Role:
Projects Officer
Reports
To:
Regional Manager – Coast Region
Liaises
With:
All Marie Stopes Kenya Coast Region Departments
Salary: 55,000 to 70,000 Gross
Pay
Purpose of the role
Purpose of the role
The
Project Officer will oversee project implementation activities within two MSK,
Kilifi based, and projects and ensure that the overall project objectives are
met and set targets realized.
He/she
will be responsible for overall grants monitoring and compliance, ensure
regular reporting to MSK and donors is carried out in a timely and qualitative
fashion; work with a team of three staff responsible for community led
initiatives and service delivery through social franchising, and ensuring
adherence to internal and donors’ procedures and guidelines.
Essential
Duties
- Lead the
development and implementation of quarterly work plans and spend plans to
ensure smooth operation of all project activities.
- Lead the
preparation of all donor reports, including interim and annual, consistent
with donor regulations and protocols.
- Lead the
preparation and management of project budgets.
- Coordinate
project implementation, including capacity building initiatives, service
delivery, partnership management, demand generation, monitoring and
evaluation and private sector engagement.
- Prepare and
coordinate procurement requests for goods and services for the projects.
- Develop
relationships with all critical stakeholders; share relevant information
as required, build synergies between activities, partners and different
components of the project.
- Coordinate
information sharing across MSK departments and service delivery channels,
including outreach, clinics and social franchising.
- Oversee community
mobilization and community led initiatives for the projects and work with
the staff members who oversee engagement with community health workers and
youth peer educators.
- Assist in all
research and monitoring and evaluation activities for the project,
including a baseline survey, operational research, best practices, data
collection and coordination and on-going monitoring of project
performance.
Key
Knowledge, Experience and Competencies
- Two years NGO
experience; experience in SRH would be an added advantage
- Bachelor’s
degree in community development, sociology or health
- Project
management or project coordination experience
- Excellent time
management and task prioritization skills
- Proven track
record of working with communities and understanding the GoK
community strategy
- Extensive
knowledge of ministry of health core functions and systems
- Ability to work
individually and within a team environment
- Computer
software literate
- Strong report
writing skills
- Excellent
written and spoken English and Kiswahili
- Experience
working at the Coast is a must, familiarity with Kilifi County an asset
- Excellent
interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and
negotiating skills.
Applications
quoting the position title, cover letter and detailed CVs with contact details
of 3 referees including their email addresses (2 of which should be immediate
or former supervisors) should be submitted to:
People
and Development Dept
Marie
Stopes Kenya
pd@mariestopes.or.ke
On or before 5th July 2013
pd@mariestopes.or.ke
On or before 5th July 2013
NB: Please clearly
indicate on the subject as ‘PROJECT OFFICER – KILIFI’
Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity Employer
Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity Employer