Senior Program Assistant – Primary Health Care

About the role

PATH is seeking a Senior Program Assistant to provide high‑level administrative and programmatic support to its Global Primary Health Care Director and the SAFEStart+ project. The role combines executive assistance, stakeholder coordination, and event management in a fast‑moving global health environment.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the Director’s global calendar, arrange complex international travel, and prepare expense reports and post‑trip summaries.
• Coordinate and support external meetings, conferences and stakeholder engagements, including agenda preparation, logistics, speaker arrangements and follow‑up communications.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, trackers and summary materials to support decision‑making across the PHC portfolio.
• Assist project leads with timelines, Gantt charts, deliverable tracking and donor reporting for the SAFEStart+ initiative.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of related administrative or program support experience.
• Proven ability to work across multicultural teams and manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Fluency in English; French strongly preferred.
• Legal authorization to work in Switzerland and willingness to work onsite in Geneva.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite – especially Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, OneNote and SharePoint.
• Experience using Smartsheet, Mentimeter and Miro for project tracking and virtual engagement.
• Strong computer literacy, including effective use of AI tools for document preparation and data management.