January 19th, 2023 at 04:33 pm
Project Manager at Plan International
Company Description
Plan International is an independent humanitarian and development organization that works to improve the lives of children and girls.
We believe that every child has power and potential. But poverty, violence, exclusion, and discrimination often get in the way of this. And girls are the ones who suffer the most.
Working with children, young people, our supporters, and partners, we try to make the world a more fair place by getting to the root of the problems girls and other vulnerable children face.
We support the rights of children from the time they are born until they are adults. And we help kids get ready for and deal with crises and hard times. We use our reach, experience, and knowledge to make changes in practice and policy on a local, national, and global scale.
We have been building strong partnerships for children for more than 85 years, and we now work in more than 75 countries.
Dimensions of the Role
Project managers coordinate project activity in two zones. Eastern and Oti regions. He/she will also recruit and collaborate with other specialists and government protection agencies (e.g., Social Welfare/Community Development, DOVVSU). All elements of this role will incorporate child protection and safeguarding concepts of collaboration, involvement, transparency, and respect for women’s and children’s rights. The postholder will live in Ho and travel to project sites.
Typical Responsibilities
- Manage Be Smart Project work in Oti and Eastern areas.
- Make that the project’s M&E system reports results.
- Ensure the Be Smart project delivers high-quality programming that follows best practices as described in the project proposal, Plan International Ghana Country
- Strategic, and relevant Ghana government rules and policies.
- For effective links, partner with key stakeholders in project planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
- Actively interact with stakeholders and government agencies participating in Be Smart implementation and official protection agencies in Ghana to foster collaborative planning for long-term sustainable solutions.
- Support for Be Smart initiative local partner social mobilization, group building, and training.
- Facilitate regional and national stakeholder review sessions with other relevant organizations.
- Integrate Plan programs with other Technical Specialists and project staff.
- Gender mainstreaming in all Be Smart activities and gender sensitivity toward staff and
- Plan associates to prevent gender discrimination.
- Mainstream Safeguarding and Child Protection in all Be Smart initiatives.
- Be Smart in partnership finances, logistics, and reporting to meet Plan and donor requirements.
- Attend all local and worldwide network meetings to learn and share management decision-making best practices.
Partnership and Networking
- Establish and maintain constructive collaboration relationships primarily with relevant agencies and stakeholders (GES, GHS, DOVVSU, SW/CD, CHRAJ)
- Lead technical and coordination meetings amongst all stakeholders.
Inform supervisors and project personnel of anticipated changes/developments.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
- Monitor and report project goals and results with the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator.
- Prepare Terms of Reference (TOR) for baseline and project evaluation and organize evaluations and learning reviews with consultants.
- Compile, analyze, and provide Be Smart project reports to Country Management Team regularly.
- BDM requires excellent, timely donor reports.
- Review monthly accruals and payments with the finance and grant departments to guarantee donor compliance.
- Manage project risk registers.
Others:
- Supervise direct reports.
- Perform other tasks as specified.
Indicators of success:
- Agency partners and stakeholders collaborate well.
- Quality, on-time project delivery.
- Regular, high-quality reporting (financial and narrative).
- Quality Be Smart learning theme best practices documentation.
- Be Smart best practices.
- Effective local partner performance monitoring.
- Successful project team
- Problem-solving:
- Complexity, research, analysis, and creative thinking needed to solve challenges
- In-depth research of SGBV challenges and unique solutions.
- Ability to manage international and local NGO partners
- Ability to handle extensive and rigorous donor requirements.
- Effective decision-making on the best, most efficient, and donor-compliant financial management methods.
- Minimal supervision
- Analyze decisions to strengthen and support Be Smart programs that fulfill organizational standards and refer to a senior manager for approval.
- Develop and implement project risk mitigation methods.
Skills:
- Expertise in girl rights and protection
- Exceptional negotiation, facilitation, and influence.
- Superb coordination and portrayal
- Presentation and analysis skills.
- Communicative.
- Writing reports well
- Teamwork and motivation skills.
- Microsoft applications, spreadsheets, databases, and the internet.
How to Apply for this Project Manager at Plan International
Application Deadline: 25th January 2023
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