JOB ADVERTISEMENT:
CARE International is seeking to recruit a “Project Manager”.
This position is dependent on successful award of funds.
Introduction
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International aims to be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty.
Overview of the Role
Job Purpose Statement
The Project Manager (PM) contributes to the realization of the Country Office (CO) Program Strategy by managing the implementation of the EU-funded Resilient Systems for Food and Nutrition “KUNGAHARA” Project, ensuring that plans are aligned with the Country Office strategy and delivered on time and to the project management standards and donor requirements. The PM will manage the project activities and provide the technical leadership to all interventions working towards resilient food systems and improved food and nutrition security in the target districts Rwanda. S/he will work closely with the implementing partner (s) in all relevant food and nutrition interventions project activities.
The PM serves as the main contact person and liaises with project consortium members and leadership, the CO team including Programs Director, Program Manager, CARE Impact Measurement Team, and the Program Support and Finance teams to ensure timely and quality support to project e.g. through various CO coordination mechanisms like participation in multi-disciplinary project management teams or program coordination meetings. The position holder works together with the Program Quality & Learning department to ensure that learning from the project is used, to keep project implementation on track and continually improve and develop new strategies, tools and approaches, and do the necessary adaptations. In addition, the PM is responsible for overseeing the deployment of CARE’s resources in the project and implementing risk management and accountability strategies according to CARE International, Government of Rwanda and Donor policies. The project manager directly reports to the Program Manager for Women’s Economic and Climate Justice Pillar.
Requirements for the Role
Educational Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (e.g. Project management, Agriculture, Food systems and nutrition, Economics, Development studies or Social Science)
- Master’s degree in project management or Qualified Project Management certification (added advantage)
Experience required:
- 6-10 years in project management role in the development sector, prior experience in related areas/sector (food systems and nutrition, agribusiness, and enterprise development) programming preferred.
- At least three years’ experience managing multi donor funded projects,
- Experience managing complex projects and multi million dollar funds and projects with foundations and/or institutional donors specifically European Union.
- Excellent understanding of economic development and poverty analysis
- Experience in managing a multi-million-dollar budget; demonstrated skills in risk management and ensuring value for money
- Demonstrated experience in program design, implementation and evaluation; including participatory approaches
- Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with implementing partners, donors and government counterparts.
- Experience in women and girls-centered programming approach will be an advantage
- Experience managing emergencies is an added advantage
Technical skills:
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills in a complex international setting
- Demonstrated ability in program design, implementation and evaluation
- Demonstrated skills in agribusiness/or Agriculture value chains and Food systems and nutrition.
- Demonstrated ability in managing different types of partnerships
- Demonstrated self-awareness, leadership and interpersonal skills
- Strong human resource management skills including capacity building, coaching and conflict management;
- Demonstrated interest and ability to give feedback, develop, motivate and lead a diverse team to achieve results
- Ability to establish a learning culture and to facilitate knowledge sharing
- Demonstrated use of positive coping strategies in stressful environments
- Demonstrated proposal writing and report writing skills
- Knowledge and demonstrated skill in financial management
- Managing a complex budget
- Effective follow-up on internal and external audit recommendations
- Ensuring donor compliance and reporting
- Very high-quality written work and language skills in English; ability to speak in French & Kinyarwanda
- CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We are an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity, diversity and Inclusion. CARE’s focus as an organization is to empower women and girls as we strongly believe that they are most affected by poverty. In line with our values, we highly encourage women to apply for this position.
- We are committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework.
- CARE International has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of any person or child by any of our staff, or partners. CARE International reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.
- We participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
- By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that they have no objection to CARE International requesting the information specified above.
Applications should be submitted not later than October 9th, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps.
*Disclaimer: CARE International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment.
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