Project Assistant - BRCAAS

Job Purpose:

The  BRCAAS Project Assistant will provide programmatic, technical, and operational support to the implementation of the “Building Regional Capacity Amidst Aid Shifts: Technical Assistance” project. The role will support coordination, facilitation, documentation, and follow-up of project activities across the target regions.

Working under the guidance of the Project Coordinator, the Assistant will play a key role in ensuring smooth day-to-day implementation, effective stakeholder engagement, and timely delivery of project outputs, particularly in supporting regional-level activities related to health financing and system strengthening.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Project Coordination & Implementation Support

• Support day-to-day coordination of project activities across regions, ensuring timely implementation of planned interventions.
• Assist in tracking implementation progress against work plans and flag delays or challenges to the Project Coordinator.

• Support organization and facilitation of meetings, workshops, trainings, and review forums at national and regional levels.
• Coordinate logistics for project events, including scheduling, communication, and documentation.
• Maintain regular communication with Regional Bureaus of Health and Finance to support activity follow-up.

• Assist in collecting, compiling, and organizing project data for monitoring and reporting purposes.
• Support preparation of routine progress reports, presentations, and briefs.
• Document meeting minutes, action points, lessons learned, and best practices.

• Provide support to implementation of health financing and system strengthening interventions at regional level.
• Assist in compiling technical inputs, background materials, and evidence for program activities.
• Support knowledge management and dissemination of project outputs.

Operational & Administrative Support

• Support financial and administrative processes related to project implementation (e.g., activity budgets, liquidation follow-ups, procurement coordination).
• Ensure proper documentation and filing of project records in line with Amref procedures.
• Assist in coordinating travel and field visits for project staff and partners.

Other Responsibilities

Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.