Amref Health Africa
Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based
international health development organization, currently implementing more than 120 programs,
directly reaching more than 12 million people across 35 African countries. Headquartered in Nairobi,
Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa and an additional eleven advocacy
and fundraising offices in Europe and North America. In the spirit of Ubuntu, partnership and
networking are key elements of our approach. Amref has a staff complement of over 1,500.
Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To
increase sustainable health access to communities in Africa through solutions in human resources
for health, health service delivery, and investments in health’.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
A key member of Amref Malawi Projects’ Technical Team (PTT). An overseer of day-to-day
management and implementation of COVID-19 activities at district level, preparing monthly and
quarterly work plans and budgets, preparing district level project reports, coordinating the involvement of actors and projects stakeholders, and coordination of overall COVID-19 activities at district level.
Specific Key Responsibilities:
- Supervises and line manage vaccinators in the provision of COVID-19 health services to
communities. Providing supportive supervision and technical support to all project
participants and beneficiaries on COVID-19 activities. - Provide guidance and technical assistance to the vaccinators, and partner staff in relevant
Health Care Facilities (HCFs) and institutions. - Establish and manage key networks and partnerships with relevant partners including NGOs,
CBOs and MOH or relevant Government Departments at district level to promote COVID-19
Health service provision. - Disseminates project information by preparing and disseminating project reports on a regular
basis, including financial and technical reports to the Project Officer and all required project
information to Amref internal users.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelors’ Degree in Nursing and Midwifery, Degree in Public Health, Health
Management or relevant health field. - Experience in project management, implementation, budget management, and reporting.