Project Manager – Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health

About the role

Plan International is recruiting a Project Manager for an anticipated project implemented by GIZ in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government, focused on the Tanga Region. The project supports young people, especially young women, to make informed decisions about their health and future through four work packages covering youth empowerment, community engagement, communication campaigns and civil society support. The position reports to the Head of Program Implementation.

Key responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the advisory packages of the contractor
• Ensure the coherence of the contractor's services with other project services at local and national level
• Design, implement, monitor and evaluate capacity development for local partners in adolescent SRHR, life skills and gender-transformative approaches
• Secure buy-in from stakeholders such as RMOs, REOs, DEOs, WEOs, VEOs and District Cultural Officers, with particular responsibility for engaging local opinion leaders
• Oversee communication campaigns, coordinate partners, manage short-term experts and ensure quality of communication products
• Take cross-cutting themes such as gender equality into account
• Manage staff, identify and plan short-term assignments within the budget, and support experts
• Carry out regular monitoring and report according to deadlines
• Check fund use and financial planning with the GIZ commission manager, and support updates to the project strategy and follow-on phase

Required profile

• Masters degree in public health, gender studies or social science, or a bachelor's degree in medicine, nursing, public health or social science
• 7 years of experience designing and implementing large youth-focused health programmes
• 5 years of experience working with gender-transformative approaches
• 5 years of management experience in an international organisation, including line management and oversight of programme budgets exceeding EUR 650,000 annually
• International professional experience outside the country of assignment
• Knowledge of English and Kiswahili