Project Coordinator Job LSTM

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The Emergency Obstetric Care and Quality of Care Unit (EmOC&QoC) within the Department of International Public Health is seeking to appoint a full-time, Kenya-based Programme Coordinator to support the Unit’s growing portfolio of implementation research in maternal, newborn, and child health.

Based in Nairobi and working from the LSTM Kenya offices, the post holder will provide day-to-day operational, administrative, and coordination support to ensure the effective and timely delivery of research projects across Kenya and Tanzania. The role will act as a central liaison between country teams, research staff, partners, and LSTM UK, ensuring compliance with donor, ethical, and institutional requirements.

Led by a Professor Charles Ameh, the EmOC&QoC team conducts high-impact implementation research to inform global and national policy, strengthen research capacity in low- and middle-income countries, and improve quality of care through strengthened pre-service and in-service education in emergency obstetric and newborn care.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Operations & Logistics

• Coordinate travel, meetings, training, and project related events in line with programme guidelines
• Support planning and coordination of field activities
• Liaise with partners and internal teams to ensure smooth implementation of project activities

Financial & Administrative Coordination

• Support budget tracking, expenditure monitoring and activity costing in collaboration with Finance
• Review payment requests, activity budgets and supporting documentation for accuracy and compliance
• Coordinate procurement and logistics processes in line with LSTM and donor policies
• Maintain accurate project records, files and administrative documentation

Asset & Resource Management

• Maintain and update project asset registers and inventory records.
• Coordinate asset allocation, servicing, insurance, and periodic physical verification in line with LSTM policies.

Monitoring, Reporting & Learning

• Support routine monitoring of project indicators and data collection activities.
• Maintain project trackers, risk registers and issue logs.
• Support documentation of lessons learned and best practices.

Compliance, Ethics & Governance

• Support adherence to research governance requirements, ethical approvals, and regulatory standards.
• Maintain documentation to support audits, reviews, and donor reporting processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Project Management, or a related field
• Extensive experience coordinating health, research, or development projects
• Experience in health project coordination in East Africa
• Excellent communication skills and fluent in Swahili and English
• Experience working on multi-country and/ or multi-partner projects
• Experience supporting budgets, procurement, and reporting processes
• Computer literate with working knowledge of MS Office applications

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