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Organization: Sightsavers
Location: Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan
Grade:
Occupational Groups:
Program/Project Management
Closing Date: 2025-02-16
Location: Cote d’Ivoire
Contract: 12-month fixed term contract
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions Apply
Responsibilities
- Work with partners to develop annual plans based on developed programs.
- Represent the Country Director in their absence, ensuring responsible decision-making and upholding Sightsavers’ standards of excellence.
- Ensure effective and smooth implementation of projects within budget, supporting partners in managing all aspects of project planning, implementation, financial management, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Support partners to ensure learnings from project implementation.
- Contribute to the documentation of good practices and innovative strategies that have enabled performance improvement.
- Support the dissemination and sharing of experiences obtained during the implementation of NTD activities.
- Assist in the preparation of financial forecasts and Activity Based Budgets for the NTD projects and monitor expenditure against these, together with partners.
- Work with the Finance and Support Services Manager and project partners to ensure proper partner accountability for Donors and Sightsavers funds.
- Be proactive in providing relevant and good quality information needed for fundraising, communication, and advocacy purposes.
- Support the NTDs Team and CD to identify and maintain effective partnerships within the country to help sustain project achievements.
- Support the NTDs team and the Finance & Support Services Officer and Manager to develop and implement a coherent plan of partner capacity building in relation to the projects in their portfolio.
- Ensure submission of timely programme reports as per agreed format and timelines.
- Manage monitoring and evaluation systems and structures associated with Partner supported activities aligning as fully as possible with MoH systems.
- Work with the Ministry of Health and partners on how to interpret and use data/findings to guide decision making.
- Act as the first point of contact for any safeguarding concerns and escalate them to the safeguarding mailbox immediately.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
Jobholder Requirements
Essential:
- Substantial experience in programme and project management, preferably in an NGO environment.
- Strong skills in writing activity reports.
- Good qualifications in monitoring and evaluation of projects/programmes.
- Experience working in NTDs at the national and regional level (Onchocerciasis, Lymphatic Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminths, and Trachoma).
- Good communication skills (both written and spoken).
- Proficiency in computer usage, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to understand and work with budgets and financial provisions.
- Fluency in English (both written and spoken).
Desirable:
- Experience collaborating with partners and stakeholders to achieve project goals.
- Proven track record of providing technical support and guidance to project teams and partners.
- Experience in developing new initiatives and contributing to project growth.
- Strong financial management skills, including preparing financial forecasts and monitoring expenditure.
- Experience in managing partnerships and building the capacity of partners.
- Skilled in managing monitoring and evaluation systems and structures.
- Ability to interpret and use data/findings to guide decision-making.
- Experience in safeguarding, including providing support and advice on safeguarding concerns.
- Knowledge of additional languages relevant to the region.
- Experience in developing high-quality case studies for reporting and fundraising.
How to apply
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application in English using the link provided below:
https://careers.sightsavers.org/jobs/1470?lang=en-us
Closing date: 16 February 2025
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