Project Management Associate, Center For Vaccine Innovation And Access (cvia)

• PATH is recruiting for a Project Management Associate responsible for supporting the management of key internal and external activities to ensure successful implementation of a project to strengthen Routine Immunization services in Kebbi for hard-to-reach communities by deploying mobile immunization teams.
• The role involves providing day-to-day operational support, developing, and tracking project schedules, identifying, and managing project risk, tracking timely completion of project deliverables, and developing tools and processes to enable and support project activities.
• The position is based in Kebbi State, provides direct support to project teams in-country and reports to project managers on a day-to-day basis with line reporting to a supervisor with the Project and Portfolio Management team (PPM).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the Project Lead, State Program Manager, and other project team members to develop cross-functionally integrated work plans and identify appropriate milestones.
• Track and maintain integrated project-level schedule and resource plans.
• Provide day-to-day implementation support, including for travel coordination, documentation management, scheduling, procurement follow-up, logistics coordination to keep activities moving smoothly.
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of the project risk register, including creation of risk mitigation plans, monitoring risk status and tracking issue resolution for triggered risks.
• Create, implement, and maintain project management tools for planning and tracking projects.
• As required, create tools and processes to support efficient and effective operations of project activities
• Partner with Project Lead and State Program Manager to foster high-performing teams.
• Work closely with project team to forecast and request appropriate allocation of resources to execute project activities and deliverables.
• Coordinate activities with external stakeholders and partners as applicable.
• Coordinate and contribute to the development of donor reports.
• Coordinate and contribute to the development of new grant proposals, and the revision of existing proposals.
• Capture key highlights actions points from meetings and follow up for resolution.

Required skills and experience

• A Bachelor's Degree required in public health, health education, nursing, or other health-related field, plus a minimum of five years of related programmatic experience in health or immunization service strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams to accomplish objectives and deliver results.
• Effective time-management, organizational skills, and ability to appropriately prioritize tasks. Attention to detail.
• Demonstrated proficiency in working with ambiguity and creative problem-solving.
• Excellence in attention to detail and organization skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical problems, project goals, and deliverables. Demonstrated ability to influence without authority.
• Demonstrated ability to be action oriented, resourceful, and display a can-do attitude to solve problems.
• Ability to apply knowledge gained through work experience to identify potential challenges and develop solutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills, particularly motivational, negotiation, listening, judgment, and conflict management skills.
• Proven experience with Smartsheet (or similar project management software).
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.