Main Responsibilities

Coordinates and schedules the district team and technical assistance for the districts under his responsibility;
Coordinates the district team in the implementation of the activities;
Plans, prioritizes and implements the activities at district level with the different consortium partners (Nweti, Abt, PSI, Muleide, Nafeza, Coalition and SDSMAS) and supports their field agents technically as needed;
Within this context, he/she also reports to the different technical components managers at the provincial level (FP health systems strengthening; FP demand generation and FP quality of clinical services improvement);
Regularly travels to the implementation sites (Communities and Health Units of the districts under his responsibility) as scheduled to implement and monitor the execution of activities;
Ensures that FP activities are integrated into the health facilities plans and the SDSMAS health plan;
Support regular data collection with the project team and implementing partners;
Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual activity reports to the Provincial project coordinator and the partner SDSMAS (using the MOH tool);
Produces and Analyses data to inform partners and other stakeholders for decision making;
Supports the identification and documentation of Good Practices;
Provides technical assistance to programme teams and partner organisations;
Improves the quality of services through professional training and other opportunities and assists project officers to do so;
Performs other tasks as assigned
Performs other tasks as assigned by the Programme Manager, Provincial Coordinator and Technical Director;
Reports to the Programme Manager;
Basic Requirements

Higher Level in social sciences or health sciences;
Minimum of 5 years of experience, progressively responsible in project coordination, in particular reproductive health projects is required;
Experience in project management;
Excellent verbal / written communication skills;
Fluency in spoken and written Portuguese;
Fluency in spoken local language is an advantage;
Intermediate English is required;
Knowledge in using software packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Ability to develop teamwork and maintain working relationships with government, non-governmental agencies and other cooperation partners at the local level.

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