Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) is a non-governmental non-profit organization, that provides mental health services, designs and implements training programs for mental health professionals, conducts research studies that serve the community. GCMHP works with and for a wide range of beneficiaries including: children, families and victims of human rights violation.

GCMHP is seeking to recruit a “Project Coordinator” to work on “Sports for Smiles” project which will be implemented in close cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), according to the following requirements:
Contract Type: Project – full time
Contract Duration: 7 Months – (3 months probationary period).

Key responsibilities:

• Preparation of the project plan implementation in coordination with the direct supervisor.


• Administrative and technical supervision and follow up of the activities’ implementation.


• Supervision of project team involved in the activities.


• Ensuring that all project activities are implemented in a timely manner and according to the rules and regulations of GIZ and GCMHP.


• Plan, conduct and supervise regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of the activities on the ground.


• Monitoring and evaluation, including preparation of periodical progress reports as required.


• Maintain the archiving and documentation of the project documents.


• Manage internal and external communication related to the project.


• Control expenses for project activities in accordance with the prevailing provisions, this includes all invoices, payments and financial reports in coordination with GIZ.


• Organizing administrative and logistical aspects of project activities (meetings, conferences, workshops and visits of delegations) in Gaza.


• Perform any other tasks as requested by the direct supervisor.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Development Planning or any other related field. Preferable to have high diploma in project management or English language after the Bachelor Degree.


• At least three years of experience in project coordination with NGOs or INGOs.


• Experience in planning, monitoring, following up and evaluating projects' different activities.


• Proficiency of English & Arabic language (reading, writing and speaking).


• Excellent reporting and formal writing skills.


• Excellent communication, team work and community outreach skills.


• Experience in computer skills and the usage of office Software packages (MS Project, Excel, Access, Word…etc.)


• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Apply guidelines:

Interested applicants are welcome to obtain the application form at the Administrative Affairs and Human Resources Unit, GCMHP headquarter, complete it and attach a personal photo, CV and motivation letter, and hand it in to the following address: GCMHP-Administrative Affairs and Human Resources Unit, El Remal-El Rasheed St., in front of the Gaza Municipality Beach Club. Gaza, Tel: 2641513.
Deadline for submitting applications: January 28, 2018 no later than 12:00 noon. No application will be accepted after this date.
Only candidates meeting the above qualifications will be considered.
Administrative Affairs and Human Resources Unit