Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 31 Jul 2015
People in Need(PIN) helps people in emergencies, both in crises of war as well as in areas affected by natural disasters, and in places where it is hard for people to break out of the vicious circle of poverty without support. PIN is a Czech NGO working on independent and neutral bases with no political or religious agenda.
In South Sudan, PIN has been operational since 2012 with humanitarian and rehabilitation programs in Central Equatoria and Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBeG). Since 2013 PIN has focused on multi-sector resilience intervention in Aweil West and North, NBeG on one side and CCCM and WASH support to IDPs in Juba camps outside the Protection of Civilian Sites (POCs). .
Starting: asap / according to availability
Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension
Job overview:
The Resilient Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (RAIN) Project Manager (PM) will ensure the timely and effective management and implementation of PIN’s RAIN project, ensuring efficiency, quality, impact and accountability, while upholding the core values of PIN. RAIN is a 24 months project (12.9.2014-11.11.2016), funded by EC; being currently implemented in Aweil North and West, NBeG.
The PM must manage the project (full project cycle approach); the team of national staff, and maintain excellent coordination with all partners and authorities in order to ensure the smooth implementation of its activities.
The PM will be based in Nyamlel (Aweil West, NBeG) with frequent travels to Juba, and work under the direct supervision of the Head of Mission, based in Juba.
Overview of responsibilities:
Project management
- Responsible for all activities related to the full project cycle management including proper financial management to ensure the achievement of project´s results;
- Responsible for proper monitoring to ensure quality of actions and accountability to beneficiaries
- Responsible for the compliance with all relevant rules and regulations (PIN, donor, governmental)
- Responsible for relevant internal (PIN) and external (donor) reporting, documentation and archiving of program information, documentation and experience
- Participate in the strategic design of PIN’s programming in South Sudan and in proposal writing
Human resources
- Responsible for the management of approximately 15 members´ national team on the base (project team, base admin, and logistician) including contracts, holidays, performance evaluation and daily management.
- Responsible to ensure proper training and capacity building of national staff
External coordination:
- Participate in stakeholder and humanitarian coordination meetings, and represent PIN in the humanitarian sector and with governmental authorities,
- Work closely with other partners to ensure effective, coordinated and accountable response to needs,
Security
- Responsible for the security on the base, and as such responsible to ensure all base employees are aware of PIN‘s Security Framework, and adhere to it at all times,
- Remain in close communication with the Security Officer and report any information, feeding in experience and knowledge, including from the team.
Requirements and qualifications
Education and experience
REQUIRED
- Experience with project management (ideally food security/resilience/nutrition oriented in rural communities: modern farming practices, farmer field school methodology, livestock management, basic veterinary & vaccination, value chain, marketing) and participatory approaches)
- Strong experience with PCM, including budgets and finance management, M&E and and reporting Good management and coordination skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
DESIRABLE
- Previous experience in South Sudan
- Previous experience with EC funded projects
- Projects proposal writing experience
Personal requirements:
- Ability and willingness to work in difficult conditions in remote areas
- Good understanding of, and experience with insecure environments
- Ability to motivate and develop skills of others
- Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines
- Methodical, analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to work both as part of a team & independently
- Empathy with the organisations humanitarian values and its approach
- Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity (esp. gender and ethnicity)
How to apply:
Please send your applications with CVs and cover letters to HR@peopleinneed.cz. Kindly note only preselected candidates will be contacted. Thank you