Project Assistant – Family Planning, Maternal Child Health and Accountability Project (Motion Tracker) at Amref Kenya

Job purpose:
The Project Assistant, will report to the Project manager. He/she will take lead in data collection for Family planning and Every Woman, Every child progress from stakeholders and Government. He/Shewill support technical/operations in coordination, planning, organizing meetings and project activities and implementation as is required. 

Main Responsibilities

• Quarterly data collection, data analysis and drafting the quarterly Activity progress report for presentation at the quarterly stakeholder meetings. 
• Coordinate partners (government, development partners, civil society) and galvanise them around the financial and non-financial commitments of Every Woman Every Child, Ending New-born Mortality Action Plans (ENAP) and Ending Preventable Maternal Mortalities (EPMM) country action plans.
• Coordinate the preparation and facilitation of the quarterly stakeholder meetings.
• Active follow up with partners on actions taken to addressing prioritized barriers highlighted at quarterly stakeholder meetings.
• Coordinate the implementation of the communication outreach strategy and media reporting on financial and non-financial commitments of FP2030 and Every Woman Every Child.
• Conduct regular partner mapping in order to maintain an up-to date partner -contact database.
• Document experiences and lessons learned during project implementation.
• Submit quarterly progress (technical and financial) reports. 
• Hold regular monthly update calls with Project manager. 
• Document and maintain up-to-date files and records of the project.

Required Qualifications and Skills
Education

• A Bachelors degree in Social Science, Public Health or health related fields;

Experience

• At least Three (3) years relevant experience in multi-country programming, human resources for health advocacy, reproductive health and rights and knowledge of policy issues including maternal child health.
• Knowledge in project management with proven track record in program planning,documentation and reporting. 
• Knowledge of health systems in Africa and health systems strengthening needs.