International NGO Major Projects Manager Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Major Projects Manager
 

Location: Nairobi
 

Industry: NGO
 

Our client, an international NGO in quality reproductive health care and family planning wishes to recruit a Major Projects Manager to assist with the administration and day to day coordination of the project team. 

They will be a resource to the regional coordinators and other project staff, assisting in the smooth running of the project and achievement of its targets. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead on all aspects of project implementation, in partnership with internal and external stakeholders 


• Ensure all costs are correctly coded and work with others to address under and overspends


• Together with the Donor Compliance Advisor, lead participatory budget forecasting sessions to


• Monitor and proactively ensure adherence to workplans, budgets and targets


• Engage at the central and county level to facilitate successful implementation of project activities


• Support donor visits as required


• Actively coordinate and participate in consortium meetings, during ASRH TWG meetings, internal TWGs meetings


• Actively coordinate with partners of the consortium working with CIFF funds


• Support relevant communication with consortium partners, the donor (CIFF) and others as required


• Support engagement with national and county governments


• Work closely with other ASRH partners to ensure better synergy and maximise on impact


• Foster a culture of evidence-based decision-making, by developing reports and tools that support frontline staff in their day-to-day decisions, and by working with senior managers to integrate MIS data into management processes.


• MIS implementation support: Support all aspects of the implementation of new management information systems.


• Develop and compile reports and make presentations on major project activities across the organization’s service delivery channels progress on a regular basis to the organization’s management team including relevant external reporting


• Support the dissemination of ASRH focused routine program monitoring and results on various operational research across the organization’s service delivery channels and regions both internally and externally


• Work with external evaluation team

Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelor in relevant subject, Masters preferred


• Demonstrated experience working in leading major, donor funded health projects in Kenya


• Financially literate with experience managing multi million USD budgets


• Experience managing participatory budget forecasting forecast exercises 


• Able to solve problems and respond to crises with grace and creativity


• Able to manage a heavy and fluctuating workload


• Proven experience developing reports for donors and external audiences


• Experience in managing teams


• Strong I.T skills


• Proven experience in community promotion

To apply, send your CV and cover letter only to recruit@flexi-personnel.com before 10th December, 2015. 

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