COOPI – Cooperazione Internazional,Project Manager Jobs in Malawi

pean partners),
the World Food Program, UNICEF, the World Bank, USAID, UKAID, Irish AID, the
Norwegian Embassy, DFID, ECHO, The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNHCR,
UNHABITAT, WHO and FAO. COOPI also receives support from public bodies,
foundations, enterprises, private citizens (over 20,000) and volunteers. Thanks
to the professionalism and the commitment of 129 humanitarian collaborators and
more than 4,500 local collaborators, in 2014 COOPI reaches 5 million
beneficiaries.

• Responsible
  for ensuring effectiveness and implementation of projects activities to
  ensure the timely achievement of targeted results in Salima and Mangochi
  Districts;
• Provide
  strong leadership for the Salima and Mangochi Districts projects, working
  to ensure both short and long-term positive impacts and outcomes for the
  beneficiaries, local authorities (where applicable) and local staff.
• Responsible
  for the monitoring and supervision of Salima and Mangochi Districts
  projects field activities to ensure good progress of planned activities
  and timely achievement of expected results;
• Responsible
  for the elaboration and updating of the Salima and Mangochi Districts
  projects monitoring plan, including forecasting costs/expenditures,
  according to the projects budget and strict monitoring of the same; co
  –funding sources identification in collaboration with the administrative
  staff present;
• In
  collaboration with the field teams, responsible for the generation of
  action plans and compilation of field reports (this includes monthly
  progress reports, quarterly progress reports and other external reports as
  per the donor requirements);
• To
  ensure good visibility of the projects’ overall goals, policies and
  envisaged and/or results achieved as per COOPI and donor communication
  policies;
• Ensure
  sector integration, learning, sharing and adoption of best practices;
• Responsible
  for field security issues.

• A
  key responsibility of the PM will be the human resource management and
  guidance to ensure that the projects staff promotes community
  participation and community decisions in all the projects strategies and
  implementation.
• Guide
  the supervised staff in Salima Districts on COOPI objectives, policies,
  strategies and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), and respect to the
  humanitarian principles;
• Guide
  the Field Teams in planning for implementation of activities and
  monitoring in line with program plans in their districts.

• Liaise
  with the Country Coordinator on issues pertinent to the projects;
• PM
  will ensure that cross-cutting issues are accounted for while alleviating
  risks and while preparing communities to face disasters.
• Attend
  projects’ related meetings at field level (including those with donors as
  requested);
• Participate
  in cluster meetings and other coordination meetings in the field;
• Under
  directions of the Country Coordinator, act as link / liaison between COOPI
  and stakeholders, representing COOPI at relevant forums (including
  coordination), joint assessments and providing feedback on the same;
• Update
  the logistic department on any pertinent security or access issues.
• Be
  responsible for the update and implementation of the security contingency
  plan.

• advanced
  degree in political science, development cooperation, economics,
  agriculture, food security;
• excellent
  knowledge of project cycle-management;
• sound
  knowledge of international donors procedures, in particular EU/ECHO;
• previous
  experience in southern African country is an advantage;
• strong
  analytical and practical problem-solving skills;
• strong
  supervisory abilities and demonstrated capacity of teamwork;
• adequate
  resilience to stress;
• strong
  commitment to follow the rules and procedures of the organization;
• excellent
  inter-personal and writing communication skills;
• previous
  experience in writing project proposals is an asset;
• organize
  work efficiently and deliver assignments in a timely manner often under
  time constraints;
• proficiency
  in written and spoken English is a must;
• computer
  literacy, with high proficiency in the use of standard office software applications
  (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
• GIS
  software previous experience is a plus;
• Valid
  driving license