Project Manager (Contract/ NGO/ Digital Technology Systems/ Stakeholder Engagement)
Dakar, Senegal

Job Description:
A well-known NGO is looking for a Project Manager, who works with its partners to implement a mobile technology solution for providing health services in under-resourced settings.
The successful individual will provide project management, technical consulting, capacity building, and training of trainer services associated with developing and deployment of health system strengthening IT programs.

Responsibilities:
• Gather requirements for the ongoing refinement, evolution, and expansion of the client's applications and associated digital systems more broadly
• Manage expectations of the client’s project stakeholders in terms of system features, capabilities, and service standards
• Manage the project with an eye to the big picture as it relates to long term sustainability, strategic value, and impact of the overall intervention
• Coordinate with client’s partners and vendors to ensure an end-to-end solution
• Prepare and maintain project plans outlining the activities, necessary steps, risks, and dependencies of given work streams as the project progresses and report updates on a bi-weekly basis
• Lead meetings to review project progress, mitigate risks, coordinate tasks, and ensure quality implementation, with the client’s designated teams
• Facilitate training of trainers on the NGO’s technology systems
• Work alongside partners in designing applications, visiting implementation sites, and building partner capacity

Requirements: Qualification and Skill
• 5 years of relevant Project management experience, including 2 years of project management experience working on delivering technology solutions
• Experience as a business analyst or technical product owner
• Knowledge of public health systems in French West Africa
• Experience working with African governments
• Experience working with USAID- or CDC-funded programs particularly with technology implementation in low resource settings
• Experience of having managed expectations in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Comfortable with software tools such as Asana, G-Suite, and Skype
• Professional fluency in oral and written English
• Professional fluency in oral and written French

Contractual information:
• Contract: 12 months, with possibility of extension

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