Heart to Heart Foundation (HtHF)
Background
Heart to Heart Foundation (HtHF) has been implementing a three year (2022-2024) Community based WASH improvement Project in Machinga district, Malawi. This project, has been funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) since 2019. This funding follows the successful delivery of the Trachoma elimination Project, which also targeted the same district. In addition HtHF Malawi office has a successful experience in the school-based eye health promotion project from 2018 to 2021 funded by L’Occitane. Based on this experience and project achievements, we have confirmed the effectiveness of this project in promoting eye health and the right to see for beneficiaries in underprivileged areas where access to medical services is usually difficult, and enhancing eye health knowledge of teachers and stakeholders.
HtHF is currently seeking to recruit for the position of Programme Officer. The newly recruited person will take the lead in supporting the Foundation in ensuring efficient and effective WASH project planning and implementation, management covering key aspects of monitoring and evaluation.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of Project manager, the Project Officer will work in coordination with government officers in Machinga District. The incumbent will fulfill the functions of Project officer for HtHF activities in Malawi and provide support, as needed, to other initiatives implemented.
More specifically, the incumbent will fulfill the following tasks:
- Support HtHF Management liaising with, and mobilizing, the relevant local authorities in Machinga District to maintain and expand the partnerships with HtHF and to ensure their contribution/engagement towards related projects;
- Contribute to the planning, implementation, management and delivery of technical assistance activities in WASH, in accordance with the overall HtHF strategies and priorities, and in close collaboration with the local counterparts (government, private sector and civil society);
- Support CLTS triggering process and monitoring;
- Activities to support the achievement of ODF certification;
- Host campaigns to promote hygiene awareness for local residents;
- Conduct programs to strengthen primary health facilities’ capacity to respond to infectious diseases such as water-borne diseases;
- Activities to prevent water-borne diseases and infectious diseases targeting health facility personnel;
- Purchasing, distributing and monitoring water-borne disease drugs and medical supplies for health facilities;
- Support the conducting of regular dialogues and discussions with the local authorities and direct beneficiaries of projects to integrate feedback into future HtHF activities and to identify new possible areas of collaboration;
- Participate in needs assessment missions and in substantive discussions with the local authorities, and contribute to the drafting of mission reports, as well as the development of technical assistance proposals;
- Keep abreast with latest national and local developments in Malawi in relation to WASH;
- Organize conferences, meetings, seminars, training and workshops primarily in Machinga District, but also elsewhere in the country, and travel to the events’ location if needed;
- Prepare terms of reference/requirements for sub-contractors and vendors to ensure qualitative and objective procurement of services, and support the identification of suppliers and their contracting;
- Assist in initiating and finalizing budget revisions, work plans, inventory lists, notes to the file, etc. to facilitate implementation and monitoring of activities;
- Provide support to HtHF initiatives on aspects related to expenditures and the preparation of payment requests in HtHF administrative systems
- Contribute to developing a filing system for the project, and maintain filing accordingly;
- Perform other duties as required.
Personal Specification
The desired qualifications and experience are as follows:
- Minimum 6 years previous work experience in WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) or Health or a related field dealing with large scale project management
- Those with experience on CLTS will have an added advantage
- Undergraduate degree in one or more disciplines relevant to Public Health or Social Science obtained from recognized/accredited Institutions
- Skilled in data collection, data analysis, and interpretation
- Experience of working in partnership with local governments, NGOs, and of capacity
- Good communication and report writing skills
- Fluent in English and local languages
- Skilled in MS office programs (Word, Excel, and Power Point)
- Ability to manage heavy workloads and to meet deadlines
- Team worker with strong commitment to working with others to achieve mutual objective but also able to work independently
Submission of applications
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications including their updated CV, copies of certificates and a statement of why you are suitable for the job and names plus contact details of three traceable references should be sent to:
The Program Manager
Heart to Heart Foundation, Malawi
Email: hmh@heart-heart.org / paul@heart-heart.org
The closing date for receiving application letters is Sunday, 21st August 2022