Job
Vacancy: Project
Manager –
Negele, Ethiopia
Organisation: Caritas Switzerland is
a non-governmental aid agency and member of Caritas Internationalis.
Caritas
works worldwide and adheres to international humanitarian principles (NGO code
of conduct).
Caritas
Switzerland is involved in Ethiopia with a main focus on development oriented
humanitarian aid, water resource development (including aspects like management,
sanitation and hygiene) and education.
We
seek a dynamic person as Project Manager with expertise in Agriculture / Agri
Econ / Irrigation / Value Chain (additional qualifications such as engineering
and construction management are advantageous) for our project Strengthened
livelihoods through improved market access of agro-pastoral communities
practicing small scale irrigation and school gardening.
Based
in our emerging project office in Negele (Guji Zone of Oromia Region – with a
prospect of being based in Addis Ababa after 6-12 months) she/he will be
responsible for planning, implementation, monitoring of the project
activities.
Position: Project Manager
Reporting
to: Programme
Director or Country Representative for Caritas Switzerland in Addis Abeba
Duration: 1 year contract with a possible extension
based on performance and depending on available funding.
Location: Negele (Guji Zone,
Oromia, Ethiopia) with frequent
trips to Addis Ababa and project sites.
The
position holder has the prospect of being relocated in Addis Ababa after 6-12
months
Key
tasks & responsibilities
Represent Caritas in the project area in relation to all project matters
- Present,
explain and defend Caritas project to secure the agreement of regional,
Zonal and woreda level government offices; and secure the collaboration of
woreda sector offices during the implementation of the project; - Seek
the support of local authorities (Kebele, Woreda and Zone) in case of
facing challenges during implementation. - Liaise
with other potential local actors, private sector, community institutions
for collaboration and attainment of project goal. Actively attend and
contribute to Zone and woreda level NGO forums. - Legally
and official represent Caritas Switzerland’s interests in the project
area.
Periodic project planning activities at the project level
- Lead
coordinated planning process of the project with the project managers of
co-implementing partners - Prepare
realistic and participatory DIP adequately broken down into annual,
quarterly, monthly and bi-weekly plans. - Engage
community and private actors (producers, transporter, sellers) in the
planning pro-cess - Whenever
possible and necessary align project plan with the overall plan of the
local and regional government. - Shared
DIPs and important milestone events of the project with the CR and PD
ahead of time.
Project implementation, Monitoring and Reporting
- Facilitate
disbursement of funds for timely procurement, labor mobilization,
transportation and supervision of project activities - Translate
DIPs into daily and weekly activity plan that can be clearly understood
and followed by the project team. - Ensure
that daily activity schedules are respected and timely actions are taken
in case of failure - Mobilize
the collaboration of Kebele and Woreda actors for community resource
mobilization during implementation of activities. - Ensure
implementation responsibilities are properly shared among the signatories
of the project and the community. Not engaging all actors could entail
willingness to shoulders not only failures but also possible damages and
bad turnouts. - Adjust
project activities according to seasonal variability. - Conduct
regular meetings with co-implementing partners to discuss pending project
matters and to jointly plan activities - Keep
track of the project logframe indicators during monitoring. Instill the
habit of logframe monitoring among the other co-implementing partners. - Collect
timely data for compilation of quarterly report to Woreda and Zone
government(depending on project agreement this could be an overall project
report including that of the other co-implementing partners). - Compile
an overall bi-annual and annual report for CaCH internally and for back donors. - Revise
reports as per the comments of CaCH Program Director/Country
Representative
Provide Leadership and Resource management
- Supervise,
coach and motivate staffs assigned in the project and required involve in
hiring and firing of project staffs. - Resolve
routine problems as per the staff regulation and refer to difficult ones
to the next superior as deemed necessary. - Asses
the security situation of the project area and ensure adherence to local
security guidelines of CaCH by all project staff - Open
a project bank account in Negele and be responsible for its management (?) - Make
period transfer requests based on expenditure forecast - Approve
local payments in consultation with Program Director/Country
Representative. - In
collaboration with the Finance Director ensure complains with internal
regulations and financial regulations of the country. - Supervise
the project cashier
- Use
and encourage partners to use participatory approaches as far as possible
throughout the project cycle, in site identification, implementation,
operation and maintenance of schemes; - Be
informed about local context and needs and make use of indigenous
knowledge to check the appropriateness proposed activities, technologies
and approaches; and - Take
account of gender, Do-No-Harm, environment and other important
cross-cutting con-cerns in programme design, implementation and reporting;
carry out activities in a way that reflects the needs of specific groups
and individual’s e.g. elderly people, women, children and people with
disabilities.
Essential requirements & qualifications
- Bachelors
or advanced degree in Agriculture/plant science, Agricultural Economics,
Agri-culture/ water engineering with specialization training in
Agri-business, value chain and ru-ral marketing. And additional
engineering qualification and/or experience in WASH pro-ject is an
advantage. - At
least 10 years of relevant work experience in rural development project
out of which 2 years in managerial position with responsibility for the
program implementation and re-source management. - Experience
in negotiation, coordination and leading a process that involves various
actors at a local level. - Experience
in implementing community based projects; ability to liaise activities
with various actors, with different interest and in different places - Experience
in project cycle management such as practical experience in project
identifica-tion, proposal writing, monitoring, report writing, etc.; - Sensitivity
to the needs and priorities of different sectors of a community; - Good
knowledge and experience of accompanying partner-managed projects; - Proficiency
(oral and written) in English and Oromifa - Assessment,
analytical and planning skills; - Diplomacy,
tact and negotiating skills; and - Ability
to work well in a team.
Contract start: April
1st, 2016
Special
Remarks: This
is a national position.
Qualified
women are especially encouraged to apply.
If you
feel you fit the required profile, please let us know how your qualifications,
experience and career aspirations match the requirements of this position.
Send
your application latest by 13th of March 2016 via email to
jobs.nairobi@caritas.ch indicating “Project Manager – Ethio-pia’ in the subject
line.
Please provide an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) with details of your
qualifications, experi-ence, present position and remuneration, earliest date
of availability, telephone contacts and names of three referees.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a subsequent written and oral
test to be held on March 21/22 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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