Project Manager

Job Summary

Responsible for overseeing the implementation, quality, and impact of assigned projects in alignment with the organization's mandate and 10-year strategy. The role combines team leadership, operational planning, budget management, monitoring and evaluation, and stakeholder coordination with a strong focus on disability inclusion, community-based rehabilitation, and humanitarian action.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Management & Implementation: Oversee the execution of project activities in line with logical frameworks, allocated budgets, and institutional standards; steer intervention strategies and propose adjustments as needed.
• Team Leadership & Coaching: Embody organizational values, set individual performance objectives, monitor competencies, foster professional development, and ensure effective communication and conflict resolution.
• Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL): Ensure robust project monitoring against activity progress indicators and expected outcomes, develop evaluation plans, and implement accountability mechanisms for local stakeholders and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs).
• Budget & Partnership Management: Manage activity-specific budget lines under delegated authority, prepare and manage partnerships with implementing agencies, and ensure proper archiving of project data.
• Coordination & Communication: Facilitate internal coordination between project teams and support services, contribute to donor and internal reporting, and represent the organization in external networks and partner meetings.

Educational Qualification & Experience Requirements

• Education: Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Food Security, Social Sciences, Disability Studies, Humanitarian Action, International Development, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in project management and/or program implementation within humanitarian and development contexts.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder liaison capabilities, with proficiency in remote team management.
• Fluent in English (knowledge of Amharic and Somali is an asset).
• Required Skill Tags: Project management, budgeting, reporting, disability inclusion, and project cycle management (PCM).
• Desired Skill Tags: Remote staff management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), partnership coordination, and emergency preparedness.