Project Management Officer

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Mission and objectives

Dedicated to the well-being of all people and guided by science, the World Health Organization leads and champions global efforts to give everyone, everywhere an equal chance to live a healthy life.

Context

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to build the capacity of Borno State to manage health emergency risks and, when state capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations.

Task description

Under the overall guidance of Incident Manager and with a view to achieve the expected results set, the incumbent will have the following responsibilities in his/her assigned area of work:
A. WHO Health Operational Planning and Monitoring
i. Support the development of WHO’s workplans and associated budgets outlining the required response activities and resources (staffing, equipment).
ii. Coordinate data collection and analysis to monitor progress against plans according to established key performance indicators. Regularly report on response activities across all partners.
iii. Monitor the implementation of WHO’s projects and grants, ensuring that implementation, expenditure and reporting are consistent with plans and projects. Analyze risks for implementation and bring them to the attention of the responsible officers.
iv. Provide guidance on project management, promote best practices on the development of work breakdown structures, project plans, timelines, etc.
v. Collaborate, with technical leads and other teams, in the development, implementation and monitoring of the technical, operational and HR work plans.
vi. Undertake regular planning reviews, with HQ teams and the relevant regional office when necessary, to provide periodic estimates and forecasts on response requirements based on technical needs.
B. Health Sector Response Planning and Monitoring
i. Facilitate development of a systematic collection of information pertaining to the joint operations plans, from relevant WHO offices and key operational partners, to generate a consolidated overview of needs and requirements.
ii. Collaborate with relevant internal WHO teams and key operational partners in the development of a strategic response framework and joint operations plan to outline the response strategies to the emergency incident.
iii. Facilitate monitoring of the implementation of health sector response plan and performance indicators
C. Analysis and Reporting
i. Coordinate the analysis, consolidation and dissemination of information on programme management.
ii. Actively participate in internal and external communication activities and support resource mobilization efforts through providing overall analyses of needs and technical contributions to the development of project proposals and identifying budget needs.
iii. Liaise with resource mobilization officer to secure rapid funding for immediate needs; with sustainable, predictable financing for programme activities.
iv. Contribute to the preparation of monitoring and progress reports, briefings, proposals, reports, communications and advocacy documents required for strategic decision making.
D. Human resource
i. The incumbent will be responsible for managing and supervising the work of the Monitoring and Evaluation officer
ii. Perform any other related incident-specific duties, as required by the functional supervisor.