Project Manager

Project Background: This project is designed to support the Livelihood recovery of returnees and internally displaced people after earthquake in Nepal.

Poisition: Project Manager

Type of Employment: Contractual (8 Months)

Working Hours: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM (Monday –Friday)

Salary: As per organization rule

Location: Kathmandu with frequent field visit to designated district of the project

Minimum Qualifications Required

•  Master’s Degree in Social Science or Humanities with minimum 1 year of experience in relevant field in managerial role preferably in NGO, INGOs or Development Projects .

"OR"

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science or Humanities with minimum 5 years of experience in relevant field preferably in NGO, INGOs or projects.
• Must have sound and practical knowledge of Project Management cycle
• Having Knowledge and Experience in handling Livelihood projects would be added advantage
• Should be able to conduct need assessment and prepare a detail report on it
• Should be able to plan, execute ,monitor and control projects
• Should be Gender sensitive
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Should be computer literate with strong computer skills in MS Office and other communications applications
• Must be open to field visits
• Must be able to join in short notice

Job Description:

• Prepare project plan as per requirement
• Manage project deliverables in budget, on schedule, and within scope by developing and maintaining a detailed project plan
• Provide monthly progress status reports to supervisors
• Conduct regular meetings among project team members and implementing partners on work progress and further analysis on needs for change
• Record and manage project issues and escalate; where necessary
• Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure the activities are aligned with the plan
• Provide technical advice regarding project implementation
• Facilitate operations, and maintenance activities at project site
• Prepare or present progress and completion reports
• Baseline survey, project reviews and evaluation are carried out according to the schedule
• Develop, apply and ensure appropriate tools and strategy to monitor the progress, quality and impact of the project targets
• Provide project stakeholders with comprehensive documents and each stakeholder clarified on their role and responsibilities
• Review monthly progress and plans of implementing partners
• Provide necessary support for planning, monitoring and implementations of project activities
• Manage and lead the project team
• Lead the recruitment process in the Project team  to manage the project
• Develop a project brief and disseminate to relevant stakeholders
• Develop strategic relationship and partnership with key stakeholders at National, Regional and District Level
• Serve as a resource person for disseminating knowledge and skills to GO/NGO and other institutions
• Monitor monthly actual expenditures and compare them with the implementation model, budget requirements, review the budget if needed
• Monthly, quarterly and other program and financial reports prepared and in placed and documented in time aligning with project design and donor requirement
• Prepare or present progress and completion reports
• Capture evidences (such as media coverage, visibility materials, and success/change stories) of good practices in regular basis
• Dissemination of lessons learnt and best practices from major program interventions

Other Requirements:

• Should possess strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to present information effectively to the concerned authorities
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside the organization
• Should have good convincing skill, good self-awareness and self-regulation
• Passionate on helping at risk, victimized, poor, disadvantaged and vulnerable people in community

Qualified and Interested candidates are requested to send us their updated CV along with their expected salary at projectlivelihood8@gmail.com mentioning the Job position applied for on the subject line on or before 23 March, 2017.