Health Project Coordinator – BPRM 38 views

Project management  

• In collaboration with ARRA, woreda Health office, the field team develop detail implementation plan for the project.
• Ensure procurements specified in the project documents are planned, requested, purchased and delivered on a timely manner
• Develop monthly plan with project team and conduct regular meetings to review progress
• Provide monthly update on project progress and flag any concerns in a timely manner for FOM
• Manage all activities, resources and assets for the projects under supervision
• Identify critical issues in the implementation of projects and take the necessary actions to address problems and constraints
• Prepare periodic reports on the implementation of project activities as per the requirements of SCI, regional and specific project donor
• Closely work with the PDQ Health team to assure implementation quality
• Integrate with other project thematic through joint planning ,review performance and sharing lessons
• Develop project briefs, which document the project learnings and results
• Ensure that strategies for phasing out are taken care of during implementation; and project close outs are properly planned and executed

·       Closely work with ARRA, RHB, Zonal and Woreda Health Offices for the smooth implementation of the project and for ensuring project sustainability

·       Leads project activity and budget revisions, prepares justification for request of amendments in keeping with donor regulations and procedures, closely working with the relevant award team to ensure timely action

·       Ensuring project quality implementation using quality bench mark

Budget management

·       Prepare phased budget based on approved project operation plan (POP)

·       Manage budgets, including monthly review of budget variance analysis, identification of wrong charges and required actions to address/ correct them

·       Ensure effective and efficient utilization of project budget and other resources for intended purpose; follow up on budget utilization and project expenditure

·       Prepare/Review and submit for FOM timely donor reports, including development/review and verification of both narrative and financial reports and confirmation of accuracy and consistency between narrative and financial reports.

·       Closely work with the finance  team to efficiently monitor and track burn rates, reporting and financial compliance issues

Staff Management

·       Develop performance objectives and development plan for program officer  under supervision

·       Establish a system for, communication, follow up, ensuring regular reporting and development of project staff

·       Ensure project officer  understood his/her  responsibilities and how their contribution feeds into the overall project objective

·       Organize regular review meetings to review progress, identify issues and solve them

·       Develop and assesses the performance of his/her self and program officer by D2P in timely manner

Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance

·       In collaboration and coordination with MEAL, and PDQ health and nutrition team facilitate/conduct Joint project support,  assess the project against quality bench mark and conduct project base line and end line

·       In coordination with and support from relevant MEAL staff, design results based monitoring and evaluation process for both projects

·       Monitor and systematically document project results implementation lessons, best practices and innovations for the project under supervision; and share lessons, best practices and innovations with PDQ health team to inform program development

·       Conduct regular supportive and joint supportive supervisions to project sites with project team and respective government partners

·       Plan and facilitate regularly scheduled reviews of projects with woreda health office heads/experts and HWs/HEWs, and community volunteers in the implementation areas

·       Facilitates visits to donors, members and others as necessary

• BSc degree in public health, nursing or related fields
• A minimum of 6 years’  working experience in an NGO environment of which a minimum of 2 years managing community based health projects and had been experience in refuges
• Trainings on Public Health Emergency ,MHPSS, BIMOC ,Infection prevention and Referral System
• Solid understanding of the Ethiopian health policy and strategies, as well as the health sector transformation plan and the health extension platform
• Experience working with the regional and local level stakeholders
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in another partners  with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
• Experience of managing and shaping programmes to deliver greater efficiency and effectiveness, and of strengthening implementation of financial control processes
• Solid budgeting skills and knowledge of key donor regulations
• knowledge of local language is required
• Commitment to Save the Children values