Project Manager

JOB TITLE: Project Manager
DEPARTMENT: Program
Report to: Program and Quality Manager
LOCATION: Marib

Duration: 3 Months renewable according to budget and performance

ABOUT Building Foundation for Development – BFD :

BFD is a non-governmental and non-profit Yemeni organization, that was established in 2014. BFD is a leading humanitarian-based and development-oriented organization, which over the years extended its coverage to several governorates, with a mission of working in a humane and transparent manner for the vulnerable groups in society and the affected groups through the implementation of sustainable development and relief programs of the highest quality.  Responding to all areas of humanitarian sectors, BFD aspires to provide an integrated humanitarian and development response to conflict-affected areas through a professional, neutral, transparent approach, and through adherence to the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

MAIN PURPOSE: 

PM will be responsible of supervising all activities and ensure that the project is on the right track, overseeing the implementation of food security and livelihood (FSL), Health & Nutrition, protection and WASH activities in the projects in coordination with the other project staff. The project manager has to ensure project implementation is according to the required standards/specifications and corresponding timetable of the project with experience in project management and development, leadership skills and have a strategic thinking skills in addition to prior experience with project management cycle, budgets, and donor requirements.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the implementation of this program; including liaising with field teams, reporting, meeting with staff and ensuring donor compliance.
• Provide technical oversight of BFD activities for the staff, ensuring quality standards; conducting field visits and ensuring that project implementation complies with donor agreed requirements, community expectations, global standards, and BFD policies; and managing assessments and evaluations.
• Develop implementation and procurement plans for all projects and track weekly progress against targets
• Effectively manage the project using appropriate tools to ensure project are delivered on-time, on-budget and to the expected quality.
• Maintain overall responsibility for monitoring budgets; ensuring project implementation staff are adequately trained in tracking expenditure; and working with project teams to improve value for money and cost efficiency
• Ensure the effective, accurate and timely monitoring, supervision, evaluation and reporting of projects; providing M&E support to implementation staff; supporting the Support and Finance teams with tracking and compiling financial reports; compiling narrative reports for donor and any other project documentation; and ensuring learning from M&E activities is fed back to staff and stakeholders and used for continuous quality improvement of programming.
• Represent the organization in clusters’ meeting and in various donor and coordination forums at National level and providing programmatic information as required
• Ensure that the monitoring framework within the program implemented, including baseline data, secondary data, reviews, donor reporting, and internal/external evaluations.
• As requested, build capacity of field staff in reporting, monitoring and application of humanitarian standards.
• Conduct routine field support visits for the purposes of supporting program management in accordance with internal procedures, good practice, maximize impact and encourage learning.
• Oversee the efficient and effective day-to-day operation of the project.
• Assist all project staff members and provide solution and consultations.
• Review and analyze weekly reports to identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation and to enhance quality of reporting.
• Facilitate project evaluations.
• Develop contingency/emergency plans for the project.
• Maintain open lines of communications with all field staff.
• Accomplish all related tasks through ERP System.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Program Manager.

Required Qualifications:

Qualifications and Skills:

• University degree (or comparable work experience) in a relevant field is required
• Minimum 4 years of previous experience in the humanitarian work.
• Previous experience of supervising staff.
• Previous experience with similar projects related to Integrated projects programs.
• Previous experience with projects includes WASH/Health & Nutrition /protection & or CVA programs and integrated projects.
• Excellent in communication skills in both English and Arabic; ability to communicate strategically under pressure
• Excellent writer – ability to develop high quality reports and accurately analyze M&E data
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Self-motivated, results-driven and excellent sense of organization
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions quickly and independently
• Ability to work independently and respond to feedback in a timely and professional manner
• Ability to represent the Agency in high level meetings with donors and local government
• Proficient in computer applications, especially with Word and Excel, PowerPoint a plus.
• Excellent coaching and mentoring skills, ability to listen, to organize and to present information, views and concepts in a concise, understandable and interesting way for a variety of audiences, both written and oral
• Good at facilitation and training skills
• Experience in communicating in a professional way with donors and other stakeholders in a politically and culturally sensitive environment
• Experience working in different cultural work environments & ability to perform tasks to interact effectively and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socio-economic, educational, ethnic and professional backgrounds
• Team player with outstanding personal attitude: especially sense of responsibility, diplomacy, concern for quality, result orientation

Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS):

BFD workers must adhere to Humanitarian standards the values and principles outlined in BFD policy – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equity. In accordance with these values, the BFD Employee enforces policies on the Code of Conduct from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation.
Equal Opportunities:

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the BFD Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

BFD doesn’t charge any fees for recruitment and doesn’t have any relationship with recruitment agencies

Note:

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible and not to wait until the closing date, as applications and CVs will be reviewed as they are submitted and interviews will be conducted on rolling basis .

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Deadline to send your application: before: 11/ Sept/ 2023