Job Description

Activity Manager Advert
Duration: 3 months contract with possibility of extension
Location: Mazowe District – Howard Mission Hospital
Reporting to: Project Manager
The Salvation Army - Howard Mission Hospital is a registered faith based organization providing clinical and social services to marginalized communities in Mashonaland Central of Zimbabwe. The organization is committed to improve the wellbeing of people through quality health care, child protection and household economic empowerment. A dedicated team of experts with a mix of unique talent is helping the organization in addressing the communities connected challenges.
Activity Manager
Activity Manager (AM) shall be based at the district office and should lead in his or her technical area of speciality (Health, Safe, Schooled or Stable). He or she shall act as liaison to improve access to services by program participants and accountable for overall implementation of OVC programs at district level.
Activity Manager shall report directly to the Project Manager and shall execute the following duties:
▪ AM shall adhere to Howard Hospital Child Safeguarding and Protection Policy and ensure that his or her conduct and activities implemented do not cause or put children at risk of harm or abuse. He or she shall receive child safeguarding concerns from co-workers and stakeholders including caregivers and children. Activity Manager is mandated to report immediately ALL child safeguarding concerns to the Child Safeguarding Focal Person. Further, AM shall report immediately ALL abuse cases to the authorities (police or child protection officer within the Department of Social Development) as mandated in the Children’s Amendment Act of 2023. The AM shall implement the survivor-centred and LIVES approach, ensure survivor’s safety and access to appropriate post-violence services. The Activity Manager shall raise awareness on child safeguarding though various platforms such as feedback and stakeholders' meetings and other forums during implementation of VANA activities

Duties and Responsibilities

▪ Coordinate quarterly implementation of ALL VANA activities (Health, Economic Strengthening, Child Protection, Education, MERL, Administrative) and reach 100% service provision every quarter
▪ Ensure implementation fidelity of ALL evidence-based models (NMN, CBIM, FMP, CA, Aflatoun, Stepping Stones and IMBC) though mentorship and support supervision
▪ Overall supervision and appraisal of all VANA staff at district level including support supervision, activity implementation, data entry, time sheets and staff log books.
▪ Report staff misconduct immediately to the Director
▪ Produce Quarterly District Activity Plan
▪ Ensure compliance to USAID/Pepfar programme and financial guidelines/requirements
▪ Lead development of work plans and budget projection
▪ Quarterly support supervision of community cadres
▪ Produce statistical and narrative reports for all district activities that is weekly report, monthly report and quarterly report
▪ Develop good relationships and networking with key stakeholders at district level
▪ Produce monthly reports to key stakeholders to including Ministry of Health and Child Care, Department of Social Development, National AIDS Council, President’s Office and Local Government
▪ Attend all district meetings and workshops within the district representing Howard Hospital
▪ Working with the Documentation and Communications Officer to support documentation of stories and weekly bullets
▪ Produce a monthly schedule of expos, events or any activities of significance to the Documentation and Communications Officer for further support
▪ Activity Manager will support and lead internal Data Quality Assessments (DQA) with district MER as well as ensuring the OVC activity meets Site Improvement through Monitoring Systems (SIMS) standards.
▪ Lead implementation of community feedback mechanisms activities.
▪ Supervise routine and timely collection of activity monitoring data.
▪ Identify technical gaps of officers and provide training and coaching to the programme staff based on identified gaps to enhance efficiency

Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications and Experience
▪ At least a Bachelors’ degree in Social Work. Master’s degree will be added advantage.
▪ Minimum of 5 years’ experience in OVC, SRHR, HIV programming in an NGO with knowledge and understanding of financial and budgetary planning and control, rules and regulation
▪ Demonstrated experience and ability to produce high quality reports.
▪ Experience working with stakeholders that include government ministries, donor representatives and NGO.
▪ The ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision and meeting deadlines.
▪ A clean class 4 driver’s license
▪ Proficiency in Microsoft Office operations and packages.

How to Apply

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates to send their application letter and CVs (clearly indicating the position on the subject line) to [email protected] cc [email protected] on or before 14 June 2024. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Only short listed candidates will be responded to. The incumbent should be prepared to start as soon as possible.