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Africare’s Zambian Maternity Homes (ZaMs) Project is a Phase II implementation and evaluation project in two Saving Mothers Giving Lives (SMGL) Districts in Zambia, funded under the MSD for Mothers and other maternal health donors’ initiative for developing Sustainable Maternity Home Models in Zambia. The District Coordinator for The Zambian Maternity Homes (ZaMs) Project; Sustainable Maternity Home Models in Zambia will be responsible for overall coordination of the project at district level and will work in close collaboration with Ministry of Community Development Mother and Child Health (MCDMCH) staff managing the Maternal and Child Health activities at District Level. S/he will be responsible for implementation of project activities as per the Zambian Maternity Homes (ZaMs) Project; Sustainable Maternity Home Models in Zambia detailed implementation plan and ensuring availability of logistics and resources for effective implementation of the project at District level.

As a District Coordinator, he/she will be expected to maintain cordial and productive relations with
Africare district stakeholders including government, collaborating partners and communities, adequately espousing Africare principles at all times, and will be required to assist the Project Director to inform,review, supervise and ensure staff compliance with the Africare’s Code of Ethics. His/her responsibilities shall be to ensure all district staff follows established internal control systems to ensure proper accountability. These responsibilities shall include financial, administrative and human resource management at district level. S/He will create district budgets and budget projections, request procurement of goods and services for the district operations and supervision of all district staff.

Reporting to:The Project Director

• S/he provides technical and logistical support for The Zambian Maternity Homes (ZaMs) Project;
• Sustainable Maternity Home Models in Zambia activities in the project district.
• Supervises the SILC and IGA activities at District level to ensure that they meet their goals
• Facilitates mobilization and sensitization of communities for identification of eligible individuals for training as volunteer community health workers – Safe Motherhood Action Group members (SMAG).
• Provide ongoing support to SMAG members to develop a range of integrated programs which are aimed at reducing maternal mortality, increasing access to health services, improved mother and child nutrition with sustainable sources of income and food in their local communities.
• Coordinates all training and workshop activities at District level.
• Provides technical advice on printed information, education and communication (IEC) materials, organizes facilitates training and lesson sharing forums.
• Maintain contact with project partners, Government Ministries, Community and Faith based organizations for sharing of lessons learned and best practices
• Maintains a database of project sites in terms of key contact person/s and activities
• Work with the M&E Officer to collect data which will be used to prepare reports and presentations.
• Any other duties assigned by the Program Manager.

• A minimum qualification of a Degree in a relevant Health or Social Sciences such as (but not restricted to) Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Development Studies with experience in Reproductive Health or Maternal and Child Health programs; or a Diploma holder with 5 years’ experience in a related discipline.
• Prior Work Experience and Other Requirements:
• At least 5yrs experience in Middle Management position, project coordination, administration and supervision.
• Must have knowledge of basic program management skills, reporting skills, participatory research methods, community mobilization and participatory approaches.
• Should possess exceptional writing and oral communication skills;
• S/he must be able to start up and monitor multiple tasks related to his/her field of work and must possess strong time management skills and able to prioritize tasks while meeting established timelines.
• S/he must have good interpersonal skills and able to work in a team environment.
• Proven competence in the use of a Computer is a must.
• A clean driver’s license in motor vehicles would be an added advantage.
• S/he must be able to work with minimum supervision with Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

As a senior staff member of the Country Office team, he/she will be expected to maintain cordial and productive relations with Africare stakeholders including donors, government, collaborating partnersand communities, adequately espousing Africare principles at all times, and will be required to assist the Officer In Charge and Project Director to inform, review and ensure staff compliance with the
Africare’s Code of Ethics. His/her responsibilities shall be to develop and implement policies, systems and internal control systems to ensure proper accountability. These responsibilities shall include financial, administrative and human resource management. They will involve creating budgets and budget projections, procurement of goods and services for the in-country operation, supervision of finance and administration personnel, preparation of Personnel Action Forms, coordination of in-country travel, preparation of various reports required by headquarters and Donor agencies and support the Officer In Charge and Project Director in the administration of field offices.

