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Project Coordinator (Quality Improvement)

Date Posted: Oct 27, 2022
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    Sar-e Pol
  • Type:
    Contract
  • Shift:
    First Shift (Morning)
  • Career Level:
    Experienced Professional
  • Positions:
    1
  • Vacancy number:
    2200085E
  • Experience:
    2 Year
  • Gender:
    Female
  • Salary:
    As per Company salary scale
  • Degree:
    MD Degree
  • Apply Before:
    Nov 01, 2022

About Save the Children

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•             No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•             All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•             Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Project Coordinator is responsible for the high-quality management of an integrated health, nutrition, food security and MHPSS project. S/he will be responsible for the quality and effective implementation of the project interventions by means of weekly and monthly budget and indicator tracking; collation of incoming data from field activities; coordination with provincial government stakeholders and existing coordination mechanises; regulating and monitoring the progress of the field staff; writing and editing project reports (monthly, quarterly, and final); and preparing routine email correspondence for this project. In addition, the post holder will support the capacity building of project staff at provincial level. A proven leader of a unit, s/he will also ensure that all unit staff have objectives, performance feedback and weekly / monthly work plans to follow.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Implementation and Support

  • Support the project field staff in the preparation, review, and periodic revision of their detailed implementation plans (DIPs) and management.
  • Monitor the implementation progress of the project by means of provincial field visits (security permitting) and periodic meetings with local stakeholders.
  • Work with the provincial based project team for the implementation of monthly targets; weekly work plans; database management; regular reviews of target indicators; and the processing of status updates from field staff.
  • Carry out weekly and monthly budget tracking, monitoring DIP and MEAL plan identify potential variances of expenses vs. the budget allocation, and work on appropriate adjustments.
  • Prepare and monitor the detailed procurement plan, so that project material is purchased on time and within budget.
  • Work closely with the FO Health and Nutrition Programme Manager to implement the project objectives within the budget.
  • Ensure all training and related materials are prepared and that the staff orientated on time in province. 
  • Set weekly and monthly targets for the team.
  • Participate in meetings with key stakeholders’ meetings.
  • Carry out field-based needs assessments and gap analyses where appropriate.
  • Ensure project management approaches following SCI standards and ethical principles (including the humanitarian principles).
  • Collaborate with the Health and Nutrition Technical Adviser to ensure that quality benchmark trainings are held, understood and achieved.

Reporting and Documentation

  • Support the Preparation and editing of project reports.
  • Collate incoming data from field activities to feed into required reporting.
  • Ensure that field-level workplans are reported against every two weeks.

Coordination and Representation

  • Meet regularly with the field staff for maximum coordination, information sharing, and problem solving.
  • Liaise with the MEAL Department for outcome-level analyses (quantitative and qualitative) of the project’s progress, beneficiary impact, and challenges from the field.
  • Ensure that the views of community staff are factored into programme implementation throughout the life cycle, and to bring improvements both in terms of efficiency and quality.

Monitoring:     

  • Monitoring the project interventions on regular basis and find out the gaps, sharing the gaps with the staff and make a proper action plan.
  • Ensure that project is on track in sense of indicators and immediate outcomes.
  • Share the findings in the forms of monitoring reports.
  • Support the Clinical Standard Scorecard process, ensure Medical Incidents are reported through DATIX

Child Safeguarding

  • Support the project staff so that they comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures regarding child protection and child safeguarding, for the maximum protection of children.
  • Ensure materials related to Child Safeguarding and reporting in all sites in a way that is accessible to people irrespective of age and literacy.
  • Report Child Safeguarding and/or PSEA cases when encountered.
 

Job Requirements

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

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.

Ambition:

  • sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
  • widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
  • future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

  • builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
  • values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
  • approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

  • develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
  • willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

  • honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
 

Submission Guideline:

Submission Guideline:

 

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.

https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2200085E&tz=GMT%2B04%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FKabul 

Applicants can login to the online application system by copying and pasting the following link intro their web browser. Returning users will need to enter their username and password, first time users will need to create a user account.

It is recommended that you save your username and password for future job applications through the online system.

Save the Children International provides an equal employment opportunity and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse

“Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed.”

Save the Children International provides an equal employment opportunity and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse

“Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed.”

Submission Email:

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