Earn over 11,000 US Dollars annually as Project Support Officer at Malaria Consortium
Job Title: Project Support Officer
Organization: Malaria Consortium
Project Name: USAID/PMI Malaria Action Program for Districts (MAPD) Project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Logistics Manager
Salary: USD 11,704 gross per annum
About Malaria Consortium:
Malaria Consortium is the world’s leading not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. Malaria Consortium works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
About USAID MAPD Project:
The Malaria Action Program for Districts (MAPD) project is a 5-year USAID/PMI funded project. The project aims to prevent and control Malaria illnesses and deaths in order to minimise the social economic effects of the disease among the overall population of Uganda especially in children under 5 years of age. The project will be implemented starting in August 2016, and will cover 43 districts with a total population of more than 13 million. The Malaria Action Program for Districts project offers a partnership uniquely positioned to deliver this implementation rollout. Partners include Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO), Banyan Global, Deloitte &Touché Uganda, Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) and Communication for Development Foundation-Uganda (CDFU).
Job Summary: The Project Support Officer will be responsible for providing comprehensive project management support services of project activities in terms of Procurement and Fleet management to all the 5 regional offices and MAPD Head office. The PSO plays an active role as a member of the project team and provides project operational support in the procurement of Materials necessary for efficient Implementation of the programs and monitor the use of vehicle fleet.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensure administrative and logistic support to project and office staff 30%
- Tasked with the coordination with different vendors
- Scheduling and hiring transport.
Arrangement of the procurement and vehicles management: 30%
- Facilitate procurement of project supplies and ensure timely receipt of goods as per requirement of the field offices and ensure adequate supplies of stationery and project materials to the administrators
- Coordinate procurement and supply of quality project items as requested by the technical teams.
Maintaining documents: 20%
- Maintain the project related files at the Head office as per project filing system and support regional administrators in filling procurement and fleet related files.
- Keep up to date prequalification list of vendors and carry out price surveys in conjunction with Finance team.
- Offer timely support in maintaining and circulation of project procurement documents.
- Keep track & ensure safeguard of all fleet.
Provide communication support to the relevant staff on time: 20%
- Provide routine procurement updates to all staff on status of procurement.
- Maintain good and effective procurement and Fleet communication and relationships with field office staff.
- Tasked with maintaining effective communication with all field offices to ensure timely supports for project activities.
- Send detailed reports on Procurements by way of procurement tracker and compile fleet reports for all MAPD Fleet and submit to Logistics Manager.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Malaria Consortium USAID MAPD Project Support Officer job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in management, administration, development studies, or social sciences.
- One year of experience in the field of project management or field work or similar role.
- Excellent analytical skills
- Good at Excel and other software skills
- Excellent managerial and organizational skills and abilities
- Ability to effectively manage time and resolve crises.
- Skilled in use of computer software especially Microsoft office packages and email
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Keen attention to detail
Core Competencies:
Delivering Results: Takes on pieces of work when required and demonstrates excellent project management skills
- Shows a flexible approach to taking on additional work / responsibilities when needed to achieve results
- Demonstrates excellent project management skills to agreed timescales (timelines, targets, donor requirements)
- Makes clear and timely decisions within remit of own role Analysis and use of information
Uses evidence to support work:
- Identifies and uses various sources of evidence and feedback to support outputs
- Uses evidence to evaluate policies, projects and programmes
- Identifies links between events and information identifying trends, issues and risks
- Ensures systems are in place to address organisation needs
Interpersonal and Communications: Listens and clearly presents information
- Actively listens and pays attention
- Presents information and facts in a logical way
- Shares information willingly and on a timely basis
- Communicates honestly, respectfully and sensitively
Collaboration and Partnering: Collaborates effectively across teams
- Proactive in providing and seeking support from expert colleagues
- Raises difficult issues with teams/ partners and stakeholders with a view to positive resolution
- Proactive in building a rapport with a diverse range of people
Leading and motivating people: Open to learning and responds positively to feedback
- Willingness to manage own development and performance
- Builds capacity of colleagues by sharing knowledge (induction) and acting as induction ‘buddy’ when asked
- Open to learning new things
- Responds positively to feedback from others.
- Identifies mistakes and takes positive steps to improve
Flexibility/ Adaptability: Remains professional under external pressure
- Able to adapt to changing situations effortlessly
- Remains constructive and positive under stress and able to tolerate difficult situations and environments
- Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well under pressure
- Learns from own successes / mistakes
Living the Values: Demonstrates Malaria Consortium values
- Demonstrates integrity, honesty and fairness in dealing with colleagues and stakeholders
- Maintains ethical and professional behaviour in line with Malaria Consortium’s values
- Treats all people with respect
Strategic planning and thinking and sector awareness: Is aware of others’ activities and vice versa in planning activities
- Takes account of team members and others workload when planning.
- Maintains awareness of impact on other parts of the organisation, keeping abreast of other’s activities, objectives, commitments and needs
- Has a good understanding of the sector in which Malaria Consortium works
How to Apply:
All interested applicants are encouraged to apply online at the web link below.
Deadline: 9th June 2017