KickStart
International Inc.
Job
Title: Global
Projects Manager
Function: Partnerships and Sales
Location: Nairobi – Kenya with travel to other
African countries
- Efficient
management of projects schedules and budgets (in liaison with finance), by
ensuring that projects outputs are delivered to the expected level of
quality.
- Managing
relationships with stakeholders within the organization and external
(where applicable) and taking corrective action where necessary to ensure
the project outcomes and impacts are achieved.
- Be
responsible to design and plan for new projects and report on existing
projects both internally and externally to donors through the fundraising
team.
Scope of Role:
- Reports
to: Director,
Programmes and Partnerships- Africa
- Staff
directly reporting to this post: None
- Works
with: All Directors,
Regional Heads of Partnerships and Sales Managers, Country Managers,
Fundraising team, Finance teams and other Global position heads.
Overall Responsibilities
Projects
Management
- He/she
will be responsible to manage the relationships with key internal
stakeholders of the projects including program heads, country managers,
fundraising, finance etc in order to ensure the successful achievement of
projects outcomes.
- Monitoring
and assessment of projects- will develop appropriate monitoring tools and
systems for each project and manage the monitoring of outputs, outcomes
and impacts as per the project expected deliverables and schedules.
- Coordinate
periodic reviews and evaluation of projects implementation, effectiveness,
impacts and sustainability.
- Collate
information and or data periodically on different projects globally to
assess KickStart International’s key performance Indicators that measure
the achievement of the donor funded projects expectations.
- Initiate
or arrange for meetings with relevant implementers to discuss remedial
measures for any project lagging behind in achieving its goals on timely
basis.
Projects Development
- Contribute
to the development of new projects and lead on the development of new
projects plans and budgets.
- Contribute
to the development of project concept notes and applications for funding
under the direction of the fundraising team in collaboration with the
project managers
- Develop
partnerships with government, NGOs and other stakeholders when necessary
in order to create opportunities for new project partnerships and joint
fundraising.
Projects Strategic / operational planning
- Contribute
to the development of KickStart’s global projects management strategies in
line with KickStart’s strategic plan and projects management improvement.
Projects Reporting
- Design
tools to track specific indicators for Donor Funded Projects. Track
performance to ensure project activities are being met in a timely manner.
- Report
regularly on the progress of projects in the countries KickStart has donor
funded projects, documenting all lessons learnt, challenges, risks and
issues and contribute to the periodic reporting process to the fundraising
team under the direction of the Director Programmes.
- Propose
strategic solutions on effective project management based on the
challenges, risks and issues documented.
- Manage
the process of preparing projects progress reports for donors as per the
deadlines given by different donors.
Projects Budget monitoring / management
- Work
with the Budgets and Grants Finance Manager and in liaison with the
Finance Director to monitor projects budget by providing relevant data on
the project budget requirements based on activity implementation.
- Work
with the Finance team to manage, monitor and evaluate the implementation
of project budgets in the areas of implementation; reforecasting projects
budgets as required in order to keep expenditures against budget on track
in response to challenges in implementation.
To perform any other duties that may be assigned to him/her.
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum
of a Bachelor’s degree in development studies, Project Management or any
relevant field
- At
least 7 years’ experience delivering projects with evidence of managing
projects at global scale- in multiple countries
- Knowledge
of projects monitoring and evaluation tools and practices
Skills and Behaviours
- Intermediate
skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications including proficient
use of Microsoft Excel
- Willingness
to travel regularly, and good skills in interacting with the community
- Excellent
written English and report writing skills is a must
- Excellent
personal communication skills
- Ability to work in a multi-country, multi-cultural environment.
If you feel you are the right candidate for this job, please
send your CV and Cover letter to hr@kickstart.org quoting the position title on
the subject line by COB Friday 25th March, 2016.
