Project Manager at INTERSOS

The Project Manager ensures constant engagement by/with different support departments to ensure timely support to the project team. The Project Manager is budget holder for the whole project grant/budget and supervises/monitors closely the financial planning, liquidity planning and budget utilization/burn rate monitoring.

The financial/budget management is the final responsibility of the Project Manager for the specific project and he/she must ensure that this goes together with close log frame and work plan monitoring.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Main responsibilities:

• Ensures the planning, implementation and monitoring/evaluation and sets targets as included in the project description. Flag significant deviation from the program implementation plan and estimated expenditures, alert relevant staff.
• Guarantee an efficient financial management as main budget holder for the project in compliance with INTERSOS’ model and donor regulations.
• Team/HR management (staff and volunteers)
• Deliver quality project activities reporting, including the findings in terms of impact/changes at the level of beneficiaries achieved through the project, compliant and consistent reporting per INTERSOS and donor requirements, in collaboration with the HQ Grants Unit
• Develop clear understanding of INTERSOS program and country strategy among project team – ensure also timely input/feedback by team on strategic issues.
• Support the Program Coordinator in program/project development.
• Ensure that program delivery matches INTERSOS and donor technical minimum standards and seek technical section and MEAL department guidance and tools.
• Ensure clear overview of actors and services in area of intervention, permitting development and implementation of partnerships and referral pathways.
• Administrative and office support activities (agreement, amendments, signed reports, communications, etc.), ensuring documentation cycle is up to date, and ensure all departments’ requirements are aligned and addressed.

Detailed responsibilities and tasks:

• Ensure the full and timely implementation of the project proposal as approved, pro-actively respecting deadlines for reporting:
• Project kick-off and presentation/sharing of project with teams
• Review and prepare a detailed activity plan with team
• Verification on the targeting of beneficiaries

Financial management and procurement:

• Prepare, monitor and implement financial and procurement plan
• Prepare financial plan
• Approval of all purchases/contracting and budget line allocations
• Verify the bookkeeping entries in the INTERSOS accounting spread sheets (JOURNAL): verify budget line allocations, budget expenditure status against actual delivery and the financial plan for the remainder project implementation period
• Ensure for all purchases/contracting of goods/services/supplies the correct INTERSOS procurement guidelines are applied and properly documented, in coordination with the Finance and Logistics departments.
• Verify the list of expenditures prior to finalizing the interim and final financial reports
• Holds final responsibility for verification of all support documents’ completeness and correctness.

People management:

• Agree and establish clear reporting and communication lines
• Team recruitment, liaise with HR Department to secure up to date HR files.
• Permanent on-job coaching of teams to work on quality in delivery.
• Manages and evaluates the performance of the project staff.
• Conduct weekly and monthly meetings with the team to review the planning and discuss the main concerns to focus on for the upcoming period.
• Continuous/fast verification of data quality collected and received from field staff.
• Ensure teams respect INTERSOS rules and guidelines to the mission and adhere to INTERSOS Code of Conduct and Charter of Values.

Monitoring & evaluation:

• Ensure monitoring and verification for the targeting of beneficiaries.
• Applying a result-based management approach, monitor the project outcomes, in addition to the outputs and activities, including changes at the household and community level achieved through the project.
• Undertake (if security situation allows) field visits to provide technical guidance and supervision to the team and to monitor the progress and quality of the different project activities.
• Reporting:
• Ensure quality reporting on achievements through daily short briefings, monthly and weekly planning presented against weekly and monthly performance reports containing clear quantitative and qualitative information related to the activities.
• Secure regular reporting per team and compile, review and analyses reports on monthly bases to be reflected in INTERSOS Project Appraisal Tool.
• Prepare ad hoc progress reporting for the donor and official required interim and final project reports; prepare interim and final narrative reports for the donor in a timely and qualitative manner, looking into achievements against outcomes and output and reflect lessons learnt clearly into recommendations for future programming.
• Holds final responsibility for all support documents (means of verification) and general project documents.
• Delivers regular communication products (including pictures) on the project to be used by the INTERSOS communication department in different outlet.

Coordination and representation:

• Support the Program Coordinator / Technical Coordinators in attending cluster meetings and ensure timely reporting of highlights and relevant information for intervention area.
• Participate in regular meetings with the donor representatives and facilitates field visits by donor missions (when security allows for), in coordination with the Program Coordinator.
• Ensure systematic information and update sharing with the program coordinator
• Perform any other related duties as required.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.
• A master’s degree in a relevant discipline is an added advantage.
• Additional certifications in Project Management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, or PMD Pro) are desirable. Professional experience

Professional requirements

• Minimum of Four (4) years of relevant experience in project management, preferably in the humanitarian or development sector.
• Proven experience in planning, implementing, monitoring, and reporting project activities.
• Strong experience in team management, budget management, and donor compliance.
• Good understanding of project cycle management (PCM) and log frame approach.
• Experience in coordinating with government authorities, local partners, and donors.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in computer applications (MS Office, especially Excel and Project Management tools).
• Fluency in English (spoken and written); knowledge of local languages is an advantage.

Personal requirements

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work and integrate in a multicultural team
• Ability to work under pressure, flexibility
• Problem solver, dynamic, mature, proactive
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage efficiently multiple priorities, deadlines and tasks
• Solid time-management skills, resourcefulness and attention to details.
• Diplomatic skills in networking with partners, authorities and donors
• Experience in complex emergency setting involving internal displacements
• Reporting skills, experience with monitoring tools and systems, data collection and analysis
• Capacities in developing training program in specific thematic areas
• Ability to adhere to deadlines and respect line management
• Strong interpersonal skills: communication, diplomatic skills and problem-solver
• Leadership, people management and development
• Organization and problem solving
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles

Languages

• Mission working language essential
• English and Hausa-language knowledge desirable.