Project Manager

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches. MCC is a global, nonprofit organization that strives to share God’s love and compassion for all through relief, development, and peace. In all our programs we are committed to relationships with our local partners and churches. As an Anabaptist organization, we strive to make peace a part of everything we do.

Job Synopsis

The Project Manager will be the main person responsible for the management of Conservation Agriculture Projects funded by the World Food Program (WFP). This work requires extensive collaboration and communication with the Proprogramme Manager, Food Security Coordinator and the Project Team. It also requires working with young women and men, and people with disabilities. The holder will support Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) business ventures for youth, with and without disability. To be considered for the position, applicants need to demonstrate prior experience in project management and substantive expertise in agriculture, including conservation agriculture, environmental protection, and/or climate change, and in areas of gender equality and youth development. This work will involve working with local government officials. Therefore, familiarity with standard practices and rules, and procedures for working with government units is required. The successful candidate will be expected to manage project activities in order to fulfil the outcomes and objectives as set out in the relevant project documents, and in accordance with the MCC and WFP standards and best practices. The successful candidate will ensure that project activities are aligned with sustainable development principles. The Project Manager will report directly to the head of the UNDP environment portfolio.

Position Title: Project Manager

FTE: 100%

Location City: Kigali with frequent travel to the field

Reporting to : Programme manager

Duration of Contract: 1 Year (renewable depending on performance)

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Project Manager will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Managing and coordinating the implementation of the respective activities based on the relevant project documents, including, as needed, supervision and guidance of other project staff and consultants with a view to achieving project results.
• Developing comprehensive/detailed project work-plans that include all project activities and roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders and setting-out corresponding milestones.
• Manage project implementation using key project cycle management tools (work plan, procurement plan, and spending plan) in line with the project proposal.
• Monitoring the progress of implementation of project activities and key event schedules observing the work-plans and set deadlines including monitoring of the financial resources and accounting to ensure accuracy and reliability of financial reports in collaboration with the project’s accountant.
• Mobilizing goods and services to support multiple project activities, including drafting Terms of Reference (TORs) and works/product requirements and specifications.
• Ensuring donor compliance: ensure donor rules and regulations are followed and all necessary documentation is in place and backed.
• Managing and monitoring project risks initially identified, submitting information on the new risks and possible mitigating measures to the Project Management Team for consideration and updating the status of these risks by maintaining a Project Risk Log.
• Acting as a `first authority` for Project transactions.
• Ensuring adherence of project activities to the existing financial, procurement and administrative processes that are in line with MCC rules and regulations and, at the same time, observing the project timelines.
• Preparing project progress reports (progress against planned activities, update on risks issues, expenditures…) and ensuring timely submission of the reports to the relevant instances, namely MCC Representative and WFP.
• Managing project tracking in Insight.
• Liaising with local government officials on the project.
• Managing the transfer of project deliverables to participants (beneficiaries) and other project stakeholders.
• Maintaining strong relationships with the implementing partner, Peace and Development Network and MCC staff, WFP staff, Government officials and other relevant partners.
• Maintaining effective linkages with WFP and local Government units.
• Maintaining regular coordination and quality assurance of inputs and products to ensure coherence and complementarity of project activities.
• Maintaining regular communication on relevant project issues with MCC Programme Manager and ensure quality and timely delivery of all agreed outputs.
• Submitting reports to MCC, PDN in a high quality and timely manner.
• Ensuring the principles of gender equality and social inclusion and peacebuilding are effectively reflected in all project activities.
• Ensuring that gender equality is pursued in all project activities and reflected in work plans, budgets, reports, evaluation, research, analyses and, where specifically relevant, analyzed in detail.
• Ensure that participation of persons with disabilities is reflected in all project activities.
• Consult regularly with other MCC projects and programs on related activities where synergies are possible.
• Striving to engage young women, people with or without disability, farmers’ groups and local communities in project activities that affect them.
• Communicating project goals and activities clearly to both MCC and stakeholders and the wider public.

Skills and experience:

• University degree or higher education relevant to the assignment (Agronomy, Agriculture economics, Agricultural Engineering or related field).
• At least 5 years of directly relevant experience in senior programme or project management, preferably in food security and in projects of international organizations.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating and organizing workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines.
• Proven experience of working within Agriculture programs and able to present working knowledge of the livelihoods and infrastructure elements of agriculture-focused programming.
• Experience in market-based programming and community development-driven (CDD) approach.
• Technical expertise in Livelihoods and business competency.
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Experience with financial inclusion.
• Experience overseeing multiple activity streams and managing multiple budgets.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams and providing capacity building support.
• Experience in integrated programming.
• Skills in monitoring and evaluation would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of Market system development (MSD)
• Rich experience in financial management.
• Outstanding and effective oral communication and writing skills.
• Experience in managing the production of the required outputs, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiating corrective action where necessary.
• Experience in ensuring effective capacity building activities are conducted in order to build the capacity of staff and project participants.
• Extensive or rich experience with monitoring program implementation using qualitative and quantitative approaches.
• Extensive experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports including in agricultural and food security sectors.
• Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software.
• In-depth knowledge on M&E and agricultural, youth and women issues
• Experience in developing and coordinating data collection, processing, and analysis systems.
• Experience in effective collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including international organizations and government departments.
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively with teams and flexibility.
• Proven capacity to facilitate coordination among a diverse range of staff and stakeholders.
• Excellent people skills at all levels, cultural sensitivity, ability to work well under pressure, negotiate diplomatically, and the ability to work well in a multicultural and multidisciplinary work environment.
• Non-violent and peacemaking skills.
• Remaining calm, in control and good humored even under pressure.
• Willingness to work and travel in all project areas.
• Ability to display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Overall coordination of beneficiary selection process; ensuring there is a communication strategy with project’s participants, and there is a functioning complaint mechanism.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Kinyarwanda.

• Legal right to stay and work in Rwanda

To apply, please submit your CV and academic records with a cover letter outlining why you are the ideal candidate for the position, via email to [email protected] and fill out this 
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