Assistant Project Manager

The Ministry of Education & Higher Education (MEHE) is willing to recruit an Assistant Project Manager to assist the Project Manager in managing and supervising the “Construction and Rehabilitation of Schools in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Phase 1 & 2” Project, funded by the Kingdom of Belgium.
Duration: The duration of this assignment is One Year subjected to extension. This assignment is on a full-time consultancy basis.
Requirements and Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering with two years minimum experience.
- Working experience in supervising construction projects and public projects inparticular.
- Working experience with donors and proved knowledge in the World Bank procurement
procedures is an asset.
- Good command of written and spoken English.
- Registered in Engineers Association - Jerusalem Center.
- Excellent command of relevant computer applications including word processing, spreadsheets, database, and handling internet applications.
- Capability of working well in teams and under pressure.
The Assistant Project Manager is expected to assist the PMU - Project Manager in performing the following tasks:
- Overall planning of the project activities;
- Organizing and coordinating MEHE inputs in the project;
- Organizing, coordinating and supervising the implementation of project activities in accordance with the approved project work plans;
- Supervise engineers and consultants during the preparation and tendering of contracts for procurement of works, goods and services;
- Submit periodical technical and financial reports to BTC representation office according to
BTC standard requirements;
- Provide financial management, accounting and timely compilation of quarterly progress
reports and budgeted work plans for the following period for consideration by the Project
Steering Committee (PSC);
- Assume the role of the secretariat for the Project Steering Committee (dissemination of
reports, proposal of agendas, drafting of minutes of PSC meetings,... etc);
- Compilation of the project final report at the end of the project;
- Coordination and networking with other national and international partners;
- Other tasks and ad hoc reports requested by the PMU-PM.

Interested applicants are requested to submit their CVs and a covering letter by hand to the
Ministry of Education and Higher Education - Directorate General of Administrative Affairs
- Employment Division by COB Thursday August 6th, 2009.
For more information, please contact the Directorate General of Buildings at the Ministry of
Education and Higher Education - Ramallah, Tel: (02)2983252, (02)2983265 .
Ms. Lamis M. Alami
Minister of Education & Higher Education