Combined Project Manager - PSM SOW

About the role

A leading global health and nutrition organization is hiring a full-time, contractual Project Manager based in Nairobi (Westlands). The role provides regional programme coordination, implementation oversight, governance support and performance tracking across Anglophone Africa (Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia). It works closely with country teams, consortium partners, technical teams and regional and global leadership to ensure effective delivery, timely reporting and accountability.

Key responsibilities

• Regional programme coordination (60%): facilitate information sharing between country teams, partners and leadership; support planning and reporting tools; hold monthly country team reviews and track action points; support quality reviews with technical and MERL teams.
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning: coordinate country inputs, monthly M&E updates, knowledge management outputs and programme reports.
• Donor reporting: collate country inputs for donor reports and prepare materials for donor, church and area-lead meetings.
• Governance and performance tracking (40%): coordinate schedules and follow-ups for leadership, programme leadership and steering committee meetings; maintain a commitment tracker.
• Risk and bottleneck management: keep a live risk and bottleneck log and support timely escalation.
• Meeting management: prepare agendas, document discussions and circulate minutes and action points.
• Performance dashboards: develop and maintain a consolidated dashboard on progress, actions, risks and deliverables.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Public Health, Development Studies, International Relations, Social Sciences or a related field; a postgraduate qualification or professional certification is an added advantage.
• At least 5 years of experience in project management, programme coordination, implementation oversight or a similar role.
• Experience coordinating multi-country programmes or projects with multiple implementing partners.
• Demonstrated experience in programme planning, monitoring, reporting, risk management and tracking deliverables.
• Experience coordinating donor reporting and consolidating inputs from multiple teams or country offices.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience maintaining project trackers and dashboards.
• Experience with monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks and knowledge management processes.