Vaga Servisu - Health Project Coordinator - ChildFund Timor-Leste

Position: Health Project Coordinator

Department: Program

Location: ChildFund Timor Leste, No. 6 Rua do Loriku Colmera, Dili

Reports to: Health Manager

Employment: Full-time, Fixed -Term Initial One-year employment agreement / Locally engaged staff -LES

Contract Period : Initial one-year employment agreement with possibility extension.

Application deadline:  20 July 2025

Other Information: We strive to keep children safe through child safe practices, and rigorously ensure we prevent, oppose, and combat all exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people. As part of this commitment, all people working with us will undergo relevant background checks before joining ChildFund and have to submit a police check

 

ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

ChildFund Timor-Leste is the representative office of ChildFund Australia – an independent international development organisation that works to reduce poverty for children in developing communities.

 

ChildFund Australia is a member of the ChildFund Alliance – a global network of 12 organisations which assists almost 23  million children and their families in over 70 countries. ChildFund Australia is a registered charity, a member of the Australian Council for International Development, and fully accredited by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade which manages the Australian Government’s overseas aid program.

 

ChildFund began work in Timor-Leste in 1990, originally under the management of ChildFund International. Since October 2017 it has operated as an office of ChildFund Australia, and continues to work in partnership with children, their communities and local institutions to create lasting change, respond to humanitarian emergencies and promote children’s rights.

 

ChildFund Timor-Leste’s projects focus on maternal and child health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, youth empowerment and disaster preparedness. ChildFund Timor- Leste aims to demonstrate effectiveness and accountability in its program activities and value to the efforts of its partners through quality programs that are respectful, responsive, and relevant in helping children in poverty, their families, and communities. ChildFund Timor-Leste is working with rural communities to build a new, stable and prosperous future for what is one of the world’s youngest nations. 

 

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

As the Health Project Coordinator, you will oversee and coordinate project implementation, assist the project field officers with training, and monitor partner project staff to improve health and nutrition education for communities, including vulnerable groups. Reporting to the health project manager, the project coordinator will ensure the delivery of project activities, provide supervision and mentoring of implementing partners staff to guarantee the quality and timely delivery of key project activities, strong collaboration with the relevant ministries, and adequate program visibility.  The project coordinator will also support to ensure that the project implementation is aligned with ChildFund Australia health sector and Child safeguarding approach, internal policies, procedures, and donor requirements.

 

KEY DUTIES

• Coordinate and support the successful implementation of the project activities in target Municipalities in close coordination with implementing partner.
• Provide supervision and technical support to the project field officers in all aspects of activity implementation based on the workplan and timeline effectively, monitoring and evaluation, problem solving and decision making.
• Prepare activity Terms of Reference in coordination with Partner’s project staff and coordinate with line Ministries and appropriate authorities for training activities.
• Provide supervision to Partners project staff and strengthen coordination between ChildFund and implementing partner to ensure the quality project implementation and proactive problem solving.
• Ensure key stakeholders at the national and municipal level including post administrative and Village levels are appropriately involved in project implementation and ensure effective coordination with Municipal Health Services, target community health centers and health posts.
• Actively participate in relevant technical meetings or working groups at the national and sub-national level for networking and sharing best practices.
• Support Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) by ensuring timely and adequate documentation and reporting in line with donor requirements (including quarterly reports, baseline, midline, KPI and end-line, six monthly and annual reports, case studies, and any research/studies as mentioned in project MEL plan and/or required by donor),
• Ensure the MEL database is regularly updated and maintain close coordination with the MEL team.
• Undertake regular field visits to monitor project progress, and to identify and respond to challenges and emerging issues with partner project staff.
• Support in development of concept papers, project proposals, including contributing or initiating new ideas.
• Promote Child Protection, integrate gender equality, disability, and social inclusion in day-to-day work.
• Ensure the compliance procedures meet the ChildFund standard.
• Perform other duties as required by the project manager.

 

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• University Degree in Public Health, Community Health and Development, Agriculture Food Security and/or Nutrition.
• Demonstrated skills in project coordination and team management with an (I)NGO.
• At least 3 years of experience working in community mobilization, maternal and child health, WASH, agriculture food security and nutrition, and/or adolescent/youth reproductive health sector. 
• Ability to coordinate project implementation, while ensuring effective monitoring, evaluation and learning processes are maintained
• Experience of working successfully with diverse multi-country, multi-language team
• Willingness to travel frequently to municipalities (60-80%) and work closely with local communities in remote areas
• Valid Motorcycle license
• Experience in providing training (trainer of trainers) is an added advantage

 

DESIRABLE

• Experience in the international development/NGO or government sector in Timor-Leste
• Experience overseeing administration and logistics processes

 

SKILLS

• Excellent Coordination skills
• Energetic and creative thinker and problem solver
• Team player, supporting others in achieving their & the project goals
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Curios to learn, goal oriented and analytical
• Demonstrate inclusive and participatory approaches

 

Please click on the POSITION DESCRIPTION  to find out more about this job. 

 

How to apply:

Please apply at  Apply for this Job to submit your application.  

 

Application deadline is 20 July 2025. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

This role is a full time, fixed term role for an initial 1 years, based in our office in Dili. 

 

NOTE: Short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.