JOHUD Hiring for Projects Manager at Tafileh, Jordan Full Time

Job Title: Projects Manager

           Contract Type: Limited Contract – project based

           Start of Assignment: immediately

                     BACKGROUND INFORMATION – JOB SPECIFIC

JOHUD is seeking to hire a projects manager. The Projects Manager will be responsible for coordinating and supervising the implementation of all project activities including budget management, projects plan, and implementation of projects requirements and managing team members, ensuring timely and quality implementation and monitoring of the project activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide overall management for the diverse services and projects running at JOHUD’s Tafilah centre.
• Ensure effective coordination with the different partners and donors through effective communication pathways with a vision to maintain quality services at the centre.
• Provide programmatic management of human, physical and financial resources related to the centre.
• Provide overall efficient budget design, managing and monitoring for whole intervention at the centre.
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on projects activities internally and to donors.
• Monitor the performance of the team to ensure all milestones set in the annual work plan are met, develop mitigation plans to reduce risks, and take corrective actions to remedy any deviation from the work plans.
• Follow-up on the quality of data collection in conjunction with the output level indicators for the different interventions at the centre
• Lead the timely and quality implementation of all projects in line with JOHUD’s internal standards and donors’ requirements.
• Represent JOHUD in internal and external meetings and workshops when delegated.
• Collaborate with the ffinancial and logistics department to identify needs and ensure effective and timely project deliverables.
• Provide timely feedback on the ongoing activities and propose amendments as needed and way forward/mitigation measures to challenges faced.
• Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
• Analyse the trends behind the output and outcome indicators and ability to provide clear technical language with the M&E focal points in JOHUD and partners’ sides
• Connect implementation with the relevant context in Tafilah in term of scaling up viable opportunities.
• Make feasible decisions on budget design in which sustainability aspects are taken into consideration

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, economic, social studies, project management or any relevant field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP)/ Project Management for Development (PMD) certification preferred
• Experience:
• 5+ years of experience working in a managerial position with relevant work experience, within NGOs,  INGOs and UN in development context.
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal capacity building methods.
• Familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
• Experience in identifying and securing funding and business expansion opportunities
• Willingness to undertake regular field visits and interact with different stakeholders, especially primary stakeholders
• Excellent leadership and analytical skills
• Excellent command of Microsoft office.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, results-driven and excellent sense of organization.
• Ability to respond effectively to deadlines and high-pressure situations.
• Ability to use initiative and work with limited supervision
• High level of cultural adaptability and sensitivity.
• JOHUD workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in JOHUD’s policies and regulations, Standards for Professional Conduct.  JOHUD operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Arabic required