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Project Manager(WISE PROJECT) At Plan

The service of a Project Manager(WISE PROJECT) At Plan International.

Typical Responsibilities:

Project Leadership and Management:

Lead high quality and results-oriented program planning, implementation and reporting in compliance with donor and government agreements. A strong understanding of project cycle management, results-based management, and gender transformative women’s economic empowerment programming is essential.

Expected Outcomes:

Project cycle management processes and tools (including detailed implementation plans) effectively implemented to achieve project results and comply with donor requirements, government requirements, and partnership agreements.
Ensure program strategies in women’s economic empowerment are gender transformative and responsive to the context, implemented consistently across all project activities, and adhere to best practices in the sector.
Quality programmatic and financial reports are prepared on time and in line with Plan International and donor standards.
Compliance tools and frameworks are designed to be responsive to the capacities of partner organisations and meet donor requirements for audit.
Expenditure is monitored monthly to ensure spending is on track and forecasts are duly updated based on project needs and in compliance with donor regulations.
Monitoring and evaluation system, tools and processes are developed for measuring the gender transformative and economic empowerment results of the project; and project data is collected, validated and shared with relevant stakeholders.
Ensure that local laws and operational policies and protocols, including for security, are observed and respected.

Skills Specific to the post needed to put knowledge into practice:

Demonstrable experience managing multimillion-dollar institutional grants through donors such as Global Affairs Canada, USAID, DFID and European Union.
Familiarity with Global Affairs Canada guidelines and requirements.
Strong understanding of feminist principles, gender equality, and women’s socio-economic empowerment.
Strong understanding of monitoring and evaluation, and results-based management tools and approaches.
Strong experience in partnership management and aptitude for cultivating strong relationships with multiple stakeholders including private sector organizations, civil social organizations, government, and donors.
Experience leading cross-functional and remote teams to deliver results.
Ability to establish priorities in a time sensitive environment, track project performance, meet deadlines, and ensure high quality deliverables
Ability to fully function in English (verbal and written) in essential. All donor reports, deliverables and communication will be in English.
Proficient computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications (e.g. word processing, spreadsheet, database, internet).
Proficient in Microsoft applications usage and other relevant software and other applications
Self-starter takes initiative and works with minimal direct supervision.
Flexible, able to shift directions quickly and occasionally work long hours to meet tight reporting deadlines.

Physical Environment and Demands: Typical office environment

Travel requirements:

This post holder will be stationed in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana with regular travel (approximately 60% of time) to project locations where WISE operates, as well as Plan International’s Country Office in Accra.

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