Senior Project Officer - PPM

General Position Summary

Senior Project Officer (SPO)-PPM will be responsible to work closely with his/her assigned Sub-Recipients, will ensure timely collection and consolidation of their monthly workplans and progress reports. SPO PPM will be responsible for high quality review SR’s field monitoring reports S/he will assist PPM Coordinator in developing action plans of the SRs and following up with them for their implementation. S/he will support the PPM Coordinator to strengthen the capacity of the program team and of SRs to implement PPM as per the operational and technical guidelines. S/he will work closely with assigned SRs to identify challenges in implementation through monthly progress review meetings with SRs, and address them in coordination with PPM Coordinator. S/he will provide any operational and logistics support to SRs, as and when required. SPO will also conduct periodic field visits to understand the key implementation challenges and support PPM Coordinator in devising/updating strategies accordingly.

  Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure close coordination with assigned SRs in all program related matters
• Ensure timely collection, review and consolidation of monthly work plans. During the review make sure that all important activities are incorporated.
• Support PPM Coordinator in-person/online regarding capacity building sessions for SRs including their field teams on PPM operational and technical guidelines. Ensure that these sessions are well designed and provide clear understanding of the guidelines to the SRs.
• Conduct monthly on-line progress review meetings with assigned SRs to review monthly progress with special focus on PPM, identify challenges and decide way forward to address the challenges timely. Conduct these meetings with the support of data management team for a deep dive review of all indicators.
• Conduct at least 3 visits per quarter to the districts of assigned SRs. As part of field visit preparation, conduct desk review of the available data as well as of field visit reports, identify districts and health facilities accordingly. Ensure in-depth analysis of each PPM related indicator during the visit, pay special focus on the quality of implementation. Identity key achievements and challenges and share findings and key recommendations with field teams during a de-brief at the end of field visit. Ensure to submit field visit report within 7 days of the visit to PPM Coordinator, followed by sharing the final report with respective SRs.
• Support in developing technical documents, guidelines and presentations for PPM related internal and/or external meetings.
• Coordination and follow-up with assigned SRs on emerging matters related to PPM specially onboarding of new GPs and their trainings 
• Develop R&R tools demands of the project and dissemination plan for assigned SRs 
• Work closely with assigned SRs to implement the strategy to improve the bac positivity in their respective districts  
• Conduct regular analysis of bac positivity in coordination with data management team and share with assigned SRs.
• Participate in SRs district level quarterly review meetings randomly
• Quarterly Review, analysis and consolidation with assigned SRs of NTP brief for timely submission to PPM Coordinator for review and further submission to NTP  
• Participation in important meetings like budgeting and new program initiatives etc. 
• Facilitate management of PR-SR meetings and other high-level meetings and events in close coordination with PPM Coordinator and Senior Program Manager.

Supervisory Responsibility:

None 

Accountability  

Reports Directly To: PPM Coordinator 

Works Directly With: Data Management team, MEL team, PR Unit   

 Knowledge and Experience  

 Master’s degree in Project Management, Economics, Development Studies, Public Administration, Sociology, or related area  with a minimum of five years’ experience of working in the development sector. Experience working with an INGO is a must. Previous experience of working in Global Fund grants desirable. Excellent data analysis, writing and coordination skills required. Working with statistical tools will be an added advantage. Proficiency in written and spoken English. Experience in donor reporting is required. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. The organization reserves the right to accept or reject any or all CVs without assigning any reason.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and females are strongly encouraged to apply.