Background of HAS
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti (HAS) is a 131-bed hospital located in central Haiti that provides integrated hospital and community-based services. Established in 1956 by William Larimer (Larry) Mellon, Jr. and his wife Gwen Grant Mellon, HAS was and continues to be a model for effective, efficient, and compassionate healthcare delivery in a challenging setting. When the hospital was opened on June 26, 1956, it had two operating rooms, a laboratory, a pharmacy, and X-ray facilities. It also had its own electric power, water system services. But Dr. Mellon realized that the walls of the hospital could not alone provide for all the public health needs. Transferring the leadership of the hospital to Mrs. Mellon, he created a community development program that improved community water supplies and introduced reforestation. Knowing that poverty and environmental degradation are strongly interconnected, HAS supports preventative healthcare by helping vulnerable communities improve their environment and agricultural production.. HAS’ Haiti Timber Reintroduction Project (HTRIP) offers strategies to surmount challenges of deforestation by helping Haitians to plant indigenous trees and learn about sustainable agroforestry and conservation techniques. Through relationships with informal networks of farmers throughout the Artibonite Valley, HTRIP has been able to identify communities of farmers who have some of the greatest needs as well as the greatest desire to learn better practices

The Project Manager will oversee HTRIP’s day-to-day activities in Haiti, be solely responsible for financial management, project development, and fulfill any additional roles that are essential to the proper functioning of the project:

• Provide HTRIP’s Haitian staff with supervision and administrative (i.e. transportation schedules) and technical support (i.e. basic computer services);
• Prepare and administer a $80k-100k annual project budget, control spending in a challenging, high-need environment, collect and organize data on all project expenditures, and maintain an up-to-date month-by-month expenses spreadsheet;
• Execute human resources responsibilities (employee management, occasional hiring and firing decisions) in collaboration with the Senior Manager of SCI Administration;
• Perform basic materials management tasks (i.e. acquisitions, distribution and inventory);
• Organize monthly and yearly project planning;
• Coordinate with other HAS programs and with other wings of its SCI division; and
• Manage HTRIP’s paper and electronic databases.
• Provide research support
• Orchestrate small food-distribution programs in inaccessible areas;
• Supervise the planning and production of large events (for 500+ people);
• Collaborate with Haitian and foreign institutions (i.e. Yale School of Forestry);
• Coordinate and provide support for interns from US and Haitian universities;
• Contribute to relations with donors (replying to email correspondence, giving tours of HTRIP sites to visitors) and other organizations in Haiti (responding to questions, providing advice, sharing experiences, offering potential to collaborate, etc.); and
• Contribute to long-term (i.e. 5+ years) project planning and goal-setting;

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, preferably with a major or specialization related to the position (i.e. agronomy, environmental science, ecology, plant biology, geography, public health/nutrition, economics);
• Fluency in Haitian Creole, French, and English (written, oral);
• Competency in basic accounting and MS Office (Excel, Word) software;
• A strong facility in non-confrontational problem-solving strategies; and
• A willingness to live full-time on the HAS campus for at least two years (preferably more).

Project Manager, Haiti Timber Re-Introduction Project
Organization: Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
Career Categories: Project Management
Theme: Agriculture
Position duration: 2 years
Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible
Posting date of the Job Offer: August, 3rd, 2018
Country: Haiti,
City: Deschapelles
Closing Date: August, 24th, 2018
Responsible to: HAS Senior Manager SCI Administration, Finance Director, and CEO; and Haiti Friends CEO and President
Responsible for: 1 field coordinator; 3 extension agents (agricultural technicians); 1 nursery technician; 1 drivers; and miscellaneous temporary labor.

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