Youth Connection Phase II Project Manager
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Exec. / Management, Child Protection, Educate/Train/Teaching, Social Work, Communications
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
The key functions of this position are to ensure that the project activities and their respective targets and objectives are achieved. The Project Manager leads a project team of two staff and external resource persons and implements activities according to the project log-frame, work plan and budget in close collaboration with the Director of Operations (DoO) and Director of Partnership & Strategy (DoPS) of Caritas Switzerland.
Work Quota: 100% [full time]
Line management and team: Director of Operations
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Quality project cycle management:
- Project Planning: Collaborating with the DoO, DoPS and relevant staff to develop and execute a strategic plan for the project, ensuring high-quality delivery through SMART log-frame indicators and annual work plans.
- Project Implementation: Coordinating project activities with key stakeholders and partners, ensuring smooth execution. Provide strategic direction and address challenges encountered during implementation.
- Staff Management: Leading and mentoring project staff, providing coaching and professional development opportunities. Conducting performance reviews and developing staff improvement plans.
- Financial Management: Planning and managing the project budget, ensuring compliance with regulations and donor requirements. Oversee financial reporting and budget forecasting.
- Reporting: Preparing and submitting high-quality and timely narrative reports, assessments, case studies, and good practices to internal and external stakeholders.
- MEAL: Planning, coordinating and overseeing assessments and monitoring activities. Using collected data for project steering and log-frame reporting, ensuring continuous project improvement.
- Youth Technical & Development Lead:
- Knowledge and know how the youth policy, frameworks and guideline for youth development
- Set the appropriate strategy and approaches to reach out project results
- Provide and knowhow the youth engagement and inspiration tips & techniques
- Lead and on time support and solution on youth technical issues, needs and challenges to project officers
- Coordination Relevant Stakeholders (Gov’t, NGO, Parent..) for Youth in-out School both Technical and Interventions.
- Ensure effective information flow and communication with all stakeholders
- Up to date the PoE, NGO and local authorities’ youth plan and actions in target schools and communities
- Ability to align and synergy between project and stakeholders’ interventions
- Know how the collaboration with NGO/CBOs and local authorities for effective project intervention
- Quality project staff management
- Ability to develop/review project team JDs that corresponds to project and organization needs
- Manage and support project staff and ensure that they are performing their roles to a high standard-set clear annual performance objectives and monthly workplan
- Build team and work in a good manner and environment-know how, interest, important and value added
- Project staff, community facilitators provide regular feedback and organise capacity-building opportunities for staff
- Regulations, CoC and Safeguard implementation and compliance for project level
- Other Tasks as Requried:
- Assist in the conceptualization and further development of the project
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in social sciences, Public Relation, Communication or any other field related to the position
Work History:
- At least project management experience related to youth development, education & vocation skill and social protection for 5 years
- At least working experience with youth mobilization, empowerment and enhance soft-skills for high-school and drop-out for 3 years
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Project management skills: supervision of staff, project cycle management, including planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting (narrative and financial)
- Strong people management skills to develop, motivate, and hold accountable a diverse team, while being comfortable with delegation.
- Advance time management skills, know how to deal with priority, important and deadline.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills across diverse audiences (project staff, technical partner, youth and stakeholders)
- Youth capacity development and motivation skill, know how to deal with and address youth issues according to context, background and environment.
- Knowledge of high school structure, management, policy and curriculums
- Strong knowledge and understanding of youth behavior, practices and social influent
- Passion to build confidence among vulnerable youth and empower them to seize new opportunities
- Experience in digital marketing, communication and project management. Strong command of social media applications, Word, Excel, Microsoft, Microsoft Teams
- Experience in launching campaigns and public events and developing advocacy material
Soft Skills
- Creativity, impact orientation, and an entrepreneurial spirit, paired with a high-level commitment CACH mission, vision, culture, values.
- Curious and actively nurtures a culture learning (including openness about failure).
- Collaborative, thrives in a team environment, works effectively in a multicultural team, high levels empathy, care, respect, patience.
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, and a strong ethic, effective time management, an ability to work under pressure, a willingness takes additional relevant responsibilities.
