THE NGO DOCTORS OF THE WORLD‐SWITZERLAND IS RECRUITING

THE NGO DOCTORS OF THE WORLD‐SWITZERLAND IS RECRUITING

The NGO Médecins du Monde‐Suisse is  recruiting as part of its projects 01 Project  Manager SSRRE-Phase IV

Line supervisor:  Program Coordinator
Duration of contract:  11 months renewable depending on performance and funding availability.
Location of the position:  Foumban (this is not a relocated position)

Work areas Department of Noun:  Health districts of Foumban & Malentouen
Type of Contract:  National contract, full-time for a fixed term (11 months) renewable according to funding and employee performance Contract
start date:  February 2023

INTRODUCTION

Founded in 1993, Médecins du Monde‐Suisse (MdM Suisse) is a humanitarian organization which acts in Switzerland and internationally to establish sustainable access to healthcare for excluded people.
Present in Cameroon since 2013, MdM Switzerland deploys a strategy whose main goal is to improve the living conditions of vulnerable populations. At the crossroads between humanitarian action and public health, MdM Switzerland implements programs to reduce neonatal and infant maternal mortality. Based on the recommendations issued following the exploratory mission conducted in 4 health districts of the West Health Region and in response to requests from its technical partners (DRSPO & CTD), a fourth phase of the sexual reproductive health program and of the Child (SSRE) has been implemented since 2022 in the department of Noun. To ensure and continue the implementation of this intervention, the Cameroon mission of MdM-Switzerland is looking for a Project Manager.

1. JOB DESCRIPTION:

Under the supervision of the program coordinator and with the technical support of the thematic referents, the project manager manages the project “Increasing the quality and guaranteeing access to care in maternal, neonatal, child and child health as well as reproductive health and family planning services for host communities, internally displaced persons and ethnic minorities in 02 health districts of the Noun department” which aims to improve the health and well-being of host populations, ethnic and linguistic minorities of Noun through the reduction of neonatal and infant maternal morbidity and mortality. At the same time, the project manager directly supervises the Training and Capitalization Manager and two Community Activities Managers.

More specifically, the main tasks of the project manager are:

Objective 1: Planning and coordination of project activities

• Participates in updating internal tools for planning and monitoring activities;
• Coordinates and supervises the implementation of planned activities according to the updated schedule;
• Ensures with the rest of the team the implementation of activities while ensuring their quality;
• Develops and submits its work plan, cash flow planning and project procurement plan on time;
• Schedule, organize and moderate the weekly meetings of the project team and ensure the transmission of the report;
• Participates and ensures the application of MdM Switzerland procedures during the implementation of activities (ToR, budgets, purchasing process, supporting documents) in collaboration with the Foumban support team and the coordination in Yaoundé;
• Validates the expenditure commitments as well as the actual expenditure to be executed as Budget Manager;
• Take into account the technical recommendations of the coordination in the implementation of activities;
• Supports and participates in the planning, the realization of the anthropological studies to be carried out on the project;
• Guaranteed compliance with local legislation regarding the authorizations necessary to carry out the activities;
• Ensures a continuous analysis of the environment to be proactive in the positioning of MdM Switzerland.

Objective 2: Management of the project team, collaboration with partners and representativeness

• Represents MdM-CH with the various partners (Regional Delegation of Public Health in the West, Health Districts of Malentouen, Health District of Foumban and Decentralized Territorial Communities, etc.) and all other stakeholders related to the project;
• Ensures cohesion between the intervention of MdM Switzerland and the other projects developed by other technical partners in the areas of intervention (including the DRSPO and the health districts of Foumban and Malentouen);
• Participates with other humanitarian actors and development organizations in security monitoring and in compiling information on the movements of internally displaced persons;
• Monitors and ensures compliance with the contractual commitments of the various experts
• Ensures exchanges and the sharing of information with international non-governmental organizations working on the same themes in the area where the project is located;
• Provided, with the help of its project team, technical support to the national partners involved in the implementation of the intervention according to the needs identified;
• Participates in the design and ensures the evaluation of the performance indicators of the employees who are directly subordinate to him;
• Supervises the work of collaborators who are directly subordinate to him;
• Ensures a good atmosphere and promotes good team spirit.

