Project Manager

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organisation; currently implementing more than 180 programs, reaching more than 40 million people across 35 African countries; and a staff complement of over 2,000. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea (Conakry), Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. An additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices are located in Europe and North America.

Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To catalyze and drive community-led and people-centred health systems while addressing social determinants of health’. We believe that the power to transform Africa’s health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Project Manager provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership for the NTD Integration Project, ensuring effective planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting. The role ensures strong coordination and partnership with government stakeholders, donors, and implementing partners to meet national and global NTD elimination targets. The position also contributes to strengthening health systems for sustainable and high-quality NTD services, including MDA, TT surgery, morbidity management, and integrated surveillance.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Planning & Design

• Develop comprehensive project work plans, budgets, timelines, and implementation frameworks aligned with donor requirements and AMREF strategy.
• Translate program objectives into clear deliverables and operational plans across project areas.
• Lead the design of annual, quarterly, intermediary, and catch-up plans, ensuring alignment with national NTD roadmaps and global elimination milestones.
• Identify project risks, bottlenecks, and mitigation strategies during the planning phase and throughout implementation.
• Ensure the integration of cross-cutting themes such as gender, equity, community engagement, and health systems strengthening.
• Design operational, procurement, and logistics plans that support timely and efficient delivery of MDA, TT surgery, surveys, and other NTD interventions.
• Ensure that all planned activities follow WHO recommendations, national guidelines, and donor technical standards.

 Project Implementation & Coordination

• Lead day-to-day implementation of project activities, ensuring delivery within time, scope, and budget.

• Supervise and support field teams, providing leadership, guidance, and mentorship to ensure quality implementation.
• Ensure strong coordination with internal departments (Finance, HR, Procurement, Logistics) for smooth project operations.
• Build functional linkages with government structures (Woreda, Zonal, Regional Bureaus), CSOs, and partners to enhance collaboration and joint planning.
• Monitor partner staff performance, identify capacity gaps, and facilitate technical assistance and training.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, accountability, and high performance within the project team.

Financial & Resource Management

• Monitor project budgets, expenditure trends, and forecasts to ensure alignment with approved activity plans.
• Ensure compliance with donor rules, organizational financial procedures, and cost- effectiveness standards.
• Prepare accurate financial forecasts and ensure timely reconciliation with program and finance teams.
• Support internal and external financial reviews, audit exercises, and ensure timely provision of required documentation.
• Ensure timely and accurate donor financial reporting.

    Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the focal point for project stakeholders at regional, zonal, and woreda levels.
• Strengthen relationships with government partners, donors, INGOs/NGOs, and community structures.
• Represent the project in coordination platforms, technical working groups, and review meetings.
• Facilitate collaborative planning and implementation sessions with the Ministry of Health and relevant bodies.

    Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

• Track project progress against KPIs, targets, and timelines, and recommend adjustments where necessary.
• Oversee proper data collection, quality assurance, analysis, and interpretation for decision making.
• Prepare   high-quality narrative and financial donor reports, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Document and disseminate lessons learned, success stories, and best practices to inform adaptive programming.
• Coordinate supportive supervision and joint monitoring with government and partners.

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) Experience
• Minimum 5–7 years of professional experience managing public health projects, ideally in NTDs, eye care, community health, or disease prevention programs.
• Proven experience in project planning, M&E, donor reporting, and budget management.
• Experience working with government health systems (regional, zonal, woreda levels).
• Experience with NTD program components such as MDA, TT surgery, surveys, morbidity management, or integration efforts is strongly preferred.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong project management and leadership skills.
• Technical understanding of NTD programming, elimination strategies, and integrated service delivery.
• Excellent financial management and donor compliance skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, reporting, and presentation abilities.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and maintain strong partnerships.
• Proficiency in planning, budgeting, monitoring, and data quality assurance.
• Ability to travel frequently to project sites.

Your application should include a cover letter detailing why you are the best fit for this position and your CV with relevant skills and experience. Closing date will be on Thursday, 04 December 2025. 

Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from Amref Health Africa will arrive from an @amref.org address.

Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is is dedicated to diversity and is an equal-opportunity employer with a non-smoking environment policy.