Senior Project Manager

CARE International in the West Bank & Gaza

 
-  Are you a dynamic & experienced project management professional?
-  Do you have experience in managing and implementing complex market system, women/economic empowerment, or food security?
-  Are you interested in working with an international NGO that keeps its vision in the heart of everything it does?

You might be the right fit for this exciting role at CARE!

CARE West Bank & Gaza is looking for a committed professional to the values of Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality, and Excellence to fill the following vacancy:

Senior Project Manager (Job# 2/2017)

Summary: This position will lead Souqona project which was launched in April 2016, with funds from Australian Governments. Souqona is planned to be implemented over two phases with the total of 5 years in Northern Area of West Bank with the main goal of better connecting male and female Palestinian vegetable and dairy farmers to markets.

The project adopts a market system/value chain development approach, with a systemic and comprehensive methodology that deals with the value chain and its actors, value chain support services, main components of the enabling environment, gender/social roles and norms, environmental sustainability, climate change adaptation, and institutional structures’ relations.

Primary activities for the Project Manager (PM) for Souqona include but are not limited to:

  -being responsible for the management and implementation of the complex project initiatives,
  -coordination between CARE’s team and all key actors in the project (including project partners, governmental actors, other consortia members, private sector and investors),
  -identifying potential and emerging programmatic and financial issues;
  -facilitating collaboration among all actors to find solutions for programmatic and financial issues;
  -reviewing and commenting on progress and technical reports and other programming/project documents to be submitted to CI member, advisors and donors, and will also be responsible for
  -overall planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and reporting on the project to Country Office management, CARE International, and donors.

Location: West Bank   
Reports to: Program Area Manager
Start date: As soon as possible
Position type: full-time 40 hours/week

Requirements

-         Master’s degree in community development, Market Systems, Agriculture, Management and Business Administration, or other related fields OR combination of relevant education and experience
-         Training in Gender transformative approaches, inclusive value chains, and diversity (desired)
-         At least 5 years’ proven experience in managing and implementing complex market system, economic empowerment, food security, livelihood, women economic empowerment projects
-         Demonstrated management skills with a minimum of two years’ experience supervising employees
-         Good private sector engagement and market system/value chain development experience in the agriculture/agribusiness sector.
-         Strong technical skills in market systems and value chains
-         Excellent time management and organization skills, and ability to work under pressure and outside office hours.
-         Capable in planning and problem solving. Excellent report writing skills both in English and Arabic. Familiarity with quantitative and qualitative research methods and market system program monitoring and evaluation systems.
-         Computer literate (MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Access)
-         Valid Driving license with clean record and ability to travel across the West Bank

The full job descriptions and the position’s educational and technical experience requirements can be sent upon request to [email protected] 

Only applicants who have the required qualities, experience, and skills will be considered. Interested applicants must include (a) A resume (in English) and (b) a cover letter explaining their suitability for the position (in English)

Please submit your application by e- mail to

[email protected]

to the attention of the HR Department no later than Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 and include the job number (2/2017)0 in the subject line and cover letter.

Applications received after this date or that do not meet the qualifications above will not be considered. Only short listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Applications from female candidates are strongly encouraged

CARE International promotes the principle of Equal Opportunity for all

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