Dimensions of Role

The Consortium Project Manager is responsible for the overall management of project progress as per the project proposal, budget, logical framework and contractual compliance obligations. He/she will oversee and ensure that implementing partners and field level teams have the required level of support, guidance, and information in order to implement the project to high standards, coordinating and communicating effectively with UNHCR and consortium members to ensure follow up and support where required. He/ she will work closely with consortium members’ project technical staffs to ensure provision of technical oversight and support is given based on evidence based, best practice approaches and methodologies in child protection & education programming, drawing on the collective experience, capacity, approaches and methodologies.

The Consortium Project Coordinator will be responsible for effective communication of project progress, issues arising and proposed solutions to the UNHCR through ERMs or directly and to the consortium member. She/ he will be responsible for consolidating all financial and narrative reports from implementing partners, after conducting a surface review, and submitting the consolidated reports to the Emergency Finance Coordinator.  

Key End Results and Typical Responsibilities

The Consortium Project Coordinator will have the below detailed roles and responsibilities;

1.   Quality and timely project management

• Be responsible for overall project management at Gambella level, including planning (monthly, quarterly and annual work plan and budget), budget management, donor reporting, and coordination with & relations with consortium partners and other stakeholders, monitoring and reporting of the project.
• Understand in-depth the Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE), Education in Emergency (EiE) strategies & Youth in Emergencies and working modalities of Plan and contribute to apply both to project activities.
• Contribute to establish strong relationships with stakeholders’ especially of SCI and the incoming local partner in Okugu in networks operating in Education and Child Protection at local level.
• Serve as a resource person for the organization and represent the issues of girls and children during programmatic and strategic meetings in the project areas.
• Oversee all project level administration, financial management of the project at Gambella level.
• Be accountable for working with the project teams to produce and submit progress reports as per requirements.

2.   Planning and implementation management

• Review project documents and develop the Detailed Implementation Plans (DIP) of the projects as guided by project document.
• Provide technical input to project team/partners for timely implementation and strategies.
• Ensure the quality of the project implementation using Girls and Child Centred refugee response approach.
• Track program spending, analyse deviations and suggest and take corrective action as needed.
• Monitor and update the project activities in Plan’s internal corporate system (SAP) and ensure management are regularly informed of the project spending status and any deviation.

3.   High quality donor reporting

• Ensure all Donor and other reporting is submitted on time and to high quality.
• Write monthly, quarterly and end of terminal narrative project reports for Plan’s internal purpose, for donor and local authorities, and validate the reports against attached financial reports and other documentations required as per Plan’s, local authorities and donor guidelines.
• Prepare project case studies related to the activities implemented to be submitted each quarter with the reports and/or whenever requested.

4.   Coordination and program collaboration

• Build and maintain working relationship with the implementing project teams, other Plan’s teams, and other implementing partners, for achieving the project goals and creating proper synergies with other Plan’s activities.
• Liaise closely with the Education and Child Protection teams in Gambella, Program Specialists in Addis Ababa.
• Ensure activities remain on track and any learning generated from the project is documented and shared with colleagues.
•  When requested, contribute in developing new activities related to EiE, CPiE and YiE.

5.   Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (in cooperation with the MEAL Coordinator and Plan’s MEAL Department)

• Develop project level monitoring plan and monitor implementations of project activities.
• Establish and update regularly database of project activities’ achievements.
• Conduct monitoring of the project activities to feed into the M&E plan.
•  Ensure using SAAD (age, sex, Disability) principles for collection for all monitoring, reviews, reporting and documentation.
•  Ensure documentation of the lessons learnt and good practices from project experience for sharing and learning with other PIE teams and for recording of the organization.
• Organize and attend periodic review and reflection workshops/meetings to review project plan and strategies and document learning and evidence.
• Attend workshops/meetings organized by Plan and/or other stakeholders relevant for the goals of the project.

6.   Effective financial, logistics, administrative and HR management

• Ensure that functional administrative systems are established and maintained according to the PIE systems
• Monitor annual project budget and prepare periodic analysis and actions, and actively contribute to possible revisions of the budget as needed.
• Prepare and update the annual procurement plan.
• Collaborate with logistics and procurement departments for all the necessary logistic and procurement needs of the project.
• Monitor that project teams respect organizational values and culture (Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, Anti-fraud Policy, etc.).
• Support PIE HR and administrative departments for whatever related to the project implementation 

Job Requirements

   Knowledge & Experience

• MA/ BA Degree in Social Sciences, Child Development, Development Studies, Sociology, Social Work or other related sectors.
• Eight (8) years’ experience in which five (5) years minimum experience in Program/ Project management of NGOs, including in consortium programs. 
• Experience of managing complex and large project budgets (> €1mil).
• Experience in developing and implementing Child Protection & education projects.
• Knowledge of evidence based, best practice programming and standards for child protection and child participation (INSPIRE strategies, Minimum Standards for Child Protection & Education in Humanitarian contexts) 
• Good knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles and established international child protection standards; SPHERE standards and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct.

   Skills

• Strong facilitation, negotiation, communication and representation skills.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Skills in monitoring, evaluation, Learning and reporting.  
• Analytical skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Requires general finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills (SAP, Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Fluency in English is essential.

How to Apply

The closing date for the application is March 20, 2022. Qualified candidates should submit their application through using the following link:

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Note: This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia. Applications and CVs written in English will be accepted and Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that we are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated link. Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.