Position: Consortium Coordinator Burundi
Location: Bujumbura with regular travel to project areas
Report to: Nutrition/Health Programme Manager
Starting date: ASAP
Application deadline: 04/03/2024
Family Duty Station: YES
Working context
WeWorld has been present in Burundi since 1995 and is currently active in 14 out of the 18 provinces of the country. During these 25 years of continuous presence in the country, and thanks to various donors (ECHO, UNICEF, WFP, Netherlands Embassy, EU, UNHCR), WeWorld has carried out health, nutrition, food security and WASH programs.
General description of the project
The TWIVUZE TWESE project aims to promote the resilience of the community health system by strengthening the action of Health Committees and Community Health Worker Groups and complementary financial protection mechanisms for health-related costs, including community health mutuals
More specifically, the project aims to
· Strengthening health committees and groups of community health workers in the administrative and financial management of health centres, as well as in the financial management of savings and credit activities and the pooling of health risks
· Supporting the revision of community financing policies and strategies and their implementation in the provinces, as well as mobilising the community to join the mutual movement on a massive scale
· Setting up a sustainable, efficient and effective self-financing system to meet the operating needs of the health committees
Purpose of the Role
The Consortium Coordinator of the EU-funded TWIVUZE TWESE project “Support to the Burundi Community Health Strategy” will be the main focal point of WeWorld as Lead Partner together with the two other Consortium partners (COPED, IADH). In liaison with the Project Manager, he/she will be responsible for planning and implementing the Consortium’s action plan and supporting the Project Manager in the general coordination of WeWorld activities. He/she will ensure the application of WeWorld’s internal procedures and will be responsible for relations with the donor, training of the project team, relations with the central authorities and the production of donor reports.
Mail tasks and duty
Planning and monitoring project implementation
Finance
Logistics
Administration/HR
External relations
Quality control
Reporting and project development
In liaison with the Project Manager:
Job Specifications
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications and Knowledge
Professional experience
Skills and Abilities
DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS
Other information
WHAT WE OFFER
Type of contract: a first 3 (three) month collaboration contract subject to verification of the achievement of specific objectives (these objectives will be agreed together with the Line Manager upon arrival on assignment); a second collaboration contract of 6 (six) months renewable, following the positive evaluation of the first months of contract
Economic conditions: to be defined according to WeWorld Expatriates Compensation Policy: Base Salary (seniority/role held) + Contributions (role complex, housing and hardship based on place of work; schooling, flights for children and insurance coverage for children)
Other conditions: Tax Treatment: equal tax treatment between Italian and foreign residents is guaranteed
Annual leave: 2,5 days/month (working days)
Flight ticket: one return flight every 12 months of contract
Health insurance: covered
Family duty Station: YES
R&R: NO
WHO WE ARE
WeWorld supports people in overcoming emergencies, and it strives to guarantee that everyone can have a decent and dignified life as well as opportunities and a better future. WeWorld works in 27 countries around the world, including in Italy, with more than 165 emergency, humanitarian aid and development projects. Its activities mainly involve women, girls and young people, actors of change in every community for a fairer and more inclusive world. The organization operates in several natural and man-made crisis in various regions of the world. The emergency response, coordinated by the Humanitarian Aid Unit, is composed by multi-sectorial interventions comprising of WASH, EiE, CVA, Food Security, Protection, and others. The organization operates also in protracted crisis with provision of humanitarian aid through a prevention, emergency relief and rehabilitation approach. Join us.
Please send Cover Letter and CV at: https://weworld.intervieweb.it/jobs/consortium-coordinator-burundi-482835/it/
The recruitment process may be closed early if a suitable candidate is found.
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