Project manager

MdM is partnering with the National Mental Health Program (NMHP) of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the national governing body for mental health in Lebanon working on reforming the mental health system in the country to build a national sustainable system.

In its project funded by the Agence Francaise de Development, MdM supports the consultants, who will be working with the NMHP to implement the national mental health strategy and the governance of the reform.

The position of Project Manager is part of the pool of consultants who will lead and implement mental health activities under the NMHP umbrella and in liaison with all of its partners

Activities include but are not restricted to:

• The Operation of the Community Mental Health and Substance Use center in Rafiq Hariri Hospital;
• Decreasing the stigma on Mental health and promoting Mental health through outreach activities;
• Integration of Mental Health in Primary Health Care.

Tasks and duties

• Planning:
  • Develop project action plan in line with the project management SOP
  • Plan with the senior health nurse the schedule of staff and support project manager in the development of the action plan

• Coordination and implementation:

• Coordinate day-to-day project implementation and ensure the quality of outcomes as per the action plan set: substantive, administrative and financial aspects, applying strategic planning and systematic coordination of project activities
• Ensure effective communication and coordination internally with other units and externally where asked between different partners within the project
  • Ensure all needed preparations for meetings related to the project (agenda, presentation, etc.) and prepare and distribute minutes to all project team members
  • Manage all project documentation, including ensuring timely preparation and compilation of mid-term progress report, final project report, work action plans and detailed budgets or any other deliverable to be agreed upon between all partners
  • Work closely with relevant team meetings to ensure support, capacity building, and training development for the project

• Monitoring and evaluation:
  • Analyse data, dashboards and justify results relating to activities received by the different team members
  • Project indicator tracking and reporting

• Reporting and documentation
  • Develop and write project reports (assess the achievement of objectives, indicators),

Participate to the Complaint Response Mechanism of the projects in charge

Meetings:

• • Lead and attend weekly meetings with staff
  • Represent the NMHP in different stakeholder meetings

Deliverables

• Progress report
• Project action plan
• Minutes of Meeting

Education, experience and relevant skills

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, experience in project management and coordination
• 4-6 years of relevant job experience;
• Master’s Degree in public health or another health major is a plus.
• Fluent in Arabic and English, French is a plus
• Good planning, organization, decision-making, and liaison skills
• Good communication skills,
• Good problem-solving skills,
• Good interpersonal skills

• Good follow up skills,
• Ability to work under pressure,
• Knowing how to work in a multidisciplinary team,
• Solution oriented, and
• Reliability and accountability.