Project Team Leader
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Health/Medical
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
The position is for for Strengthening Community Based- Surveillance and Maternal & Child Health Services in priority (MCH&GHS)
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
This position is guiding the project from conception to completion, managing daily workflow, team dynamic and stakeholders’ communication that aligned with WVI-C's values and mission. The Project Team Leader will represent the project and WVI-C in stakeholder engagement to build capacity for promoting and supporting and strengthening Community Based- Surveillance and Maternal & Child Health Services in priority closed border provinces Cambodia – Thailand, among PHDs, MCHs, ODs, and HC midwives. Additionally, the role will lead and monitor project implementation to ensure alignment with the MCH and GHS approach/standard and compliance with donor requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Grant Management
- Coordinate and implement the project considering the elements of project planning, implementation, monitoring, budget management in accordance with project design.
- Ensure evidence-based programming, including lessons learnt and best practices are documented
- Manage the overall risk in the project, including designing, implementing and monitoring the risk mitigation plan.
- Ensure project outputs/activities are delivered within expectations, timeline and budget planned
- Fully understood and being updated the donor’s compliances and strategic direction that might affect the project implementation
- In coordination with internal and external stakeholders, ensure all design, supervision and monitoring documents are completed to a high standard,
- Complete all donor reporting to a high quality, including monthly, quarterly report, project end completion report
- Partnership and Stakeholder Management
- The project team leader is responsible for engaging with various stakeholders to work together for effective implementation of the project. Meet with relevant MCH, C-CDC, NNP, PHDs, ODs and HCs regularly to review progress and challenges, especially to ensure any adjustment needed in terms of time frame, budget or scoping are made.
- Provide high quality feedback and recommendations to relevant PHDs, MCHs, ODs and HCs and provincial technical working groups (Pro-TWGH).
- Be WVI-C’s representative in provincial technical working group for health (Pro-TWGH) meetings and other networks and forums…Etc to present on this project.
- Financial Management and Cash Flow
- Ensuring project is executed in line with the agreed/approved budget
- Track and monitor their expenses to ensure it is in line with plan, especially expenses less than +/-5% of over/under spending.
- Follow up and lead regular reflection with staff to prepare the transaction of project expenses and suggest adjusting if needed
- Ensure line items that are over/under +/_5% with adequate and clear variance explanation
- Being fully aware of donor requirements in terms of variations, cost principles and will ensure compliance with relevant procedure
- Closely work with the senior project manager, Grant Finance team on budget and financial management and ensure funding instalment, disbursement and settlement for the project in a timely and effective manner, so that project progress against plan can be maintained.
- Team Management and Leadership:
- Provide effective leadership and supervision to project officers in assigned geographic areas to ensure high team performance and accountability.
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate regular team meetings to address challenges, promote problem-solving, and share lessons learned.
- Support staff capacity development through coaching, mentoring, and on- the-job guidance. Monitor team progress against project targets and provide timely feedback to improve performance.
- Foster a collaborative and positive team environment while ensuring the smooth, efficient, and quality implementation of project activities in line with organizational standards and objectives.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- Khmer - Good
- English - Good
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Medical Doctor, Midwife, Nurse, or any relevant degrees, experience and skills as a minimum
Work History:
- Project and financial management including project design and implementation, reporting and analysis for 5 to 10 years
- Clinical midwife/medical doctor who has experience in working for strengthening Community Based- Surveillance and Maternal & Child Health Services and Global Health Security (GHS) in priority closed border provinces Cambodia – Thailand for 5 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Experience in working as partnership with sub-national government, especially PHDs, MCHs, ODs and health facilities,
- Sounds as technical expertise knowledge in health especially Global Health Security (GHS), Maternal Child Health (MCH) and Nutrition.
- Demonstrated knowledge of successful project management, communication and training.
- Demonstrated knowledge of health/social programming, especially reaching the most vulnerable.
- Good collaboration and coordination with stakeholders especially with PHD, OD and health facilities.
- Good communication skills (written and verbal) in both Khmer and English
Soft Skills
- Strong negotiation, problem solving, liaison, and networking skills and brokering partnerships.
- Promote open and constructive feedback and an environment of consistency
