Project Manager Mozambique

PharmAccess Foundation is a young, fast growing, international, not-for-profit organisation from Dutch origin, which aims to improve access to affordable quality basic health care in low-income countries in Africa. We strive to fulfill this mission through aiming on public-private partnership with local organisations and initiate result driven programmes. Our approach has meant that the organization is growing rapidly. PharmAccess was founded in 2001, and is currently active in 31 African countries. Our main office resides in Amsterdam (60 FTE) and we hold four offices in Africa 940 FTE). The activities of PharmAccess are made possible by funding of donors and clients, such as the ministry of Foreign Affairs, The World Bank, USAID, Heineken, Shell and the Rockefeller Foundation. As co-founder PharmAccess participated in the launching of the Health Insurance Fund, the Investment Fund for Health in Africa, the Medical Credit Fund and the Peer to Peer MatchFund (being established). PharmAccess Foundation supports programmes and offers services in several areas, like providing health insurance for low-income groups in Africa, supporting investments in health by mobilizing private capital aiming to improve healthcare delivery and providing credit to private healthcare facilities to expand and improve the service offering, which in turn will lead to the increased efficiency and quality of the healthcare system in Africa. The position PharmAccess is currently looking for a Project Manager for Mozambique, because of the implementation start of the Health Care Plan in Mozambique. The Project Manager supports the Program Manager Mozambique with the implementation and operation of the Health Care Plan for 22,000 students and staff of one of the largest public Universities of Mozambique. The Project Manager will be member of a multi-disciplinary team of PharmAccess professionals; however he/she will be fully dedicated to this program.

Functie-eisen
Project management of the program including implementation, process administration and contracting; Management of relationship with local community organizations (product beneficiaries); Management of relationship with the local health maintenance organization/insurance company, third party administrator and/or any other third parties; Financial and administrative management and reporting; Performance monitoring and Accumulate medical and financial data for analysis and interpretation purposes. In the execution of his/her activities the Project Manager will communicate and report to the Program Manager Mozambique. Suitable candidates will ideally have a relevant Master's degree or MBA. You have proven to be an excellent project manager, who is result driven and who knows how to support and enhance a diverse group of ambitious people. Clear and accurate reporting is your second nature. This is your second or third career step. Your understanding of written and spoken English is excellent and preferably you speak and understand Portuguese/Spanish. You are proficient at Microsoft tools including PowerPoint and Excel. You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and are able to effectively interact within an environment with multiple stakeholders and people that originate from different cultures. You are flexible, can think out of the box and know how to adapt in a growing and developing organization. You are flexible to travel abroad on an irregular basis. PharmAccess offers PharmAccess offers an excellent job opportunity in a dynamic international environment with solid working conditions and a branch conform salary. PharmAccess has a fulltime workweek of 40 hours, a collective pension scheme and a collective health insurance. We offer 25 free days a year based on a fulltime employment agreement.

Contact
Contact persoon: Chantal Heutink
Telefoonnummer: +31 (0) 20 566 8100
E-mailadres: info@pharmaccess.org
website: http://www.pharmaccess.org/
opmerkingen: Suitable candidates can send their CV and cover letter in English to recruitment@pharmaccess.org mentioning 'Project Manager Mozambique'. The deadline for applying for this position is March 27^th 2011.