INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Project Manager – Partner for Resilience (PfR II) (Re-advertised)
CARE Ethiopia’s mission is to work with poor women and men, boys and girls, communities and institutions, to have a significant impact on the underlying causes of poverty in Ethiopia.
Date: December 11, 2017
Vacancy No: 150/17
Place of Work: Afar (Semera)
Closing Date: 10 days from the announcement
Number of vacant posts: 1 (One)
Term of employment: Regular
Duty starting date: Immediately
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the Project Manager (PM) position is to provide overall leadership and coordination for ensuring the implementation and accomplishment of the Partner for Resilience Project (PfR II) objectives under his/her responsibility in line with CARE’s vision, goals, and program principles, standards, approaches and Long Range Strategic Plan. She/he provides the necessary support to his supervisor in developing annual implementation plans and budget, allocates appropriate resources to accomplish the plan, and ensures that an appropriate monitoring system is in place to track progress and deviations of project implementation. She/he establishes and maintains effective working relationships with key government partners and NGOs working in the Afar region.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
Project Implementation
· Organizes the implementation process of all set targets planned for the project with respective government bureaus & other relevant NGOs;
· Follow up implementation of activities and provides the necessary support to appropriate government bureaus in order to improve performance;
· Facilitate building the capacity of government staff in technical issues pertinent to the project objectives;
· Maintains ongoing communication with project stakeholder regarding project progress and challenges;
· Provide the necessary support to her/his technical supervisor in assessing project’s context, assumptions and changes in the working environment to ensure that the project focus, strategies and activities remain relevant and in proposing adjustments when needed.
Project Planning
· With her/his technical supervisor analyzes past experiences to systematize and incorporate lessons learned into the planning process;
· With her/his technical supervisor based on past accomplishments and achievements adjusts project targets, strategies, resources and delegation of responsibilities to ensure appropriate progress toward project objectives;
· With her/his technical supervisor draft plans with appropriate partners involved in the implementation and incorporate their input into the plan;
· With her/his technical supervisor submits annual plans as per established schedules to all project stakeholders.
Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
· Assist her/his technical supervisor ensures that the project include an appropriate log-frame and baseline design;
· Assist her/his technical supervisor organizing a monitoring system to collect baseline and periodic data for tracking project performance and decision making;
· Plans and conducts quarterly and annual project review meeting to assess progress, adjust plans, and draw/disseminate lessons learned;
· Write monthly/quarterly/annual comprehensive and high quality project progress reports;
· Implement audit recommendations related to the project
Project Budget Management
· In collaboration with her/his technical supervisor and finance staff prepares annual budget based on project proposal and ensures compliance with donor requirements;
· Ensures appropriate utilization of fund codes for charging budget expenditures;
· Monitor monthly budget burn rates and make adjustment when needed.
Networking, Learning and Representation
· Establishes and maintain formal and informal communication mechanisms with government, community partners and other stakeholders;
· Participate in meetings held at various level to discuss project related issues;
· Keeps up to date with developments in the project, including best practice examples, and ensure ongoing personal development and learning;
· Make formal presentations to the counterparts about project progress, challenges, lessons learned and needed adjustments.
QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)
A) EDUCATION/TRAINING
Required:
· Bachelor degree in Disaster Risk Management, Agricultural, Rural Development or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Desired
· MA/MSc. Disaster Risk Management, Agriculture, Rural development, or related field
B) EXPERIENCE:
· At least five years experience out of which 2-3 years’ service in managerial level.