Details of employment
Description
Pathfinder International is a leading global health organization. Pathfinder envisions a world that values and invests in the leadership, health and resilience of women and girls.
We catalyze sustainable, women-led and locally anchored solutions that strengthen communities, enabling women to adapt to change, shape their own futures and lead healthy lives.
Pathfinder International is a beneficiary of the Universal Access to Modern Contraception in Côte d’Ivoire (AUCm-CI) project, funded by the Gates Foundation. This project aims to support the nationwide transition to free family planning and covers 90 of Côte d’Ivoire’s 113 health districts.
In order to support the implementation of this project, Pathfinder International is recruiting a Project Manager.
Job Title: Project Manager
Location
Workplace Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Type of contract: Full-time seven (07) month fixed term, renewable.
Job summary
Under the supervision of the Country Director, Project Lead plays a key role in developing the Annual Work Plan and implementing project activities. It is responsible for the delivery of activities to achieve results (effectiveness, efficiency) in relation to the objectives set, while producing detailed reports on the progress and results of the project. He coordinates the activities of Pathfinder staff deployed in the field to implement the project.
It also supports the health system in developing a reliable, continuous and quality family planning service delivery system. The Project Lead regularly reviews the data to inform the project’s programmatic strategies and provide relevant elements for periodic or ad hoc reporting to funders and partners.
He/She will be primarily responsible for:
Provide strategic direction to project activities.
Develop and update the strategic plan of the project.
Coordinate and supervise the work of Technical Assistants in Reproductive Health, Family Planning and Community Health
Ensure that project performance objectives and expected deliverables are achieved in a timely manner and meet the highest quality standards.
Lead and guide monitoring, evaluation and learning strategies, frameworks, plans and indicators to capture project performance and outcomes.
Work collaboratively with project staff to establish and maintain the administrative and financial operations of the project, and ensure compliance with the policy and provisions of Pathfinder International contracts in accordance with the procedures, principles and regulations of the Lessor.
Ensure that appropriate security standards, guidelines and procedures are in place, maintained, regularly updated and adhered to.
Manage incoming and outgoing communications on the project with partners and PATHFINDER headquarters;
Participate in advocacy and resource mobilization actions for Pathfinder interventions;
Act as subject matter expert for assigned programs/projects or functional systems.
Education / Qualifications
Required training and professional experience
Master’s degree (or equivalent) in public health, social sciences, health systems, nursing administration, management or a related graduate degree.
Experience
- 10 years of experience in designing and implementing projects to strengthen the delivery of health services, including 5 years managing family planning projects.
- 10 years of experience working in international NGOs and relations with the Walloons, including the Gates Foundation.
Required skills
Job overview
Knowledge of the health system and local context:
In-depth knowledge of the Ivorian public health system: administrative and operational organization, actors.
Good knowledge of national sexual and reproductive health service delivery policies and strategies and family planning
Programme management and performance monitoring:
Proven experience in achieving health performance objectives, with the ability to design, implement, monitor, evaluate and adapt project strategies and activities.
Ability to develop inclusive strategic programming plans, in collaboration with technical staff and partners, to ensure the success of initiatives.
Skills in offering SRPF service:
Capacity building skills of health providers by ensuring a high level of quality
Ability to maintain a very collaborative
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