State of Palestine

Ministry of Health

Projects Management Unit (PMU)

Projects Officer Vacancy

The Ministry of Health (MoH) / World Bank Projects Management Unit (PMU) is seeking to hire a full-time Projects Officer to provide the support needed for the successful implementation of technical engagement and project activities.

Tasks/Activities

1. Administrative Assistance

• Organize and maintain all project documentation, including correspondence, contracts, reports, and records, ensuring they are readily accessible.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings, including preparing agendas, documenting minutes, and ensuring follow-up on action items.
• Manage communication and correspondence between the PMU team and stakeholders, including MoH departments, World Bank representatives, and external partners.
• Handle logistics for workshops, trainings, venue bookings, and materials preparation.
• Prepare routine correspondence, reports, presentations, and other required project materials.
• Support the PMU Coordinator in organizing team activities, maintaining a calendar of key events, and tracking deliverables.
• Support the PMU team in executing key technical, procurement, financial management, environmental and social functions.
• Any other tasks requested by the PMU Coordinator.

1. Coordination and Follow-Up

• Work closely with the PMU team to ensure the alignment of activities with project objectives and timelines.

• Follow up and Facilitate coordination among PMU members, external stakeholders, and MoH departments, including but not limited to supporting translations, collection and collation of data, follow-ups for meeting organization and logistics, and other tasks to enable successful implementation of technical engagement and project activities.

1. Support to the PMU Team

• Assist team members, including the Health Specialist, Procurement Specialist, Financial Specialist, and Environmental Specialist, in their respective tasks.
• Support coordination efforts among PMU team members to ensure integrated project implementation.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to facilitate the effective functioning of the PMU team.

Contracting Arrangements and Timeframe

MoH will sign a time-based contract with the Projects Officer. The duration of the assignment is one year on full-time basis extendable to the full length of the project subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory performance and needs of the PMU.