Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Aga Khan University is a private, autonomous university that promotes human welfare through research, teaching and community service initiatives. Based on the principles of quality, access, impact and relevance, the University has campuses and programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Its facilities include teaching hospitals, Faculties of Health Sciences with Schools of Nursing and Midwifery and Medical Colleges, Institutes for Educational Development, an Examination Board and an Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations. .

Responsibilities
Project management and implementation
• Manage the Nursing Platform Project projects in a strategic and organized way.
• Collaborate with a variety of departments/stakeholders to achieve the key outcomes
• Assist in planning well-defined, milestone-based timelines to keep projects on schedule.
• Coordinate project related events (meetings, roundtables, workshops, seminars); including administrative support, logistics preparation of background documents and presentations
• Continuously updating existing documents as required
Research support
• Coordinate at least two research studies using quantitative and qualitative methods to address implementation challenges that will help the team to scale up interventions and achieve the three IRs.
• Ensure research objectives are supported and achieved
Financial management
• Monitor budgets for the project within stipulated project parameters
• Ensure completion of projects is on schedule and within budget limits
• Ensure accuracy of financial reports

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications: Not Specified

Educational/Professional Qualification
• Master’s Degree in Project Management, Public Health or Development Studies or any other relevant field from a reputable institution of learning

Knowledge & Experience
• 2 – 5 years professional work experience in project/programme management
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Strategic thinking and analytical thinking skills
• Excellent report writing and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of MS Office suite,
• Excellent organizational skills
• Basic understanding of financial and budgetary operations
• Cooperative; works well with others; culturally sensitive
• Organized and detail oriented with demonstrated problem solving skills
• High personal motivation, self-reliant and independent

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Interested candidates should submit a Cover letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae, names and email contacts of three professional referees, telephone contact, e-mail address and copies of relevant academic certificates to The Manager, HR Academic, Aga Khan University’s Campus Nairobi, Kenya. P. O. Box 30270-00100 or by email to hr.universityke@aku.edu
Your email application should make reference to IHD – PDF. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Applications should be submitted latest by December 24, 2020

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