Program Manager I – Community Based Health Insurance

• PositionProgram Manager I – Community Based Health Insurance
• CompanyCatholic Relief Services (CRS)
• LocationKampala, Uganda
• Job TypeFull Time
• CategoryHealth, NGO and Management Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryHumanitarian and development
• DepartmentProgramming
• DeadlineFriday, 6 November 2026 at 11:59pm

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist poor and vulnerable people overseas. The advert says CRS works through programming, partnerships and technical standards, with its Catholic identity at the heart of its mission and operations.

In Uganda, this recruitment is for an anticipated five-year health-systems-strengthening project focused on faith-based health services, community health financing, governance and locally led solutions. Recruitment is contingent upon a successful award.

The Program Manager I – Community Based Health Insurance will provide strategic technical leadership for the design, implementation, monitoring, learning and scale-up of Community Health Insurance and other community health-financing approaches.

The post advises project teams and partners, contributes to technical proposal design, strengthens capacity through training and coaching, analyses programme data and learning, maintains relationships with donors and peer organisations, and represents CRS in forums connected to health financing, universal health coverage and health-systems strengthening. The role reports to the Program Manager II and supervises Field Officers.

• Support CRS agency-wide strategies, technical standards, tools and best practices in Community Based Health Insurance and community health financing.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams and partners on CBHI intervention design, implementation, monitoring and adaptation.
• Accompany local partners through joint planning, technical support, capacity strengthening and partner-led implementation.
• Contribute to preparation, design, submission and approval of project concepts and full proposals, including technical writing as needed.
• Develop learning and training strategies, agendas and curricula, and conduct trainings, workshops, coaching and mentoring.
• Collect and analyse programme data, capture lessons learned and share best practices to improve decisions and technical excellence.
• Maintain relationships with donors, peer organisations, research institutions and other stakeholders.
• Represent CRS in technical working groups, professional networks, policy dialogues, conferences and sector forums.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, Development Studies, Social Science, Economics, Health Services Management or a related field.
• A master’s degree in actuarial science, Economics, Public Health, Health Financing, Health Systems Management, Business Administration, Development Studies or Social Sciences is an advantage.

Work Experience

• Five to eight years of relevant experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO.
• At least two years of field-based experience in community health insurance, health financing, health-systems strengthening or related areas.

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of Uganda’s health-financing, health-insurance and Universal Health Coverage landscape.
• Experience working with local organisations through technical accompaniment, capacity strengthening, coaching and organisational development.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 40%.
• This position is open to Ugandan nationals only.

Technical Skills

• MS Office, web-conferencing applications, information and budget-management systems and knowledge-sharing networks.
• Technical principles and concepts in health insurance and health financing.
• Project design, proposal development, programme monitoring, evaluation and analysis.
• Capacity-strengthening and partnership-principles knowledge.

Soft Skills

• Strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems-thinking skills.
• Relationship management and ability to influence people not under direct supervision.
• Technical writing, presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring and coaching.
• Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented approach.

Benefits are not stated in the advert.

• Provide technical leadership for community health insurance and community health financing.
• Support an anticipated five-year health-systems-strengthening project in Uganda.
• Work with local partners and help strengthen locally led implementation.
• Contribute to proposals, learning, evidence and technical standards.
• Represent CRS in health-financing and health-systems forums.

Submit your application electronically through the CRS Oracle application page no later than 11:59pm on 6 November 2026.

• Highlight community health insurance, health financing or health-systems-strengthening experience.
• Show partner-led implementation, technical accompaniment and capacity strengthening.
• Describe proposal-development, technical-writing and training experience.
• Demonstrate programme-data analysis, monitoring and evaluation experience.
• Confirm Ugandan-national eligibility and willingness to travel up to 40%.
• Apply through the Oracle link before 11:59pm on 6 November 2026.