Project Coordinator (WASH/Nutrition/Protection) at Future Resilience and Development Foundation (FRAD)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Programme Management & Delivery

• Develop project detail work plan for the project and ensure documentation updating and tracking of implementation.
• Ensure procurements specified in the project documents are planned, requested, purchased and delivered on a timely manner
• Develop monthly plan with project team and conduct regular meetings to review progress
• Provide monthly update on project progress and flag any concerns in a timely manner
• Manage all activities, resources and assets for the projects under supervision
• Identify critical issues in the implementation of projects and take the necessary actions to address problems and constraints
• Closely work with state/LGA Offices for the smooth implementation of the project and for ensuring project sustainability
• Leads project activity and budget revisions, prepares justification for request of amendments in keeping with donor regulations and procedures, closely working with the relevant award team to ensure timely action
• Prepare periodic reports on the implementation of project activities as per the requirements of FRAD and specific project donor
• Develop communication strategies and tools to reach target communities and improve demand for immunization
• Develop project briefs, which document the project learnings and results
• Ensure that strategies for phasing out are taken care of during implementation; and project close outs are properly planned and executed starting the beginning of the project

Budget management

• Manage budgets, including making forecast and review of budget spending and variance analysis, identification of wrong charges and required actions to address/ correct them
• Ensure effective and efficient utilization of project budget and other resources for intended purpose; follow up on budget utilization and project expenditure
• Prepare/Review and submit timely donor reports, including development/review and verification of both narrative and financial reports and confirmation of accuracy and consistency between narrative and financial reports.
• Closely work with the finance and compliance team to efficiently monitor and track burn rates, reporting and financial compliance issues

Staff Management

• Develop performance objectives and development plan for all project staff under supervision
• Establish a system for, communication, follow up, ensuring regular reporting and development of project staff
• Ensure that all project staff understood their responsibilities and how their contribution feeds into the overall project objective
• Organize regular review meetings to review progress, identify issues and solve them
• Conduct performance reviews, and appraisals on a timely basis

Capacity Building

• Identify and recommend possible supports to project teams to build their capacity and to facilitate project implementation.
• Support capacity building to strengthen WASH and nutrition interventions based on  project activities 
• Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance
• In collaboration and coordination with FRAD MEAL team facilitate/conduct baseline/LQAS and end-line assessments, to have a project baseline, to assess project contribution and inform project delivery strategies
• In coordination with and support from relevant MEAL staff, design results-based monitoring and evaluation process for both projects
• Monitor and systematically document project results implementation lessons, best practices and innovations for the project under supervision; and share lessons to inform program development
• Conduct regular supportive and joint supportive supervisions to project sites with project team and respective government partners
• Facilitates visits to donors, members and others as necessary
• Conduct need and situation assessment and share with SCI CO team and relevant stake holders

Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement

• Foster collaboration with local government, community organizations, and non-health sectors to create an enabling environment for immunization.
• Represent FRAD in different regional/zonal, or ward level platforms and share key takeaways with supervisor and management team
• Organize and lead advocacy meetings with government officials to influence political commitment, immunization coordination mechanism, and resource allocation for FRAD.

Representation

• Represent FRAD and attend protection, health and nutrition coordination meetings, technical working groups provide update as necessary.
• Accountability
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Experience and technical competencies

• BSc degree in public health, nursing or related fields
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in an NGO environment of which a minimum of 3 years managing community based WASH/Nutrition projects
• Trainings on IYCF, CMAM,  Immunization in Practice (IIP), Immunization Cold chain users, IMNCI, ICMNCI and Immunization MLM trainings will be an asset
• Experience working with the Ministry of Health at national or sub-national levels
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
• Solid budgeting skills and knowledge of key donor regulations
• knowledge of local language is desired
• Commitment to FRAD values
• Program management and coordination skills
• Training, facilitation and presentation skills