Project Manager (W/M) - Children's TB - TACTiC Project
Project Manager (W/M) - Children's TB - TACTiC Project
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Job Description
Mdecins Sans Frontires international medical humanitarian association founded in 1971 provides medical assistance to populations whose lives are threatened: mainly in the event of armed conflict but also epidemics pandemics natural disasters or exclusion from healthcare. The French section is present in around thirty countries.
This position is opened as part of a of a replacement for a maternity leave.The project
Children with tuberculosis (TB) are underdiagnosed and undertreated leading to high mortality and morbidity. Almost all MSF projects in almost all contexts see patients with TB and struggle with the challenges of diagnosing TB especially amongst children. In March 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Program published new recommendations for children with TB including integrated treatment decision algorithms to diagnose pulmonary TB a shorter 4-month treatment for non-severe TB and shorter treatments for TB prevention. These recent WHO recommendations present a unique window of opportunity that cannot be missed to transform the way that children are diagnosed and treated with TB across MSF projects and to have a truly meaningful impact on mortality and morbidity from TB in this population. In order to achieve this MSF has built a project to support MSF teams and their partners with scaling up the use of the above-mentioned recommendations as well as providing evidence to improve their further use: TACTiC Test Avoid Cure TB in Children.
All MSF operational sections are involved in this multidisciplinary inter-working groups transversal and integrated project which will roll out along 3 main axes of work:
Implementation: training and the development of training and support pediatric patient-centered tools for wide dissemination increased access to diagnostic tools development of tools for record keeping and data collection local and national advocacy for implementation of new recommendations.
Operational research (OR): in some contexts MSF projects will conduct operational research (OR) on the feasibility acceptability and validation of new recommendations.
International advocacy: with the Access Campaign advocacy for the development of better tools (diagnostics treatments) adapted to children.
The project will have a special focus on change management user and patient experience and will ensure that inclusive dialogue with external partners and populations is anticipated at every stage.
Main responsibilities
The Project manager is accountable to the Project Leader and to the TIC Secretariat and is responsible for the following:
1. Management and Coordination
Provides support and advice for the successful execution of the project including in its change management perspective.
Gathers coordinates the production and ensures the relevant transmission of information. Specifically interacts with MSF internal stakeholders across the MSF movement with a focus on organizational and financial aspects: Members of the Board of Directors Steering and Field Project Committees; human resources and finance departments at Operational Centers and targeted MSF missions levels; other support departments as required (logistics etc.).
Supports the production and dissemination of specific Projects deliverables particularly ensuring coordination with relevant internal/external stakeholders (e.g. MSFeCARE for eCDSS tools; MSF Tembo for self-training/capacity building tools; construction of a dedicated website/sharefolder; etc.).
Represents and replaces TACTiCs Project Leader in his/her absence in MSF internal platforms.
Hierarchical management of the project assistant Advocacy advisor and Mobile Implementing Officers attached to the Project.
2. Monitoring
Ensures activities comply with the projects objectives timeline and budget.
Informs follows up and adjusts as necessary the Projects metrics (outputs outcomes) and monitoring logical framework in coordination with the Steering Committee and countries targeted by the Project. In coordination with Field Project Committees supports the elaboration of country or site-specific monitoring tools to inform and analyze output outcome and impact related to the Projects objectives.
Alerts the Project Leader Governance mechanisms and the TIC Secretariat on risks or substantial change needs (timeline budget scope etc.) and proposes solutions.
3. Reporting
Ensures the compilation of intermediary Projects status and financial reporting as defined in the Projects timeline and according to TIC mechanisms requirements.
In agreement with the Project Leader initiates and coordinates regular follow-up calls and meetings with the Projects Governance/advisory bodies and the TIC Secretariat. If/when necessary and as requested/approved by above-mentioned bodies introduces change requests and reviews proposal (objectives scope timeline) and supporting documents (budget metrics) accordingly.
Delivers a consultative report for the Projects phase 1 with a view to analyse outcome and impact and propose a comprehensive realistic roadmap (timeline budget requirements funding options etc.) for global implementation of WHO recommendations across MSF projects and beyond.
Job requirements
Education
- Masters degree in any relevant training
Experience
- Seasoned Project Manager with successful experience in managing multi-settings multi-stakeholders multi-objectives projects.
- Experience with MSF mandatory (field HQ)
- Experience in health project and research an asset
Knowledge and skills
- Very good knowledge of MSF intersectional functioning
- Documented capacity to mobilize internal stakeholders
- Project Cycle budget Grant management
- Familiarity with Change Management strategies an asset
Languages
- Fluently spoken and written English essential
- French an asset
Additional skills
- Rigor autonomy and organization
- Team spirit sense of initiative and cooperation
- Very good ability for communication and writing
- Good capacity for analysis and synthesis
Specificities of the position
- 6 months full-time fixed term contract (replacement of maternity leave)
- Can be based anywhere but able to work in the CET time zone
- Occasional travel to the headquarters or field (around 10% of the time)
Salary conditions: 504K gross per year based on 13 months. 22 days RTT per year. Health insurance covered 100% by Mdecins Sans Frontires. Restaurant vouchers of 12 (covered 60% by Mdecins Sans Frontires). Reimbursement of 50% of the public transport ticket.
Desired start date: July 2025
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Only selected candidates will be contacted.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
