcare units
• Review and analyze partners' monthly report and provide findings and recommendations
to increase the project performance and ensure that the program deliverables are on track
• Assist M&E staff in checking the correctness, completeness and accuracy of monthly data
submitted by partners and provide necessary feedback and training support to strengthen
the partners' HIS system and improve data quality
• Assist supervisors in program administration and communication works with finance,
grant, logistics and other program departments
• Implement other tasks assigned by supervisor
Partner Support
• Participate in capacity building activities of local partners

Essential Skills
• Any bachelor degree related to health, such as doctor, nursing, community health,
pharmacy and medical technology.
• At least 2 years’ experience working for health projects
• Good at writing and speaking English
• Demonstrated skills in coordination and collaboration with governmental institutions,
ethnic health organizations (EHOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs)
• Good communication and facilitation skills. Ability to work independently with strong
organizational skills
• Good software skills for M.S. word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Training experience to both medical and non-medical persons

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

All interested and qualified candidates are requested to send an Application Letter, Curriculum
Vitae to:
Email: hr.ygn@cpintl.org
• The closing date for application is 17:00pm, (27-Dec-22, Tuesday), Yangon, Myanmar.
• Please clearly mention the Position and Location you are applying for in the email Subject
Line.

CPI’s Value

Page 2 of 3
• At CPI, we believe that all people have right to live their live free from sexual violence and
recognized that there are unequal power dynamics across the organization. CPI does not
tolerate discrimination and harassment under any circumstances and will take disciplinary
action, which may include dismissal, against any worker who discriminates or harasses
any worker. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s
responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines
principles of PSEA, at all times (both during work hours and outside work hours).
Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement
of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they
understand and act in accordance with this clause.
• CPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit
without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national
origin, age, marital status, or disability.

Note to Candidate

• Candidates are required to declare in advance that should there be any relative or family
member currently being employed in CPI. Failure to do so can lead to termination of the
employment contract even after successful selection.
• Because of the large volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• Contract and position are contingent upon successful award of the project and final
approval by the donor.

Page 3 of 3