Senior Project Coordinator Full Time

Job Description

• Duty station: Bule Hora
• Required number: One
• Salary: As per the NIN’s salary scale
• Terms of employment: One year contract, possibility of extension
• Reporting to program director  

Job summary:

The PC is responsible to provide innovative approaches to management and coordinate with partners, executives and stakeholders. The PC will supervise project team while overseeing project implementation, financial and administrative oversight, monitoring and reporting, as well as continuous evaluation of operations.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Oversight of all project activities in respective zone.  Ensure all project activities on the ground is implemented as planned and with integration among different sectors.
• Be organized, coordinated and ensure requirements are ready prior to project cycle meetings. Furthermore, assure that action plans agreed on the meetings are completed within agreed timeline.
• Actively participate in grant management meetings and ensure Addis team receive notes and actions points. Ensure action points are followed up.
• Ensure donor compliance on visibility and program management is adhered to.
• Submit cash projection timely, follow project staff’s payment sheet, supplier’s payment for timely action by the field office finance department.
• Provides strategic leadership and technical, operational, financial and managerial leadership for successful delivery of multi sectoral rapid response across the country on the need basis approach
• Makes sure project is aligned with overall objectives of the project and ensures that the project is technically sound, evidence-based, and consistent with donor’s and communities’ priorities.
• Provides oversight of project implementation including all activities, outputs, and outcomes related to project management and administration, including reporting, budget development and monitoring, financial transactions, execution of project plans, and project performance.
• Oversees the project officers’ performance, assigning clear roles and responsibilities, providing effective supervision, and managing performance to ensure efficient operations.
• Ensures the project produces the specified results as per the work plan to the required standard of quality and within the timeline and budget parameters.
• Conducts monthly reviews to ensure assess spending rates, budget forecasts, accountability of all project activities as well as the accurate and timely reporting of financial deliverables and obligations.
• Ensures that the project progresses in accordance to its contractual obligations and complies with donor and government regulations and internal organizational policies.
• Identify and mitigate project risk to avoid delays and cost overruns
• Ensure integration and coordination among the various partners contributing to the overall goal of the project through strengthening partnership and collaboration.
• Ensure a timely pace of implementation in a challenging environment, with spending in line with budget forecasts
• Acts as the primary project contact person and liaison, ensuring the project is visible and represented in the existing humanitarian coordination forums
• Coordinates organizational relationship with partners and donors related to monitoring and evaluation, providing support in facilitating technical collaboration and coordination activities with government and other relevant stakeholders.
• Promotes the project through advocacy, presentations, and participation in different levels of technical forums.

Job Qualification

Educational background and experience

• MA in PSIR, Peace studies, Sociology, Social Anthropology
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in NGO

Technical skills

• Excellent planning, reporting, organizational, analytical and decision making skills.
• Excellent in project proposal writing, planning, and research methodology
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English and Amharic
• Have Experience in delivering training and lead meetings
• Excellent in coordinating internal and external resource
• Excellent in creating rapport, networking building partnership and closing negotiation
• Highly developed communication and facilitation skills with the ability to communicate with a range of audiences with diverse communication styles.
• Excellent in analytical skill in the field of partnership, understanding of stakeholders and a progressive worldview of mutual respect.
• Effective interpersonal skills, maturity, tact and a high sense of responsibility
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team
• Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver on time
• Ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional global team structure
• Ability to manage and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.
• Excellent in management collaboration, technical communication and leadership skill
• Proficient in MS Office apps

How to apply:

Applicants should submit a non-returnable application letter, updated CV, and credentials in PDF format to the addresses below in 7 working days STARTING FROM the date announcement.

admin@neighborsinneed.org.et  OR  ninethiopia@gmail.com

NB!

Please make sure you mention the position title ‘ Senior Project Coordinator’ in the subject line of your email application.

Females are highly encouraged to apply!