Purpose
We are looking for a project manager to support our expanding digital health portfolio, with proven experience in project management and administration (ideally related to health), solution development, proposal preparation, along with fantastic relationship-building and communication skills.
This role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and will join the OpenSRP and health solutions team and will report to the Health Solutions Lead.
Key Responsibilities
Project management:
Work with clients/partners to define the problem they are trying to address and design appropriate technology solutions. This often involves travel to the project site.
Assist in the definition of project scope, objectives and functional requirements.
Help to manage projects and ensure they are delivered on time, within scope and within budget at the highest attainable quality standards.
Managing deliverables and financial reporting and acceptance testing.
Translate program requirements into technical requirements, communicate and work closely with our engineers.
Coordinating work and outputs and facilitating communication between our partners.
Communicate project progress in a timely manner to Ona’s senior management team and project stakeholders.
Organizing and planning meetings and workshops for our projects, including, but not limited to: arranging all logistics, facilitating travel, capturing workshop outputs and documentation.
Identifying potential risks in projects and working with senior management to mitigate those risks.
Ensuring fidelity of use of project tools and processes put in place for projects.
Community management
Managing a growing community of OpenSRP implementer’s, developers, and researchers on our online communication platform and forum.
Facilitating meetings between project stakeholders and partners and sharing of project updates and milestones.
Managing all materials and documentation produced for community projects and finding a home for all outputs on the wiki or website.
Marketing and documentation
Telling a compelling story to our global audience, sharing milestones and successes from our projects
Writing content for our media platforms, including the website, blog, and social media platforms
Producing marketing materials that effectively communicate the value of our products and platforms
Maintaining all relevant documentation for projects, ensuring project deliverables are documented and disseminated
Proposal writing and support
Performing background research and preparing subject-matter briefs on necessary topics.
Reviewing and synthesizing relevant materials required for projects.
Helping in the writing of proposals and value documentation for the company.
Relationship-building
Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with our clients and partners.
Capabilities
Strong interpersonal skills – making people feel at ease in your presence and willing and happy to communicate
Effective communication skills
Emphatic
Self-directed and motivated
Extraordinary attention to detail
Initiative, enthusiasm with a problem-solving approach to new challenges
Systematic and efficient coordination skills, including an ability to prioritise
Manage and complete a variety of tasks with minimal supervision
Proactive and excellent organisational skills
Key requirements
Essential:
University degree in public health, health informatics or related field with experience in project management on digital health projects
Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to adapt to different contexts
Willingness and ability to travel for work, including to rural areas
Fluency in written and spoken English
Excellent proposal and report-writing skills
Interest in and deep familiarity with ICT4D
Experience working with international companies
Desirable:
Master’s degree in public health, international development, or a related field
Experience with project management tools and software (i.e. Harvest, Trello, Confluence, Slack, Google Drive, GitHub) a plus
Prior experience working in LMICs a plus
Fluency in an additional language a plus
Familiarity with or experience using widely-adopted, open source data and information platforms a plus (e.g. OpenMRS, DHIS2, RapidPro)
