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NURSE MIDWIFE ALLIANCE OVERVIEW

The Nurse Midwife Alliance in partnership with key health stakeholders, are establishing a secretariat to provide dedicated technical, coordination, and strategic support to help to amplify their impact and sustainability.

The Nurse and Midwife Alliance (NMA) is a nationwide initiative focused on elevating the visibility, recognition, and support for nurses and midwives – the backbone of the healthcare system. Through support for policy and regulatory development and improvement, strategic communication, capacity development, and advocacy, the alliance champions the vital contributions of these professionals. Signature initiatives include the development of strategic policy documents, and vibrant digital campaigns that aim to reshape public and policy-level perceptions of the nursing and midwifery professions.

The Financing Alliance for Health (FAH) is an Africa-based, African-led, and Africa-focused entity that convenes governments, funders, philanthropy, private-sector, and communities to address systemic financing challenges to scaling primary and community health systems for delivery of integrated primary healthcare services through country, regional and global partnerships. FAH serves as a fiscal sponsor for the NMA secretariat. On behalf of the NMA, FAH seeks to recruit for the role of Project Coordinator.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Project Coordinator will support the NMA Secretariat Lead in ensuring the smooth implementation of donor-supported initiatives, contributing to project planning, coordination, financial tracking, and results-based reporting. The role will also involve administrative and technical support, stakeholder engagement, and grant proposal development to sustain ongoing and future investments in nursing.

Key Responsibilities: The Project Coordinator will provide support in the following key areas;

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Project management and implementation

• Plan, organize and coordinate activities for the NMA project to achieve key outcomes.
• Create/plan well-defined, milestone-based timelines to keep projects on schedule.
• Coordinate the planning and execution of project activities under the Alliance’s Strategic Plan
• Track implementation progress of work plans and ensure timely delivery of outputs in accordance with donor agreements and internal timelines.
• Maintain and update a consolidated activity calendar and monitor deadlines

2. Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinate stakeholder meetings, forums, and consultations.
• Manage a stakeholder database of partners and collaborators and a communication calendar.
• Support effective communication and collaboration between stakeholders
• Support planning and coordination of stakeholder forums, technical working groups, and strategic engagements.
• Collaborate with the Communications Officer in developing donor visibility materials and showcasing impact stories.

3. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

• Coordinate data collection for monitoring and evaluation purposes in collaboration with the partners or donors.
• Maintain a results framework, ensuring alignment with donor indicators and performance targets.
• Contribute to evidence generation, documentation of outcomes, and best practices for dissemination.
• Prepare technical briefs, progress reports, meeting notes, and presentations

4. Resource Mobilization and Proposal Development

• Support the development of concept notes, grant proposals, and donor reports.
• Contribute to partnership development efforts.
• Support donor mapping and new funding opportunities activities aligned with the Alliance’s mission.

5. Administrative and Secretariat Support

• Support day-to-day administrative operations of the Secretariat.
• Provide logistical and administrative support for meetings, field visits, and trainings.
• Draft and follow up on official correspondence, memos, and internal documentation.
• Liaise with finance teams to support audit readiness and adherence to donor compliance standards.
• Maintain organized files of program documents, meeting minutes, and reports.
• Liaise with the Communications and Advocacy Officer to contribute to documenting success stories, case studies, and impact reports and promotion of the Alliance activities.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

The Project Coordinator will regularly collaborate closely with the internal team and constituent partners.

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATION: KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

The ideal candidate for the Project Coordinator role should possess the following qualifications:

Required:

• Minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in project management, preferably in a donor-funded or public health context.
• A bachelor’s degree in, Public Health, Health Policy, Health Systems Management, or a related field. (Having a Nursing background will be an added advantage)
• Understanding of the Kenyan nursing and midwifery landscape, policies, and key actors.
• Strong skills in donor reporting, coordination, and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in proposal writing and stakeholder engagement.

Desirable:

• Prior experience supporting government.
• Familiarity with donor-funded project frameworks
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Gantt charts, PM software) and Microsoft Office Suite.

Key Competencies:

• Excellent planning, organizational, and multitasking abilities.
• High-level writing and communication skills for both technical and donor-targeted materials.
• Strong interpersonal and networking skills with a collaborative mindset.
• Attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and a results-oriented approach.
• Integrity and accountability in managing donor funds and program outcomes

Compensation:

This position offers a competitive compensation package commensurate to the background and experience of the candidate

Timing

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.

We expect the recruitment process to take about 6 weeks, with some steps running concurrently:

1. Panel interview
2. 2nd Interview with head of Workstream
3. Background/reference checks
4. Final Logistics conversation
5. Job offer and contracting

Application Requirements

Please submit a resume through this link.

We receive many applications for each vacant position, as a result only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from our recruitment team within 6 weeks of application, please consider your application unsuccessful.

FAH values the diversity of the people it hires and serves within the community. Our diversity is committed to fostering a work environment where individuals’ strengths and uniqueness are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop their potential.

FAH has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable child or adult by any of our staff, partners or representatives. We are committed to preventing all undesirable behavior at work. This includes, child abuse and exploitation, sexual harassment and abuse.