Portfolio Manager, Inclusive Health Initiative (IHI) – French Speaking

About CBM

You Will:

• Provide programmatic support in project design, ensuring alignment with the IHI strategy and global best practices in eye health, ear and hearing care, and physical rehabilitation across assigned countries.
• Guide and support IHI project planning processes, ensuring detailed planning documentation for projects in assigned countries.
• Monitor the implementation of IHI plans and projects, actively contribute to evaluations, and ensure lessons learned inform future planning.
• Deliver training to country office programme staff and partner staff on Inclusive Health-related topics, such as inclusion in health projects.
• Proactively contribute to the development of high-quality funding applications for IHI projects.
• Monitor policies, trends, data, and research in eye health, ear and hearing care, and physical rehabilitation to inform programme implementation.
• Foster a culture of learning and adaptive management within the team and across country offices.
• Support country office teams to ensure data quality and promote the use of evidence for adaptive management.
• Work closely with Advocacy and Communications colleagues to translate programme data and learning into messages that influence policy and practice.
• Represent CBM's programmatic learning and quality initiatives to external audiences, including donors, technical working groups, and other development partners, as required.
• Participate in relevant networks.
• Contribute to research and publications to strengthen the evidence base for inclusive health, where appropriate.

These are your qualifications

• An advanced degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in international development, including at least 3 years focused on health programmes.
• A strong understanding of trends and policy frameworks in the international health sector, with sound knowledge of project cycle management and logical frameworks.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesise complex information into clear, actionable learning.
• Proven experience in proposal writing, developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks and budgets, and designing and delivering training to build the capacity of others.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills.
• Strong self-management, time management, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, with an independent, agile, flexible, proactive, and collaborative working style.
• Fluency in French and English is required, with strong written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• A demonstrated commitment to disability inclusion and safeguarding principles.
• Identification with the Christian values and mandate of CBM.

What we offer

• A meaningful position with a lot of creative freedom in the world's leading organisation in the field of Disability Inclusive Development
• A fair salary and other social benefits based on the local conditions in the country you apply for
• An approachable, agile organisation with self-reliant people in a diverse and collegial team and great team spirit