Reporting to :Country Officer In Charge through the Project Director

• Instilling professional running of the Africare Finance, Administration & Human Resource office
• All financial operations of the country office
• Timely submission of both Administrative and financial reports
• Developing systems of internal financial controls
• Financial reporting to donors
• Caring out internal audits of Field Office Accounts
• Carrying out document reviews of all Africare/Zamia payment vouchers, ensuring timely processing,
• Tracking all settlements against authorized travel advances, ensuring prompt settlements of advances and supervisory approval prior to supervision for review
• Developing, monitoring and reconciling the annual approved budget for Africare/Zambia
• Promulgating all policies and manuals concerning administrative and human resource operations.
• Policies include but are not limited to travel, procurement, property and vehicle management.
• Reviewing and negotiating all procurement contracts as well as grant contracts to ensure compliance with standard contract terms, good business practices and regulations
• Establishing controls, approvals and guidelines for all contracts and procurements.
• Maintaining all vendor contract files and purchase orders.
• Procuring of goods and services for the in-country operation
• Maintaining the inventory of all Africare/Zambia property, vehicles and equipment and coordinates the annual physical inventory of all assets.
• Managing Africare’s IT assets to ensure efficiency of all staff, including regular preventative maintenance of all IT equipment and quick resolutions to IT problems
• Planning, supervising and scheduling all work assignments for Administration and Finance staff to ensure timely completion, high quality work and responsiveness.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Officer In Charge.

• S/he must have a Diploma in Accounts (ATD), CPA, CMA, NATECH, or ACCA. A highly motivated and experienced individual is required. S/he must be computer literate, proficiency with
• Accounting packages including payroll software, word processing, excel spreadsheets and database.
• Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills a must.
• Prior Work Experience and Other Requirements:
• 5yrs experience in Senior Management position, project accounting, administration, preparation of prime books of accounts, and attending to audits.
• Membership of a professional body and effective Oral and Written communication.
• Higher qualifications such as Accounting Degree (Bachelor’s or Masters) are an added advantage.
• Effective communicator with well-developed verbal, written and presentation skills with the English language.
• Appropriate knowledge and skills in using computer software and systems for accounting,preparation of financial statements and payroll reporting and systems.
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency using with Microsoft Excel, Word and QuickBooks is necessary.
• A demonstrated track record in grants management as it relates to compliance and reporting of government, corporate and foundation grants is essential.
• Valid Driver’s license.

As a senior staff member of the Project team, he/she will be expected to maintain cordial and productive relations with Africare stakeholders including donors, government, collaborating partners and communities, adequately espousing Africare principles at all times, and will be required to assist the Project Director to inform, review and ensure staff compliance with the Africare’s Code of Ethics. Working in close collaboration with the Project Director and the
District Coordinators, The M&E Officer will be responsible for:
• Designing and developing, in collaboration with Project team, the Performance Monitoring
• Plan in the first 90 days and keep the PMP updated throughout the life of the project.
• Directing the monitoring and evaluation of the project by designing and putting in place
• M&E systems;
• Contributing effectively to the development and review of project plans and budgets in order to guide program implementation and resource utilization;
• Developing appropriate M&E data collection tools;
• Conducting M&E trainings for project staff and primary stakeholders;;
• Working with projects’ management units to ensure that M&E materials are available and the latest procedures, guidelines and protocols are used by the project;
• Guiding staff and implementing partners in preparing their progress reports;
• Collecting, compiling and analyzing reports prepared by implementing partners and consolidating progress reports for project management to submit to the donor. The performance reports include, but are not limited to, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for the purposes of monitoring project implementation;
• Producing timely monitoring and impact assessment reports to the Project Managers in order to provide project performance information;
• Ensuring that data provided by beneficiaries and all reports submitted by the district staff are accurate and complete;
• Managing Africare M&E Unit database(s);
• Guiding the regular sharing of the outputs of M&E findings with project staff and primary stakeholders;
• Ensuring that monitoring data are discussed in the appropriate forum and in a timely fashion in terms of implications for future action;
• Providing support to surveys and research;
• Coordinating project evaluations;
• Undertaking regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E and to identify where adaptations might be needed;
• Carrying out any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

• Must have a degree in Development Studies or related discipline with a focus on project monitoring and evaluation; experience in participatory assessment, monitoring and evaluation, training and facilitation, data processing/analysis and working with computers; proven and demonstrated use of spreadsheets and IT statistical packages; excellent interpersonal communication skills required; ability to translate technical information into practical guidance tools and effectively communicate these using print, electronic and presentation media; ability to work effectively in a team consisting of people with different technical backgrounds and with varying levels of technical training; excellent English written and oral communication skills and ability to write for a range of audience and purposes.
• S/he must exhibit the ability to organize and train staff.
• S/he must have good contextual knowledge of community priorities, organizational relationships and social and cultural constraints and realities.
• Prior Work Experience and Other Requirements:
• A minimum of 3 -7 years of prior Monitoring and Evaluation experience working in health related field.
• Self-Starter and highly motivated.
• Valid Driver’s License

Applications should include a CV and cover letter. In the cover letter (of no more than two pages in length), the candidate should briefly describe his or her motivation for the position and highlight relevant experience.

Please send CVs to zambia.vacancies@africare.org including “District Coordinator” in the subject line and indicating preferred duty station
Closing date for all applications is June 15, 2015 with priority date of June 3, 2015. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis