DRA- Project Manager

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

• Manage and facilitate key project governance mechanisms at country level and design and manage effective communication channels.
• Lead on joint planning with implementing partners with regard to the implementation of activities and corresponding expenditure of funds, as per Detailed Implementation Plan provided by PMU.
• In coordination with the EiE team at the Country Office, develop and manage a risk register for the project.
• Provides adequate technical support DRA project to Program Areas of PIE and partner Organization of the project areas.
• Lead and facilitate evidence based best experience/practice sharing of methodologies and approaches to Education, and WASH programming as an input to detailed activity design/ implementation planning and on an ongoing basis as needed.
• Ensure logic and coherence between financial and narrative reports, and to identify any changes to the description, timeframe of implementation and/or budget of activities and expenses.
• Timely report any changes made to the description, timeframe of implementation and/or budget of activities and expenses to EiE lead/team.
• Facilitate and ensures that financial commitments of the funding agent are timely released, transferred to the Partner and Program Area Offices and used as per commitments;
• Document, share lessons learnt on the impacts and best practices of the project; and ensure effective communication and information sharing for scaling up of the project’s outcomes/impacts Prepare and compile case studies, best practices, proceedings, etc., and submit to concerned bodies as deemed required;
• Oversee the successful implementation of project baseline, mid-term and end-line assessments/ evaluations and ensure lessons learnt feed into project adjustments.
• Oversee successful project close out, including disposal of assets and equipment, financial reconciliations, and sustainability and continuity planning for services and program activities.
• Engage in capacity building of project staffs and partners in monitoring and evaluation activities, and donor’s compliance management issues.
• Represents PIE and participates in experience sharing and related forums on matters related this project.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities of the department as assigned by the EiE Thematic Lead.

Knowledge & Experience

• MA/BA Degree in Education, Sociology, Social Work, and other related disciplines.
• Eight (8) years’ experience in which five (3) years minimum experience in Program/ Project management of NGOs, including in consortium programs.
• Experience in managing consortiums as well as multisectoral projects.
• Knowledge of evidence based, best practice programming and standards for Emergency responses.

 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
• Fluency in English language is essential.

Behaviours

• Demonstrate clear respect to all and especially children and women without discrimination
• Aware of own strengths, weaknesses and pro-active in using feedback and self-development
• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to Plan’s core values and humanitarian principles
• Demonstrate honesty and transparency in holding self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and Plan’s standards of behaviour
• Patient, able to improvise and remain responsive under pressure.

Location: Dessie

Type of Role: Technical 

Reports to: Head of Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Resilience

Grade: D1

Closing Date: 12 June 2022

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.