The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent medical aid organization based in Dakar, Senegal. ALIMA has three principal areas of expertise: providing medical care in humanitarian crises, supporting the development of national medical organizations, and conducting operational research to bring medical innovation to the field.
ALIMA Nigeria is seeking to recruit dynamic and suitably qualified and experienced Nigerians for ALIMA’s ECHO Funded Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre. The Center will be located at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State of Nigeria, in the following positions below:
Job Title: Project Coordinator (M/F)
Location: Muna, Maiduguri, Borno
Project: Muna and iTFC training/UMTH, Maiduguri.
Main Activities
- The Project Coordinator is responsible for ALIMA operational response in the Project. In close collaboration with the mission coordination team, define and plan the Project objectives and priorities, identifying population’s health and humanitarian needs, analysing the context and the humanitarian issues at stake, the risks and constraints and calculating human and financial needs. Coordinate, in close collaboration with the Head of Mission, its implementation in order to efficiently ensure the goals as well as to improve targeted population’s health conditions and humanitarian situation. More details in the Job description attached
Experience and Skills
- University degree or paramedical diploma/degree desirable.
- Previous experience in humanitarian aid
- Experiences with international medical NGOs & experience in project management desirable.
- Experience in security management desirable.
- English Speaking, reading and writing, mandatory. French or Haussa is an asset.
- Essential computer literacy (word, excel & internet).
- Negotiation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
Conditions:
- Contract under French law, 6 months’ renewable
- Salary: depending on experience + per diem
Remuneration
ALIMA pays for:
- Travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location
- Accommodation costs
- Medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee
- Evacuation of the employee
Application Closing Date
20th August, 2017.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send an updated Resume/CV's to:
[email protected] with the reference “PC Muna ” in the subject line.
Important Information
Please send the answer to the following questions (in a word document / no other cover letter is needed!!!):
- What do you know about Alima and why do you want to join our team in the field ?
- What is your main achievement as a Project Coordinator in an Emergency Response context ?
- In your opinion, what are the 3 main skills of a good Project Coordinator in a project like Muna ?
- On a scale to 1 to 10, what is your level spoken and written in English, French, Haussa?
- What is your availability to begin to work (give us a concrete date please) ?
Note
- The application sent without those answer to the questions will not be consider as a priority.
- Thanks for understanding.