Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 05, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Project Coordinator
REF NO: PC/ARPA/07/2022

Key Roles & Responsibilities.
• Coordinate and support the technical aspects in implementation of ARPA project activities in Mombasa County, ensure strong linkages with respective County Department of Health and other key stakeholders.
• Provide timely inputs to ARPA USAID Tujitegemee project planning, monitoring, reporting, and budgeting processes.
• Support project staff and partners in developing project work plans and technical guidance and procedure documents as necessary.
• Monitor populations reached from vaccine demand creation activities, provide guidance in increasing vaccine reach to wider populations.
• Assess project implementation progress and map accelerated activities.
• Lead in the identification, adaptation, and implementation of the various social behavior change and communication strategies towards COVID 19 vaccination uptake
• Support regular meetings and the development of products to increase COVID-19 demand creation.
• Support the roll out and dissemination of updated guidance, standard operating procedures, and other IEC materials to facilitate COVID 19 awareness and vaccine uptake.
• Strengthen relationship and coordination with county departments of health.
• Ensure a culture of accountability and learning through regular monitoring to project sites, providing oversight of studies and assessments and proper documentation of tools and to contribute to learning. Contribute to better the existing platform for monitoring, information management, and reporting systems that provide information for reporting and project improvement.

Academic/Professional Qualification.
• Bachelors’ degree in relevant health-related discipline or Social Sciences.
• At least 5 years of direct experience providing technical assistance on routine immunization at the national or sub-national level in Kenya.
• Proven experience in management of donor funds and implementation of activities.
• Proven experience in managing multiple stakeholders to advance vaccine related policy, programming, and decision-making
• Experience working with USG rules and regulations is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Autonomy, sense of initiative and anticipation, good ability to solve problems.
• Ability to self-manage and prioritize issues.
• Have a global knowledge of donor rules and particularly the knowledge and operation of USAID.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government representatives, for-profit private sector entities, local community organizations, donors and other stakeholders, particularly at the sub-national level.
• Having a perfect knowledge of English and Kiswahili is an asset.
• Technical writing skills.
• Digital/IT competencies required, e.g., MS office suite, internet-based collaboration tools, social media.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Job application procedure
The successful candidate will be employed on a short-term basis with a possibility of extension subject to availability of funds, satisfactory performance and need for the service. Current Police Clearance Certificate or evidence of application will be required during interviews. Candidates who meet these requirements and are interested should submit their applications, copies of certificates, testimonials and detailed Curriculum Vitae giving details of their current remuneration, names and contact of three referees on or before 14th July 2022 to the following email: jobs@amurtafrica.org  and indicate the reference number on the subject line. Interview will be done on a rolling basis and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
“AMURT is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to child safe guarding.”

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