MSE Project Manager

 MISSION

1. Drives operational implementation of the project

• Designs and implements action plan (launch or development phase);
• Manages the project operationally on a daily basis:
  • Organizes implementation and sets priorities
  • Monitors and follows-up on results
  • Manages administrative and logistical issues (e.g. purchase of equipment, suppliers, maintenance…)
• Adapts IECD’s monitoring tools and activities in close coordination with the central program coordinators
• Ensures timely follow-up on key indicators based on the logical framework;
• Monitors the quality of project execution and its impact on beneficiaries;
• Suggests ways to improve the program;
• Constantly seeks to develop and share knowledge: implements, improves and codifies knowledge on relevant and/or innovative topics (e.g., tools and methodologies), in coordination with manager and program coordinator. Such new tools can be adopted by other countries or project managers;
• Respects the law, fiscal rules and social norms in the country of operation, with the help of the country director or external experts where necessary;
• Updates key data on the project in the “project manager’s toolbox”

2. Pilot finance and budget of the project

• Develops and deploys the yearly operational budget:
  • Ensures the proper use of funds, in accordance with IECD and financial partners’ specifications
  • Manages expenditure commitments in a responsible way, and adapts to available funding
• Ensures rigorous analytical cost accounting for the project;
• Develops financial reports and shares with partners (updated actual and forecast);
• Participates in the preparation of audits, in collaboration with the financial team
• Participates in fundraising activities.

3. Manage the project team

• Recruits, develops and retains local staff and expatriates under his/her responsibility, following a logic of skills’ transfer;
• Identifies key local talent and managers;
• Manages the team and develops a sense of ownership, gives meaning to IECD’s actions;
• Sets objectives and evaluates staff, in accordance with HR procedures;
• Embodies and communicates IECD’s values;
• Manages administrative HR and ensures the team’s HR files are up to date (if applicable);
• Manages staff careers (arrival, training, follow-up, end of contracts, etc.) with the help of his/her manager;
• Implements and participates in the development of his team’s salary scale.

4. Report on the project

• Prepares and shares narrative reports (monthly report, etc.) and financial reports internally;
• Prepares, validates and shares external narrative and financial reports with financial partners;
• Maintains close relations with financial partners operating in the field: ensuring visibility of partners, organizing field visits, meetings, etc.;
• Prepares internal and external evaluations of the project.

5. Strengthens and develops relationships with operational partners and acts as a representative of the IECD

• Identifies, builds and develops links with suitable project partners, with the help of the country representative/manager;
• Identifies, builds and develops relationships with other appropriate stakeholders;
• Acts as a representative of the IECD with local stakeholders, including public authorities;
• Develops internal and external communications for the project; promotes the visibility of the project (Newsletter, Facebook page, local media, events, etc.);
• Identifies opportunities for the other IECD projects in the country.

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PROFILE

Required skills:

• Project management, monitoring and follow-up
• Financial and budget management and control
• Team Management: accompany, build team spirit, train
• Mobilise and bring together a network of partners
• Represent IECD with various stakeholders
• Knowledge of French and English compulsory (written and spoken), knowledge of Arabic would be helpful
• Good command of Microsoft Office, with Excel as a priority

Personal Attributes

• Leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, appetite for challenge, results oriented
• Organization and discipline
• Tactful, adapts to interlocutor
• Hardworking: this position involves important responsibilities and requires strong engagement; pragmatic problem solving; and tenacity
• Strong moral qualities: honesty, humility, respect
• Ability to adapt to local culture, interest in geopolitical background
• Good interpersonal skills, open minded, skilled listener, patient
• Adherence to IECD values: respectful of others, committed to service, highly professional

CONDITIONS

Status: Fixed term contract under Palestinian Labor Law

Dates:  asap until end of June 2020

The project manager will be working under the supervision of:

• The IECD Country Director in the Palestinian Territories
• In cooperation with the MSE coordination desk based in Paris

Location: Al Aizarieh, Jerusalem governorate - Palestinian Territories

Compensation Package:

• Based on profile and experience
• Transportation costs based on costs of project
• Possibility to obtain medical insurance package if required