Objective 3: Monitoring and follow-up of the project

• Monitors the project through the follow-up of the timetable, the follow-up of the indicators, the follow-up of the budget;
• Develops the annual, semi-annual and quarterly work plans of the project by integrating the scope of activities, costs and other inputs for the implementation of activities;
• Participates in improving the quality of the activities implemented by the community agents through field visits for the supervision and support of the community activity managers of the Health Districts;
• Ensures as Budget Manager, the monitoring of the budget in close collaboration with his direct superior and with the support of the support team;
• Guaranteed and ensured efficient management of allocated funds in compliance with MdM Switzerland and donor procedures;
• Sends monthly and quarterly to his direct superior reports of the evolution of activities and informs him of the decisions to be taken or taken on the project;
• Monitors indicators, identifies constraints, proposes solutions or means of mitigation, if necessary;
• Coordinates the collective search for solutions when problems arise in the implementation;
• Guaranteed the drafting of the various documents (donor reports, sitreps, minutes of meetings) in accordance with the deadlines and ensures the follow-up of the recommendations;
• Ensures the collection, analysis and monitoring of data / indicators (baseline and target) in close collaboration with the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning manager.
• Supports the capitalization of the achievements as well as the best practices of the program and ensures their dissemination internally, but also with other state actors and associations at the regional and local level;

2. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
2.1 EDUCATION

• General medicine diploma is required;
• Additional training in public health, sexual and reproductive health and/or project management would be an added advantage.

2.2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Required

• At least three (3) years in a Project Manager position within an international organization
• Have piloted at least one (1) project on the theme of maternal and neonatal health or sexual health

Assets

• Clinical experience in gynecology and/or pediatrics
• Experience in community health in Noun;
• Work experience in the field of protection of vulnerable populations such as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and ethnic minorities

2.3 GENERAL AND SPECIFIC SKILLS

• Good analytical and report writing skills;
• Project/program management according to the Results-Based Management (GAR) approach
• Ability to establish and foster respectful collaborative working relationships within the project team, the organization and with the various partners: NGOs, State structures, Communities, etc.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and/or French
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills in multicultural contexts
• Ease in handling the tools of the Office Pack (Word, Excel, Power point, Excel etc.);
• Ability to speak one of the local languages ​​(Bamoun, Bororo, Pidgin, etc.) would be a highly appreciated asset;
• Good knowledge of the theme of the fight against violence;
• Autonomy while respecting the procedures and rules of life and security of the mission.
• Committed, you adhere to the values ​​of MdM, you respect the code of conduct, ethics and humanitarian principles of the organization. You are motivated by its associative model.

3. CONSTITUTION OF THE APPLICATION FILE

• A letter of motivation addressed to the General Coordinator of the Cameroon mission of Médecins du Monde Switzerland.
• An updated Curriculum Vitae (three pages maximum)
• A copy of university diplomas
• A certificate from the order of doctors
• Proof of various previous professional experiences (work certificates, employment contract, certificate of end of contract, etc.)
• Three reference persons, including at least one from the last position held (Name, First name, Function, E-mail address and Functional telephone);

NB  : Legalized copies of the identity document, diplomas and certificates as well as an extract from the criminal record dating from less than 3 months, will be requested from the successful candidate.

4. DATE AND PLACE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

The complete file in a single file in PDF format must be sent by email to the address:  recrutement.cameroun@medecinsdumonde.ch  with the subject: ”  Application for the post of HEAD/FE OF THE SSRE-PHASE IV PROJECT  “.

NB:

• Applications received after the indicated deadline or at an address other than that mentioned above will be declared inadmissible.
• No employee or individual at Médecins du Monde has the right to request cash payment or the exchange of favors of any kind in return for preferential treatment in the recruitment process.
• Médecins du Monde is an employer that promotes equal opportunities and implements a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• The procedure is open to all candidates who think they meet the requirements of the position.
• Médecins du Monde reserves the right not to follow up on this process or to close it before the date indicated.
• Members of targeted groups, women, ethnic minorities, visible minorities, aboriginals and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

 The deadline: February 01, 2023.

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