Project Coordinator (Health)

Caritas is a global movement working in solidarity for a fairer world, inspired by the
example of Christian faith and Catholic Social Teaching. Caritas is committed to combating dehumanizing poverty that robs people of their dignity and to promoting the rights of the poor. It provides assistance to the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded on behalf of a billion of Catholics around the world.
Caritas Jerusalem has been working in Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza since 1967. Caritas has 3 health centers and provides primary health services to the Palestinian communities in several areas in the West bank and Gaza.
Caritas Jerusalem is seeking:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination of the activities of the
health department and will be based in Jerusalem:
- Coordinate the implementation of the health program in the Wet Bank and Gaza
- Prepare periodic and timely program management reports
- Conduct field visits to the program locations in the West Bank and Gaza
- Work with the Project Manager on liaising with donors regarding reports, plans,  concepts, and proposals
- Prepare responses to donor queries regarding program implementation
- Participate in the design and preparation of new health proposals
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in public health or any other related fields
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the field of health, preferrably with an international NGO
- Excellent knowledge of the development issues in the Palestinian Territories
- Excellnet English language skills. Other languages are a plus
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent computer skills
- Ability to travel throughout the West Bank and Gaza
- Commitment to Caritas’s guiding values

Please send CV and cover letter to [email protected] by 3 July 2009.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. All applications will be
treated in confidence.