Responsibilities:
1) Ensure the operational management of the project
§ Supervise the implementation of the project following the different stages of the project cycle, working closely with partners and national and local authorities.
§ Ensure monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual planning of project activities.
§ Ensure monitoring of project indicators and develop tools if need be.
§ Carry out follow-up and support visits in the project area.
§ Identify the challenges faced during the implementation and address solutions/ adjustments
§ Write internal and external reports in compliance with the deadlines, donors’ requirements and quality standards.
§ Steer project experiences capitalization efforts (e.g. collection of testimonies, sharing good practices).
§ Archiving project documentation.
§ Facilitate collaboration and synergies (resources planning and pooling) with other HI project teams.
§ Ensure coordination between the project team and technical cell through support requests and regular meetings depending on the needs, to guarantee the quality of the interventions.
§ If so, guide the external evaluation process and ensure recommendations follow-up.
2) Guarantee the quality of partnerships and external coordination of the project
§ Inform and exchange regularly with the leader on the project’s progress, challenges encountered and possible solutions.
§ Guarantee the respect of collaboration convention with the consortium leader
§ Represent the project before external, local and/or national partners
§ Represent HI in the different coordination platforms.
§ Contribute to the capacity-building of our partners (depending on the identified needs and planned activities in the project framework)
3) Ensure the administrative and financial management of the project
§ Be responsible of the project’s budget
§ Establish an annual budget planning and monthly forecast cash flows
§ Ensure a regular follow-up of expenses, analyze gaps, anticipate evolutions and propose budgetary adjustments
§ Ensure respect of HI and donors’ financial procedures (eligibility and flexibility rules)
§ Support the financial officer in the preparation of finance reports, if necessary
§ Ensure respect of purchasing procedures (logistics)
4) Manage and accompany the project team
§ Ensure continuous support and supervision of the project team
§ Ensure elaboration and evaluation of the project team’s individual objectives
§ Participate to the recruitment of new team members if necessary, respecting HI procedures and standards
§ Contribute to the reinforcement of team members’ skills in the objective of transferring knowledge and competences
§ Ensure good communication and information coordination between each team member and with other services
§ Plan team’s activities on a monthly and quarterly basis
5) Provide technical support to HI teams in his/her field of competence
In collaboration with the technical regional manager for the WISH project, within the limits of time and available means and after discussing with the operational coordinator:
§ Support project teams intervening in the field of sexual and reproductive health on technical questions (definition of indicators, elaboration of training plans, etc.)
§ Participate in needs assessments in his/her field of competence.
§ Provide all the technical support to the team and partners in the field of sexual and reproductive health as well as disability mainstreaming.
§ Take lead in developing all the technical training material , IEC material and imparting the training on same as per needs of the project.
§ Contribute to the development of new projects and to the programme’s strategic reflection in his/her field.
§ Attend to the country recurrent coordination meetings, as well as to the regional seminars organized by the WISH project.
Education
Essential: Degree in public health or related field
Desired: Degree in sexual and reproductive health or related field
Experience
Essential: Minimum 3 years of experience on the field in a similar position (project manager/coordinator) and in the field of sexual and reproductive health and/ or community health
Desired: - Experience in partnership/consortium projects
- Disability, right approachCompetencies
– Control of the project cycle management and of tools and methodologies related to project development
– Master the tools and approaches of Planning Monitoring and Evaluating
– Mastery of English (written and spoken)
– Good computer skills
– Knowledge and interest for themes related to HI’s mandate
Personal qualities :
– Excellent interpersonal and intercultural skills
– Open-minded and respectful attitude, eager to understand a given cultural context
– Dynamic and proactive
– Leadership, capacity to mobilize a team, taste for teamwork
– Flexibility and adaptation capacities