Project coordinator – CO At MedGlobal

Job Title: Project coordinator

Job Status: Full time (40 hrs per week)

Job location: Medellin, Colombia

Report to: Country Representative

ABOUT MEDGLOBAL

MedGlobal is a global humanitarian non-profit organization providing medical and health education services to people in need, including refugees and displaced persons, in disaster and underserved regions. The organization is composed of medical and public health professionals of diverse backgrounds.

CODE OF CONDUCT

MedGlobal Code of Conduct reflects the profession’s core set of beliefs and values of care, respect, trust, and integrity. These beliefs and values are fundamental to MedGlobal employees, volunteers, interns, consultants, officers’ coordinators, and directors to guide their practice and conduct. The Code is organized into categories, as follows:

1. Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.
2. Provide a positive and valued experience for those receiving service within and outside MedGlobal.

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to MedGlobal, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work.

MedGlobal is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE AND HARASSMENT POLICY

MedGlobal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. MedGlobal employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside the organization.

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for Medellín-Necocli Medglobal project coordination and implementation of project and operations activities, adherence to logistics, human resources, administration, and security procedures. Serves as the central MedGlobal presence and point of contact in Medellín and Necocli.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as main Medellin-Necocli MedGlobal liaison with clinical partners and other partners.
• Oversee clinic activities in the Medellin Bus terminal and in the distribution sites in Necocli (when needed)
• Handling administrative work to make sure procurement processes follow MedGlobal guidelines and are completed on time
• Make sure data collection is done on a monthly basis and reports (financial, work plan, and metrics) are submitted to MedGlobal on time with their supporting documentation (list of monthly consultations, list of medications
• Visit the MedGlobal clinic at least three times a week and be available should any challenge arise. Communicate any challenges as soon as it appears to the MedGlobal Country Representative and Regional Program Manager.
• Make sure stationary supplies are available at the clinic at all times.
• Represent MedGlobal in meetings and correspondence with local stakeholders including the MOH, local hospitals and other organizations and NGOs.
• Provide supervision and coordination of health staff in Medellin and Necocli.
• Coordinate media content to be used for social media, fundraising, etc.
• Accountable for the organization of reliable and cost-effective local procurement processes for medication, medical supplies and other supplies needed ofr day to day operation.
• Responsible and accountable for the overall success of all logistics, procurement and purchase agreements
• Work with clinical partner and local health to ensure that project reports are accurate and complete.
• Report effectively to the Country Representative about project implementation.
• Responsible for visibility printing material and media coverage.
• Responsible for carrying out the medications inventory list.
• Work closely with the Medglobal clinic coordinator to improve clinic history processes and other.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of experience supporting clinical processes, implementation of health projects, health reporting programs, and other.
• Previous NGO work.
• Experience with migrant and refugee populations.
• Team work.
• Working under pressure.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Detailed oriented.
• Ability to keep its superiors informed about project’s updates and progress.
• Ability to work independently, quickly, problem solve, anticipate challenges, and handle data with confidentiality.
• Strong skills working with a variety of systems and technologies, including but not limited to Google Suite, Microsoft office, Excel, Adobe PDF.

How to apply

To apply for this position, please send a cover letter, and resume to [email protected] with the subject line: “Project coordinator – CO”. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and applicants are encouraged to apply early.

NOTE: only candidates who speak fluent English and located in Colombia – Medellin will be considered.