Program Coordinator

Use your professional skills to make a positive social impact!

 

If you want to help improve the lives of vulnerable families and children and if you are looking for a dynamic context where you will be encouraged to lead, to contribute your perspective and opinion, and to develop your unique talent, then the Trust for Social Achievement is the place for you.

 

We are looking for a new colleague to join our First Foundations team as a Program Coordinator.

The Trust for Social Achievement is a non-profit organization working in Bulgaria. We want to help create a world where every person has the opportunity to reach their full potential. Systemic poverty and exclusion have created deep achievement gaps in Bulgarian society. This is especially apparent in vulnerable communities like the Roma community. We are adopting a targeted, but not explicit, approach to helping these communities succeed. We support projects in a variety of program areas, including early childhood development, education, employment, and housing. We believe that every person in Bulgaria has the potential to positively contribute to Bulgaria's future. TSA has identified key moments that are making a real difference in helping to break the cycle of poverty for disadvantaged communities. Our work starts with the family foundation (the home), and continues throughout a child's early development, education, entry to the labor market, and eventual transformation into a role model and inspiration for the next generation of youth. To achieve our long-term vision, the Trust looks for gaps and obstacles hindering the progress of disadvantaged communities. We then rigorously evaluate and demonstrate "what works" and seek to deliver lessons to key stakeholders to improve public policies and to gain larger scale. Over the past ten years, we have supported more than 750 projects and partnered with over 110 nongovernmental organizations throughout Bulgaria to reach more than 350 000 beneficiaries from under-served communities.

As part of the First Foundations program, TSA operates the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program in Bulgaria. The NFP is a licensed program which matches first-time, low-income teen mothers with a nurse that visits the mother’s home from pregnancy through the child’s second year. Proven program results include improved school readiness, increased maternal employment, and greater intervals between births. In Bulgaria, NFP has been operating since 2016 in Sofia and in the period 2019-2025 in Plovdiv. The program team is currently looking for a full-time Program Coordinator to contribute to our efforts for the program’s sustainability and dissemination in Bulgaria.

Responsibilities

The coordinator will have primary responsibility in the following areas:

 

·        Lead the strategic positioning, sustainability, scaling, and long-term development of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Program in Bulgaria, ensuring alignment with national priorities and evidence-based maternal and child health practices. ·        Build and maintain strong relationships with government institutions, municipalities, professional bodies, donors, NGOs, healthcare leaders, and other key stakeholders to advance program goals and sustainability. ·        Represent the program in national and local advisory boards, working groups, advocacy forums, and stakeholder meetings, contributing to policy dialogue and system-level integration of NFP within healthcare, social service, accreditation, education, and regulatory frameworks. ·        Advocate for the adoption, sustainability, and expansion of NFP and other evidence-based maternal and child health interventions, promoting effective use of public and donor resources. ·        Develop and deliver presentations, reports, and other materials that communicate program achievements, impact, learning, sustainability, and scaling opportunities to donors, partners, policymakers, and other stakeholders. ·        Lead stakeholder, donor, and public engagement efforts, including implementation of communication, fundraising, and visibility initiatives that strengthen awareness and support for the program. ·        Oversee the development, review, and dissemination of communication materials, including publications, newsletters, social media content, website content, media communications, audio-visual products, success stories, and promotional campaigns. ·        Manage relationships with media representatives and identify opportunities to increase public awareness and visibility of the program at local and national levels. ·        Provide oversight and support to partner organizations, ensuring effective collaboration, accountability, and progress toward agreed objectives and outcomes. ·        Administer and manage grants, contracts, and projects throughout their full lifecycle, including review, approval, implementation, monitoring, reporting, compliance, and final assessment. ·        Monitor program implementation and partner performance, ensuring timely collection, verification, analysis, and reporting of program data, results, and supporting documentation. ·        Maintain accurate project records, databases, reporting systems, and electronic and physical documentation, ensuring compliance with organizational and donor requirements. ·        Draft and manage grant agreements, contract amendments, budgets, award letters, official correspondence, and other program-related documentation. ·        Coordinate reporting processes and prepare high-quality reports, updates, and presentations for donors, governing bodies, partners, NFP International, and other stakeholders. ·        Organize and provide logistical support for trainings, meetings, monitoring visits, conferences, advocacy events, campaigns, and other program-related activities. ·         Facilitate learning, knowledge sharing, and the exchange of best practices among partners, stakeholders, and program teams, contributing to continuous program improvement and local capacity development. ·        Participate actively in team meetings, strategic planning processes, monitoring activities, and organizational initiatives, contributing to the overall success of the First Foundations program and the organization. ·        Accommodate other tasks as they arise in connection to the program, under the guidance and supervision of the Program Officer or Chief of Staff Officer.

 

Qualifications and Experience
 

The successful applicant must be a motivated, detail-oriented, creative, problem solver who takes ownership of their work results. Key attributes of the applicant should include: energetic, independent, well organized, efficient, resourceful, reliable and punctual, and able to work cooperatively in a team environment.

Required qualifications and skills include:

·        At least a bachelor’s degree in public health, public administration, early childhood development, project management, journalism and mass communications, human rights, or a related field

·        At least 3 years of experience in project manager position of complex multi-partner projects with strict reporting requirements

·        Superior interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively

·        Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and communication skills in English and Bulgarian

·        Ability to organize own workload, set priorities, and resolve problems with minimal supervision

·        Close attention to follow-up and detail

·        Ability to administer several tasks simultaneously

·        Proven skills in time management and organization

·        Ability to develop and make presentations to senior level management, public health experts, partners

·        Resourcefulness, and flexibility; ability to work both independently and as a part of a team

·        Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)

·        Willingness to travel up to 30 percent of the time

·        Unquestionable ethics and personal integrity

 

Compensation and Benefits

We are offering a competitive remuneration package that is commensurate with experience, including standard benefits and flexible policies, a significant investment in your professional growth, and an energetic and professional working environment. This is a one-year, full-time labor contract, with a possibility to extend or transition to a similar engagement, depending on performance and funding.

Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter by July 12, 2026, to [email protected]