Job Title: Projects' Coordinator
Background: Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF) is a
non-governmental organization whose main mandate is to conduct mental health
and substance use research to inform policy, practice, and the provision of
innovative, appropriate, affordable, available and accessible mental health and
substance use services to all.
Number of Posts: 1
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be
responsible for:
- Developing project implementation plans.
- Ensuring that key milestones and objectives of
the Foundation’s projects are met.
- Developing and managing project schedules to
ensure that all project activities take place within set deadlines.
- Using relevant tools to track and monitor the
progress of all the Foundation’s projects.
- Resource Planning.
- Ensuring that all relevant documentation related
to all projects is available, up to date and secure.
- Organizing community mobilization for
different projects as needed.
- Ensuring that the project teams have an
in-depth understanding of each project and their respective roles and
responsibilities.
- Overall supervision of project field staff.
- Organizing field activities for all the
Foundation’s projects including any relevant travel and accommodation
required.
- Preparing and reviewing budgets and
expenditure related to all project activities.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with
stakeholders relevant to projects.
- Ensuring quality of work delivered by
suppliers and staff related to all projects to senior staff and Co-PIs as
requested.
- Communicating the status of all projects to
senior staff at the Foundation and to relevant stakeholders and
development partners effectively and in a timely manner.
- Risk Analysis (identification, monitoring and
mitigation/resolution)
- Managing any conflicts that may arise in the
course of project implementation.
- Care and maintenance of the Foundation’s
equipment and property used in the field.
Basic Qualifications
- A Masters Degree in Project Management or its
equivalent;
- At least five years of experience in project
coordination and management in a private or non-profit making
organization;
- Any additional training related to project
management would be an added advantage.
Additional Competencies
- Excellent leadership skills;
- Excellent organizational skills;
- Team spirit;
- Ability to work under pressure;
- Ability to adhere to strict timelines;
- Ability to multitask;
- A keen eye for detail.
Additional Instructions: We invite all candidates meeting the required
qualifications to send applications including a detailed CV as an attachment to
info@amhf.or.ke.
Applications should be received by
30th January, 2015.
Kindly do not attach your
testimonials/certificates.
For any additional clarification
before the deadline, call: +254750775142.
NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
