Overview
The Senior Project Coordinator will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of a vaccination project in Chad, aiming to improve vaccination coverage and reduce the number of unvaccinated children. The role involves ensuring quality of technical approaches, cost-effective implementation, learning, monitoring, and partnership management.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic management of all aspects of the vaccination project.
- Ensure the project team has necessary tools, guidance, and support for effective implementation and donor compliance.
- Oversee planning, design of the start-up phase, and monitoring of progress.
- Oversee the project’s financial management in partnership with the Finance Officer.
- Support the team in producing high-quality and timely financial and narrative reports.
- Ensure alignment of national implementation with project objectives and donor expectations.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks affecting project implementation.
- Build and support a strong and effective team.
- Supervise the MEAL Manager to ensure rigorous monitoring of the pilot project.
- Ensure data generated informs sector-wide learning and dissemination.
- Support MEAL, BUR, and finance teams in cost-effectiveness analysis and adaptive management.
- Supervise the Immunisation Manager to ensure rigorous project monitoring and operational implementation.
- Supervise the Finance Officer to ensure rigorous, efficient, and compliant financial management.
- Oversee strategic communication and represent the organisation at high-level forums.
- Represent the IRC at donor meetings, learning forums, and sector-specific technical platforms.
- Respond to and coordinate requests from donors, regional and global leaders.
- Contribute to the Health Unit’s learning efforts on innovative approaches to increasing vaccination coverage.
Required Experience
At least 10 years’ experience in roles of increasing responsibility within health programmes, with significant experience in immunisation programmes. Proven skills in managing multinational health projects funded by donors. Proven experience in demand-driven health interventions and community engagement programmes. Experience working in fragile and conflict-affected settings is required. Experience in the field of private philanthropic organisations will be considered an asset.
Qualifications
A Master’s degree (5 years of higher education) in public health, epidemiology or any other relevant field.
