Company Profile

Plan International is an independent non-profit organization that advances children’s well-being and equality for girls. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crisis and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We employ more than 9,000 people in programme countries, working with over 85,000 communities. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for almost 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Job Description

Plan Ghana, an international child centred community development organisation, is looking for dynamic and results-oriented person to fill the above position.

Project Manager for the WATCH Project for the period April, 2012 to May, 2015

The position reports to the Programme Support Manager and has a working relationship with the Health Specialist and is located in the Country Office, Accra.

About the project:
The Women and Their Children's Health (WATCH) project is a three and half year multi-country project supported by the Canadian International Development Agenday (CIDA) under the Muskoka Initiative. The WATCH project is a Community Based Health Intervention to Save Mothers, Newborns and Children and it is being implemented and managed by Plan Ghana. With Plan International in Canada providing technical backstopping.

Job Purpose:
The job purpose of the project manager is to lead and provide technical expertise in the implementation and management of all activities under the WATCH project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of the Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) Strategy
• Facilitate the design, work planning and management of the WATCH Project in 6 Districts in the Eastern and Volta Regions.
• Ensure that the WATCH project delivers high quality programming that is in compliance with best practice as outlined by Plan Ghana's Country Strategic Plan and Ghana Government guidelines and policies on MNCH
• Liaise with the Ghana Health Service and other relevant stakeholders in project planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting
• Co-ordinate the activities of local NGO partners working under the project
• Develop training programmes and facilitate the training of professional Health workers, and partners in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service
• Supervise field based Project Co-ordinators to deliver all WATCH related activities
• Facilitate and organise review meetings at the regional and national levels in collaboration with Ghana Health Service on WATCH
• Ensure Gender and Child Protection is mainstreamed in all WATCH related activities
• Monitor financial, logistical and reporting aspects of the WATCH project assuring compliance with CIDA's legal and reporting requirements
• Ensure effective partnerships and networking in the delivery of the WATCH project activities
• Establish and maintain productive collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, the GHS/MOH, UNICEF, WHO, other donors, and NGOs (at the National level and field level as appropriate) to effectively assure that WATCH's activities are collaborative and complementary
• Develop and implement strategies for improved networking by partners and sharing of best practices learned in the course of implementing WATCH activities, in order to accelerate programme implementation and impact
• Contribute to policy working groups/technical committees on the development of guidelines, tools, materials for wider use in the MNCH Sector
• In collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Co-ordinator, be responsible for ensuring planning and ongoing monitoring of the programme against WATCH objectives and planned results
• Compile, analyse, and disseminate, on a regular basis, reports to Country Management Team on WATCH project
• Prepare and submit quality and timely periodic donor required reports

Required Skills or Experience

• A University degree in Midwifery or Nursing with a background in Public Health, Health Promotion Sciences, Social Science or development work; or a medical doctor with background in Public Health or Health Promotion Sciences; or equivalent in a related field
• At least 5 years work experience in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health with specific funded projects
• Experience in designing integrated participatory strategies; community mobilisation and capacity development; partnerships and networking; advocacy and gender mainstreaming
• Experience working with Local NGOs, Subdistrict/District/Regional Health directorate of Ghana Health Service and communities.

• Knowledgeable about the health system in Ghana. Familiar with structures and operations of Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service. Strong competencies to plan, prioritise, and execute autonomously with a strategic approach
• Analytical: Excellent Communications; Reporting writing; Strong team-building; Strong negotiating; F Facilitation and Influencing skills. Proficient in Microsoft applications and use of relevant software and other applications
• Ability to work under pressure. Ability to work in a participative community approach, Motivates, coaches and promotes high performance by team members. Open to feedback and willing to try new approaches and processes. Promotes innovation and learning.