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PATH has been operating in Senegal since 2001, with staff members located in offices throughout the country. PATH has a proven track record in mobilizing stakeholders and building the capacity of the Senegal Ministry of Health and Social Action (MSAS) in their efforts at all levels to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the country’s health system.
The Program Assistant will support a USAID Urban Health project (pending funder approval) designed to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH), family planning, nutrition, malaria, and WASH activities in the most vulnerable urban and peri-urban districts of the Dakar region. The Urban Health (UH) project will strengthen the quality of routine health services, strengthen linkages between facility- and community-based services, leverage private sector resources and services, improve the capacity of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to utilize and oversee private providers, and develop interventions and innovations to tackle root causes of health disparities in urban zones.
The Program Assistant will provide general administrative support e.g., printing, photocopying, documentation preparations, support logistics of meetings including setting up project meetings and taking minutes, coordinate travel, review expense reports, compile and organize relevant background materials for meetings, and support and coordinate project procurements. The program assistant is also responsible for filing and maintaining project documents, distributing supplies or project materials, assist in disbursing/processing payments for workshops expenses, per diems and preparation of activity budgets. This position reports to the Grants and Administrative Officer based in Dakar, Senegal.
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MUST HAVE LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK IN SENEGAL. SENEGALESE NATIONALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON SUCCESSFUL AWARD OF PROJECT FUNDING. ALL OFFERS ARE CONDITIONAL UPON DONOR APPROVAL.
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