Project Coordinator

Project: P173819 - KOSOVO EMERGENCY COVID-19 PROJECT Reference: XK-MOH-295346-CS-INDV Procurement method: Individual Consultant Selection Financing: World Bank Annex A: Terms of Reference and Scope of Services Country: Kosovo Project ID: P173819 World Bank Loan/Credit Name: Kosovo Emergency COVID-19 Ref. No.: XK-MOH-295346-CS-lNDV Assignment name: Project Coordinator Background At the request of the Government for support to respond to COVID-19 emergency, the Kosovo Emergency COVID-19 Project (P173819) was approved in May 20, 2020, with an Additional Financing (AF) approved in June 2021. Both the Kosovo Emergency COVID-19 and AF project objective is to prevent, detect, and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness in Kosovo. The following are the components of the project: Component 1: Health Care delivery and health system strengthening: This component supports activities to prevent new cases of COVID-19, limit local transmission through contact-tracing and containment strategies, and to treat established cases, including the most severe. Component 1 finances equipment and supplies for hospital network in Kosovo including mechanical ventilators, cardiac defibrillators, mobile x-rays, oxygen concentrators, and other equipment essential to the provision of critical care to patients with severe acute respiratory infection. The component also finances the rehabilitation of UCCK's Infectious Disease Clinic's wards (within the existing physical footprints) to enable the isolation and treatment of COVID-19 patients, installation of the oxygen system in selected regional hospitals, rehabilitation of the morgue clinic in Prishtina, and rehabilitation of the radiology ward in Ferizaj. This component also supports mobilization of healthcare support staff. With Additional Financing (AF), expected to become effective in September, this component will continue to support procurement of essential supplies and equipment, essential drugs, training of medical care providers, as well as vaccine procurement and deployment activities (such as communications, information systems, post-adverse vaccine events, waste management etc.) Component 2: Supporting households to comply with public health containment measures: This component has supported the Government to fund the Social Assistance Scheme (SAS) to (i) ensure that existing social assistance payments are delivered on time, given the emerging fiscal constraints the country faces; (ii) finance an increase in the value of the benefits provided to SAS beneficiaries to assist them in meeting their basic needs in in the face of rising health care costs and loss of other income sources; and (iii) expand the coverage of the SAS to additional households, which have lost their sources of income as result of the pandemic and which do not receive support from other government programs. GoK has supported the beneficiaries of all social and pension schemes to aid these categories in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Component 3: Project monitoring, communication, and community engagement: This component supports project implementation in overall administration of the project as well as regular monitoring and reporting of implementation. Objective of assignment To oversee the effective organization and coordination of all Kosovo Emergency COVID-19 Project and Additional Financing (AF) activities such that the project meets its intended goals outlined in the Financial Agreement and Project Paper and follows the procedures outlined in the Project Operations Manual (POM). The Project Coordinator is responsible for implementation of project activities in accordance with the agreed project documents, standards and procedures - with special attention to the World Bank anti-corruption guidelines - and in accordance with the Laws and Regulations of the Republic of Kosovo. The Project Coordinator manages day-to-day use of the project budget in accordance with the approved annual budget and work plan. Successes, challenges, and deviations from approved project plans will be communicated to the World Bank by the Project Coordinator. Duties and Responsibilities The Project Coordinator (PC) will report on at least a weekly basis to the General Secretary of the MOH, Minister of Health and his/her designee and the World Bank team on progress with projects implementation. Under the supervision and guidance of the General Secretary, the PC will be responsible for the following tasks: Coordinate the day-to-day management of the preparation activities pertaining to MOH responsibilities, including but not limited to support the preparation and updates of the Project Operations (i.e., implementation schedules, procurement plan, and costing tables), and supporting the General Secretary in supervision of preparation and coordination within MOH and other stakeholders. Coordinate with different stakeholders to identify needs for projects' support to in