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Job Title:   Project Officer – Health

Organisation: Cordaid

Duty Station:  Arua, Uganda

About US:

Cordaid is a Dutch international NGO, that believes in a world without poverty and exclusion. We strive for just and sustainable societies where every person counts. We stand for knowledge and talent sharing between North and South, between farmers and businesses, between activists and policymakers. Where poverty, conflict and exclusion divide societies, we connect people and communities. We stand for professionalism, expertise, and solidarity across borders. We aim at maximizing our social impact and contributing to systemic change. We operate where natural disasters strike, where conflicts tear up communities and where lack of opportunities and service delivery keep families in extreme poverty. Cordaid has been active in Uganda for over 25 years; and our programmes currently focus on three thematic areas: resilience, investments and humanitarian aid.

Job Summary:   The Project Officer – Health will be responsible for project results within the HEYO project

Cordaid in partnership with the SRHR alliance in Uganda will jointly implement the Healthy and Empowered Youth Outcomes (HEYO) project in Terego and Yumbe districts for 2.5 years. The project is aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy and early marriage, and  a project officer based in Arua is therefore required to lead field based implementation of this project.

The health project officer will directly contribute to implementation the HEYO project and can support other ongoing health and gender interventions based on need.  S/he will conduct all the day to day YCR project planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and reporting. Under the overall direction of the Systems Strengthening Manager, and in accordance with Cordaid policies, procedures and practices, the health  programme officer  will ensure that the YCR project is running efficiently and effectively.  S/he will closely work with program and operations colleagues to ensure efficient and effective project implementation monitoring and reporting while maintaining strong internal controls.  The PO is responsible for a smooth project operation in line with the project managers guidance, and with Cordaid’s policies and procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Intervention project progress

• Working closely with other Cordaid’s systems strengthening manager, provide hands on technical support to HEYO implementation and other health projects as and when need arises.
• Ensure the preparation of progress and financial activity reports and contribute to annual plans and budgets
• Participate in internal and external audits.
• In close collaboration with Systems Strengthening Manager and sector experts, contribute to the diversification and growth of Cordaid’s health and gender portfolio within Uganda with a focus on quality and impact.
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor the progress of programmes and projects on the ground and ensure effective oversight of and support of local partners taking corrective action with minimal delay.
• Maintain effective coordination with other Project leaders/coordination to enable the development of an integrated and innovative portfolio.
• Maintain effective coordination with the Regional PMEL manager to ensure timely and correct measurement of results, outcomes and impacts and to facilitate learning towards continuous improvements in the design and delivery of programmes and projects.
• Identify and mitigate operational risks for HEYO project with guidance from Systems Strengthening Manager

Timeliness and quality of reports   

• Documents activity and monthly reports and ensures compliance with donor reporting standards.
• Lead HEYO activity and project reporting and documentation of best practice and lessons
• Change story documentations and sharing, generate and document partner feedback
• Contribute ideas on innovative project development.
• Participate in programs and projects development.
• Creates possibilities to acquire funds of institutional donors. Proposals.
• Signals and analyses developments at donor level.
• Writes (parts of) project proposals on the instruction of the program managers and IFDR.

Planning, monitoring and evaluation 

• Assesses which information is relevant for planning, monitoring and evaluation purposes.
• Fills in the required PME format and assesses what extra PME information beside the standard formats is of importance.
• Analyses and draws conclusions from PME information and makes these accessible to stakeholders;
• Develop clear quarterly work plans and budgets for validation by the Project Manager;
• Check budget vs expenses for tasks assigned to him/her; inform the Project Manager immediately on cases of fraud and/or corruption or over – / under spending more than the norm, affecting the program results;
• Deliver timely and good quality input to project reports as requested by the Project Manager;
• Keep good relations with team members.
• Assist the Communications department with information on project and campaign issues and visits of volunteers, press and benefactors etc;
• Assist in developing proposals at the request of the Project
• Actively promote and brand Cordaid initiatives wherever appropriate and possible;

Result communication & open data      

• Assesses which results are relevant for communication and fundraising purposes, collects these and formulates texts in accordance with quality standards of the Communications department and SIF.
• Collects and filters necessary information for open data sources.
• Delivers good qualitative information to the Communications department and SIF in time.

Monitoring of partners                            

• Develop and maintain close relationships with partners and
• Ensure that Cordaid programmes and partnerships are actively represented in coordination structures. Share progress and update on programme activities within the cluster system and relevant donors.
• Contribute to the development of project related documents such as success stories and publications.
• Facilitate documentation of stories and media materials with human interest related to Cordaid and partners’ programmes and projects and liaise with concerned units for broader coverage (digital and printed, media).
• Maintains contacts with partners and field offices focused on the effective and efficient implementation of programs.
• Makes agreements with partners regarding the achievement of substantive results, increasing their expertise, organizational sustainability and accountability in accordance with the guidelines of donors.

Partner Assessment                                  

• Assesses the capacity of (new) partners (CBOs)with regard to accountability and compliance with reporting requirements of If necessary formulates capacity building proposals and acquires funding for these proposals. Initiates these activities in cooperation with partners.

Integrity

• Adheres to the code of conduct and Integrity Policies, reports concerns and follows regular integrity trainings. This is a high-risk position, with unsupervised contact with communities.

Other      

• Perform other duties as relevant for the project as per the Project Manager’s request
• Manage local project related security matters as they pertain to individual safety and security and offer advise on updating the security plans.
• Any other duties assigned by the manager.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Social Science, Public Health and other relevant fields. A master’s degree is not mandatory but can be an added advantage
• Two to three years of proven experience in SRHR related project development, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Willing to work and be based in Arua, West Nile.
• Demonstrable experience of driving advocacy, communications, and fundraising approaches.
• Proven experience of representing an organisation externally to key stakeholders, maintaining government and partner relations.
• Ability to live and work under pressure in a rapidly changing and sometimes insecure environment
• Team player with excellent communication and strong participatory leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal, coordination and negotiation skills, and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Strong commitment to integrity, professionalism, creativity and innovation, learning, accountability, planning and organization, results orientation, teamwork and technological solutions.

How to Apply:

All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 31^st October 2023

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