Country: Cameroon
Closing date: 08 Mar 2017
Sightsavers has an exciting vacancy for a Programme Officer to join our team based in Cameroon. You will join our team and be instrumental in the planning, implementation and development of the annual Country plan and ensure alignment of the NTD’s MDA projects with the Sightsavers NTD’s fast track initiatives.
The position reports to the Programme Manager and will manage all aspects of the project cycle. You will have strong monitoring and evaluations skills as this is essential to the ongoing success of the programme. This role requires an organised individual who will work with partners to ensure the project deliverables are met. You will be responsible to maintaining and developing strong relationships with our partners that continue beyond the projects.
The successful candidate will monitor the project progress and provide reports when required. This role requires someone to have strong project experience with the ability to analyse data and produce reports on the data to the wider team.
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years’ work experience, ideally in an INGO environment; experience in all aspects of Project Management in community level development programmes; and experience in health programming. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in programme and project management; monitoring and evaluation; report writing; and working with a number of partners. Experience and understanding of government systems particularly the health sector will be advantageous. A master degree in relevant field (Public Health, Epidemiology, Social Sciences, Development Studies or equivalent) would be advantageous.
You will have strong interpersonal, communication, capacity building or facilitation skills; ability to work under minimum supervision; ability to work with project budgets and in-depth knowledge of computer packages and Global ICT communication systems. Bilingualism (French and English) will be an advantage.
How to apply:
For more details on the role and to apply, please visit our website; https://jobs.sightsavers.org/job/programme-officer-2-year-fixed-term-contract/