Project Officer in Can Tho

Key tasks

• Collaborate with project managers to manage and coordinate projects’ activities and budget in Can Tho.
• Coolaborate with project managers to manage and coordinate projects staff member in Can Tho
• Working with project managers, Board of Directors, Provincial Lung Hospitals in Can Tho on development of project application to submit to local authorities and local stakeholders to get permission of implementation.
• Working with project managers, Board of Directors, Provincial Lung Hospitals, Area Health Centers, Commune Health Stations to discuss and develop detailed plans of projects and budget by quarterly, 6 months and annually.
• Responsible for development of consensus meetings, implementation meetings, capacity building training course plans in detailed for local targeted partners regarding the projects in Can Tho
• Collaborate with Provincial Lung Hospitals in Can Tho and TB Unit staff in projected communes to recruit and organize capacity building training on active TB case finding for Community Health Workers.
• Collaborate with project directors and managers to develop protocols, questionnaires, data collection
• Train (and retrain) health workers on project SOPs and data collection systems;
• Provide more practical ‘on the job’ training at the commune level so health workers are able to maximize case detection and their performance-based incentives.
• Conduct (re)trainings for health workers on use of the mHealth app and our data systems.
• Coordinate and manage the Community Health Workers network in projected communes to make sure they are working effectively.
• Connect Community Health Workers and TB Unit staff in supporting for chest X-ray, sputum transport or testing and treatment initiation.
• Monitor the screening/testing targets for the projects to meet the donor’s requirements.
• Conduct site visits and make recommendations to support project implementation in communities.
• Ensure implementation of NTP guidelines and SOPs in the field.
• Communicate any issues discovered during field visits to management in a timely manner.
• Support the compilation of project data and relay to M&E team.
• Work with the M&E team to conduct data quality assessments regarding TB treatment initiation as needed.
• Work with project officers to verify and clean data collected by the field team in real time (database management).
• Produce summary tables to track progress to targets and operational research deliverables.
• Work with M&E team to calculate monthly performance-based incentives and payments to Community Health Workers and stakeholders.
• Assist project staff with drafting narrative reports about the project implementation.

Other tasks

• Ensure that all project administrative documents are accurately updated and maintained.
• Maintain detailed notes on project activities.
• Draft summaries of activities and quarterly implementation performance assessments for donor reports.
• Coordinate with the administrative team and Finance team at FIT for supply procurement, bundle supplies related to the projects in Can Tho. Communicate with the Boar of Directors and managers about procurement as needed.
• Ensure effective, timely responses to key stakeholder inquiries and concerns.
• Provide regular status update to supervisors and other key project stakeholders.
• Attend regular meetings with project directors, managers and stakeholders to report about project progress, challenges in community and offer suitable solutions to make sure activities are properly maintained.
• Facilitate and accompany, if possible, project site visits by external parties.
• Assist in all aspects of the implementation of the interventions of the grant.
• Other activities requested by FIT Managers & Directors