Project Assistant - GBV & Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Job Summary:

Under the supervision of the Project Manager the Project Assistant will support the daytoday management and technical implementation of the GBV and MHPSS Project. The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure the timely achievement of specific project deliverables and targets by planning coordinating implementing and supervising fieldlevel activities. The Project Assistant will work closely with the Project Officer to implement activities related to GenderBased Violence (GBV) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) with a focus on mitigating the impact of these issues within the community. The role involves direct engagement with communitybased structures and local stakeholders with frequent travel to operational kebeles.

1. Developing Project Activity Work Plans:
   • Prepare implementation work plans that align with the overall project strategy.
   • Submit plans for approval to ensure alignment with the Project Officer and Project Manager.
   • Review and update the implementation work plan regularly.
   • Conduct needs assessments with project beneficiaries.
   • Collect necessary information from partners.
   • Ensure resource availability for timely activity implementation.
   • Prepare budgets according to current prices.
2. Ensuring the Implementation of Project Activities:
   • Develop and adapt reporting formats to collect relevant grassrootslevel information.
   • Collect and compile periodic reports.
   • Document best practices from communitylevel implementation.
   • Facilitate training sessions for target groups.
   • Organize community conversations and ensure proper followup on their implementation.
   • Actively engage in communitybased mental health and GBV interventions.
   • Ensure beneficiaries are supported by microenterprise and related sector offices.
   • Facilitate implementation activities with supporting partners.
   • Develop and adapt relevant communitybased materials to support field activities.
   • Manage necessary payments (preparing schedules payment sheets attendance sheets etc.).
   • Monitor partner activities based on MOUs.
3. Monitoring and Evaluating the Program:
   • Conduct monthly and quarterly review meetings with cooperative groups and stakeholders.
   • Carry out site supportive supervision in collaboration with  health  and women social affair offices.
4. Ensuring Timely and Accurate Reporting:
   • Collect compile summarize and submit monthly quarterly and annual activity reports in a timely manner.

Duty station: Kemissie/Kombolcha

Qualifications :

• BSC/BA degree in public health psychology social work or a related field with at least 4 years of work experience.
• Experience in coordinating interventions related to GBV and mental health in communities affected by crises with a minimum of 1 years required.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in Afaan Oromo language for Kemisse duty station

This position is open exclusively for female applicants. Please specify whether you are applying for the Kemisse site in the cover letter subject line.

Additional Information :

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 Tuesday 16 May 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 @ 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 equalopportunity employer with a nonsmoking environment policy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime