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CARE International places special focus on working alongside women and girls. Equipped with the proper resources, women and girls have the power to lift whole families and entire communities out of poverty.
In 2021, CARE International worked in over 100 countries, reaching 100 million people through nearly 1,500 projects.
JOB SUMMARY:
CARE seeks to engage a Project Manager for its anticipated Bloomberg funded Women Economic Development Program to alleviate living standards of economic marginalized women and girls in Bauchi state, Nigeria. This will be a 1-year pilot program aimed at increasing capacity, strengthening women’s networks, enabling access to finance and gender equitable access to financial products and services leveraging CARE’s signature VSLA model.
The Project Manager will be responsible for leading the project team and the local partners, providing oversight of the activity implementation and reporting.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job Responsibility #1: Technical Support and Project Management
- Provides managerial oversight and guidance to Bloomberg project team.
- Provide technical support for all VSLA activities and pathways of change.
- Assess and identify technical assistance needs regarding technical skills, supervision support, etc. for project components within the portfolio.
- Strengthen capacities of the team to mainstream and adopt organizational core values, policies, procedures.
- Support team in the application of agreed program approaches and adherence to quality standards.
- Provide input into revised work plans referring to appropriate CARE resource materials, protocols, and guidance.
- Participate in the design, review, and updating of Detailed Implementation Plans and field activities for financial and market inclusion.
- Support the VSLAs mapping, financial services mapping and market linkages related activities within the state for the purpose of VSLA enhancement strategy development.
Job Responsibility #2: Staff Management and Supervision
- Ensure staff assessment and performance measurement include key performance indicators (KPIs) which are continuously monitored and measured against progress.
- Ensure that annual and semi-annual (reviews) are completed in a timely manner and submitted to HR.
- Provides supportive supervision for direct reports.
Job Responsibility #3: Coordination and Representation
- Attend project coordination meetings to ensure effective coordination and linkages with other financial inclusion agencies.
- Represent Bloomberg project in relevant fora related to key technical areas in consultation with Project Lead.
- Support networking and coordination of efforts with government, private sector, and key stakeholders who share mutual objectives.
Job Responsibility #4: Monitoring
- Ensure efficient use of project resources, adherence to CARE standards, and compliance with Bloomberg SOPs and regulations.
- Develop project monitoring reports to the technical teams and the donor.
- With other senior members of the PMU, create and promote a productive learning environment.
- Ensure that Field Office detailed implementation plans (DIPs) incorporate existing commitments to donors.
- Ensure the regular monitoring of project activities against existing workplans to ensure effective and efficient implementation; assess program technical quality with team and identify any weaknesses and elaborate corrective action plans as needed.
- Facilitate regular project review meetings with government, target communities and staff.
- Contextualize and use reporting guidelines to track and develop quality weekly updates, situational reports, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and end of projects reports, key lessons, and success stories in accordance with the donor requirements.
Job Responsibility #5: Learning
- Monitor developments related to key technical areas under supervision, including best practices and engage in personal development and learning on an ongoing basis.
- Ensure that knowledge and learning is documented and shared with MEAL team
- Make technical input and support the planning, design, and execution of project specific operational research, including baseline and end line evaluation, and market assessments related to the project.
Resource Mobilization
- Contribute to funding sourcing and resource mobilization initiatives through information gathering, supporting assessments, learnings, and documentations.
- Support other assigned outsourcing activities.
Other Responsibilities as Assigned
QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS
Required
- Diploma or University degree in Agri-business Management, Development Studies, or any related social science.
- Minimum 3 years of work experience in fast-paced humanitarian programming, and team leadership
- Ability to write reports of high quality.
- Experience in working with partners and maintaining amicable relationships with
- Proven experience in stakeholder engagements.
Desired
- Knowledge of local languages spoken in Bauchi.
- Previous experience with INGOs or NGOs.
- Advanced computers skills (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to establish priorities, plan, coordinate and organize own work plan.
Competencies:
- Approachability
- Building Effective Teams
- Customer Focus
- Integrity and Trust
- Drive for Results
- Comfort around Higher management
- Business Acumen
- Negotiating
- Organizational Agility
Qualified Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
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