Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) Vacancy for a Project Coordinator (M/F)
The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent
medical aid organization based in Dakar, Senegal. ALIMA has three
principal areas of expertise: providing medical care in humanitarian
crises, supporting the development of national medical organizations,
and conducting
operational research to bring medical innovation to the
field.
Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated over 1,500,000 patients in
34 medical projects in some of the most challenging humanitarian
contexts in the world. ALIMA’s team has grown from seven co-founders to
1,500 staff, its budget from 250,000 euros to 24 million in 2015, its
network of medical partners from two to five, and its research
activities from pilot phases to conducting the first large-scale
clinical trial of anti-Ebola treatment in Guinea.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Project Coordinator (M/F)
Location: Monguno, Borno
Mission and Main Activities
- The Project Coordinator is responsible for ALIMA operational
response in the Project. In close collaboration with the mission
coordination team, define and plan the Project objectives and
priorities, identifying population’s health and humanitarian needs,
analysing the context and the humanitarian issues at stake, the risks
and constraints and calculating human and financial needs.
- Coordinate, in close collaboration with the Head of Mission, its
implementation in order to efficiently ensure the goals as well as to
improve targeted population’s health conditions and humanitarian
situation.
- Supervise the political and humanitarian situation in the
project’s area in order to ensure that ALIMA's charter, policies and
image are respected with regards to national employees, populations,
authorities and partners
- Together with the project team, evaluate needs by identifying
the population’s health status, by analysing the context (environment,
actors involved, negotiations for access etc.) and associated risks and
constraints in order to define priorities and projects goals and to
calculate material, human and financial resources needed
- Together with the project team and the Head of Mission monitor
the security situation in the area of intervention, propose security
guidelines and guarantee their implementation in order to ensure the
security if the project team.
- Propose and carry out exploratory missions, according to Head of
Mission’s indications, in order to better comprehend context,
priorities, constraints and population needs
- Ensure a data collection and epidemiological surveillance
system, in agreement with the Medical Coordinator, in order to define
medical and technical programs and preventive protocols for the targeted
population
- Inform the field team on the instructions given by the mission
coordination promoting fluent, smooth written and oral communication and
information flow and ensuring confidentiality and full compliance with
security rules and medical ethics
- Supervise full implementation of safety and health protocols,
reporting the Medical Coordination on risky behaviours, in order to
ensure safe working conditions for the project staff
- Be responsible of the proper application of HR policies and
associated processes (recruitment, training, briefing/debriefing,
evaluation, potential, detection, staff’s development and internal
communication) in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of
knowledge required for the activities he/she is accountable for
- In coordination with the Administration Manager and Activity
Managers, identify training needs, provide individual follow up and
coaching, carry out end of mission evaluation of the team members and
lead internal communication initiatives in order to facilitate people’s
integration and professional development and to maximize their
capabilities and commitment to ALIMA values and project’s goals.
- Supervise the project material resources put at ALIMA’s disposition in order to ensure a correct use and its longevity.
- Supervise all orders (medical and logistical) and the Project’s
purchases as well as the financial indicators, with the support of the
coordination, in order ensure efficiency and early detect deviations
and its causes.
- Steer and supervise the implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of the project in collaboration with the project team and
according to the internal and donor indicators in order to evaluate the
level of achievement of the project objectives.
- Provide reporting to the coordination team on project’s evolution and propose corrections if needed
- Elaborate the Project’s institutional memory, keeping written
records (and file them) on its development, in order to broadcast ALIMA
achievements and improve awareness
- In coordination with the Administration Manager and Activity
Managers, plan and organise the organizational charts, plan and
distribute tasks and workload among the teams, guiding their
understanding of the issues linked to the Project and the Mission
through regular working meetings and feedback, in order to ensure an
efficient deployment of the resources and the achievement of the
expected goals
Experience and Skills
- University Degree or Paramedical Diploma/Degree desirable.
- Experiences with international medical NGOs & experience in project management desirable.
- Experience in security management desirable.
- English Speaking, reading and writing, mandatory. French is an asset.
- Essential computer literacy (word, excel & internet).
- Negotiation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Previous experience in humanitarian aid
Conditions
- Contract term: contract under French law; contract length: 6 months, renewable.
- Salary: depending on experience + per diem
ALIMA pays for:
- Travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location
- Accommodation costs
- Medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month
after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee
- Evacuation of the employee
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's and Covering letter to:
[email protected] with the reference "Nigeria - Project Coordinator Monguno" in the subject line.
Click here to download the Position Description (PDF)
Application Deadline: 30th March, 2017.