Sudan: Project Manager

Jan 25, 2020 | Cooperazione Internazionale
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Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access to healthcare, food, and financial security, and to overcome their special vulnerability to wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters. For more than 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in the field, COOPI has been engaged in breaking the cycle of poverty and responding to specific emergencies in numerous sectors, including Food Security, Humanitarian Aid, Health, Socio-Economical Services, Water and Sanitation, Human Rights, Education and Training, Migrations and Sustainable Energy.

COOPI has been present in Sudan since 2004. The recent history of Sudan is marked by strong disorders and violence, expressions of a civil war that on several occasions has shaken the country since its independence. COOPI’s interventions focused in the Darfur region that for a long time has been the scene of armed clashes and particularly hit by periods of severe drought. To allow the management of these activities and to ensure access to basic services for the population, different interventions were carried out, in the field of water-hygiene and food security both on humanitarian and development perspective.

COOPI is now looking for a Project Manager in order to strengthen COOPI presence in the country and, in particular, to implement new projects in the field of Wash, Environment and Climate Change.

Responsibilities

  • The Project Manager is responsible for the overall development, management and quality of the project;
  • Referring to the Head of Mission, he/she coordinates and directly supervises projects, guaranteeing their correct implementation in conformity with contractual obligations and donors’ procedures, and in line with the COOPI’s procedures and management standards;
  • He/She is responsible for the preparation of projects’ reports and all monitoring documents requested by coordination department;
  • He/She identifies and supervises the financial and economic commitment required for the project implementation;
  • He/She is responsible for the local staff management and training, in his/her area/sector of competence, in close cooperation with the relative functions at Country Coordination level, whose indications he/she follows;
  • He/She participates to the staff evaluation, together with the Area Coordinator or Head of Mission;
  • He/She guarantees ordinary contacts with operational and institutional interlocutors involved in the implementation of the project;
  • He/She ensures good visibility of the projects’ overall goals, policies and envisaged and/or results achieved as per COOPI and donor communication policies;
  • He/She coordinates the elaboration, writing, and necessary documents preparation for presenting new projects, referring to the Head of Mission and project development team;
  • Ensure the respect of COOPI’s Code of Conduct, confidentiality and humanitarian principles within the relevant sector team;
  • Represent COOPI in related working groups and other meetings with national, local and international actors in the assigned geographical area;
  • Organize regular field/onsite visits to ensure technical support to the staff and proper monitoring of the activities’ implementation;
  • Any other duties as agreed with the Head of Mission.

Requirements

Essentials

  • At least 5 years of relevant field experience in humanitarian or early recovery programs;
  • Proven expertise in Wash, Environment and Climate Change project implementation and management;
  • Sound knowledge of international donors procedures, in particular EU;
  • Excellent reporting writing skills;
  • Strong staff management skills;
  • English mandatory (excellent level written and spoken).

Soft skills

  • Team player and with a good sense of humor;
  • Strong analytical skills and strategic thinking capacity;
  • Adequate resilience to stress, positive thinking and solution-oriented;
  • Able to manage a high workload and meet tight deadlines.

Asset

  • Familiarity with the Darfur context;
  • Experience with cash activities;
  • Experience in running a project in a post-conflict situation;
  • Previous experience in the MENA region.