Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, December 02, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Grassroot Soccer (GRS) is a rapidly growing local adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize youth in Zambia to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities. Since 2005, GRS programs have reached over 25000 young people annually with life-saving HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive-health information and services in Zambia. Grassroot Soccer is looking to continue scaling its impact via over the next five years.

Grassroot Soccer Zambia in partnership with Right to Care Zambia (Prime) has been awarded a five (5) year project funded by the USAID through the PEPFAR mechanism. The Maintained Epidemic Control of HIV (MECH) Project aims to reduce HIV mortality, morbidity and transmission by achieving the UNAIDS and PEPFAR goal of 95/95/95 HIV treatment coverage by providing comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment maintenance services in Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces of Zambia. Grassroot Soccer Zambia seeks to fill the following position for its Northern Province Project sites: -
Project Manager – MECH
Reports to: Country Director
Location: Kasama

Job Purpose
The focus of the role is the overall responsibility for the design and delivery of the Project in the target districts. It involves managing a team of staff who oversee programs activities at various project sites in Northern Province. The role includes liaising with the M&E, Administration, Operations, Communication, Partnerships, Grant and Compliance to ensure efficient delivery of program activities, accuracy and timely reporting in partnership with the MECH lead organization.

Primary Responsibility
• Collaborate with site coordinators to ensure all program activities are operating smoothly.
• Provide guidance in decision making concerning daily planning and realisation of activities in accordance with approved program schedules and budgets.
• Manage programmatic learning processes to ensure ongoing evaluation of program delivery
• Identification of promising practices and integration of those practices into future programming.
• Management of project staff to ensure that programs are delivered as planned and staff are held accountable to measurable objectives and targets.
• Timely submission of project reports

Technical skills
Required:
Programme Management
• Demonstrated experience in leading strategic and operational planning in an international setting
• Extensive conceptual skills including development of project strategy
• Advanced writing skills in English
• Demonstrated experience in budget development and programme design (including concept preparation and proposal development), implementation and evaluation
People/Relationship Management
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills
• Ability and interest to coach and develop staff
• Experience with performance management
• Experience with the management of a diverse workforce
• Strong representation and negotiation skills
Financial Management
Knowledge and experience with financial management as demonstrated by:
• Ability to manage a complex budget
• Donor compliance and reporting
External Relationships/Fundraising
• Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with donors/Primes and Government counterparts.

Qualifications and Experience
Required:
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field, and equivalent work experience;
• A Project Management qualification will be advantageous;
• Seven or more years of relevant USAID work experience in a management position relevant to NGO operations or relief/Development field.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified applicants should forward application letters and CVs only to grszinfo@grassrootsoccer.org, not later than 10th December 2021.
Please State for position of interest in the subject line.
NOTE: Prospective candidates’ own accommodation in the district of interest will be an added advantage

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