- Langata Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
- Full-time
Company Description
Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organisation; currently implementing more than 180 programs, reaching more than 40 million people across 35 African countries; and a staff complement of over 2,000. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea (Conakry), Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. An additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices are located in Europe and North America.
Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To catalyze and drive community-led and people-centred health systems while addressing social determinants of health’. We believe that the power to transform Africa’s health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.
Job Description
Amref Health Africa believes in the power of capacity building, a belief that is echoed by many across the world. Development actors across the world are focussed on how to maximise the limited resources – financial, time, people, etc – available to us. At Amref, we have been at this for a long time! We have developed, tried and tested, and scaled capacity development approaches – such as curriculum development, policy development, digital learning, institutional capacity strengthening, coaching, and mentorship – that have resulted in improvements in the quality of health service delivery. We now want to apply these approaches and the lessons we have learnt towards strengthening education of health professionals to address cardiometabolic diseases in East Africa.
That’s why we’re looking for a Project Officer. We need a seasoned team player to take the lessons we have learned, adapt them to fit context, identify improvement opportunities and implement these approaches accordingly. That’s where you come in.
Working closely with the project manager, you will, ensure timely and high-quality project implementation, maintain strategic partnerships, participate in development and implementation of annual work plans and budgets as well as ensure the project is, and remains, in compliance with the relevant donor guidelines, organizational policies as well relevant national laws and regulations.
Specifically, you will have the following responsibilities:
Project Coordination and Implementation
- Co-ordinate and participate in design, planning and implementation of project activities.
- Participate in preparation of annual work plans and progress monthly, quarterly and annual reports relating to the project reports as per donor and organizational requirements.
- Work with the project stakeholders to ensure high-quality project implementation.
- Provide operational assistance to the project team to ensure smooth implementation of project activities
Financial Management
- Support project implementation by travel imprests processing and ensuring implementation as per the budget
- Support project work plan implementation for a healthy financial standing with acceptable financial performance and burn rate
- Ensure timely surrender of field activity advances and compliance to financial SOPs and protocols
Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation
- Support project M&E activities including report writing and uploading programme data on AIMs
- Assist in preparation and tracking of quarterly and annual budgets, and work plans
- Write project reports (monthly, quarterly and annually) as required by the donor and the organization
- Upload project data in AIMS on a monthly basis as required
- Provide day-to-day program updates and status reports as needed
- Support in the preparation of work plans, budgets, M&E plans and performance frameworks for the project
Documentation and Knowledge Management
- Document and disseminate best practices and lessons learnt locally and internationally to influence policy and action
- Prepare technical monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc reports relating to the project as per donor requirements as well as for internal purposes.
Qualifications
We are looking for a go-getter who will leverage on innovative approaches to manage the project.
- You have strong people, networking, problem solving, facilitation, communication and interpersonal skills.
- You have demonstrated the ability to cultivate relationships and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders such as civil society, government ministries and officials, regulatory bodies, mid-level and higher institutions of learning, donors, community- based institutions.
- You have the ability to communicate effectively, and promote a team approach within a multi-cultural and matrixed team to enhance staff commitment to the project’s success.
- You have excellent spoken and written English. French language skills is an added advantage.
- You have experience working with Government and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and professional associations on public health and other development issues.
- You have a minimum of five (5) years relevant experience in supporting large and complex partnerships and programs focused on working with Government, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), curriculum development, gender equality approaches and strategies particularly for health workers and communities.
- You have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Administration, Public Health, Social Sciences, Health Sciences. International Development, Non- Profit Management, or a closely related field. Or you have the relevant experience to match similar education and skills.
Additional Information
Application deadline is January 31, 2025. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from Amref Health Africa will arrive from an @amref.org address.
Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.
