Project Management Staff

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Job Description

Plan International is actively seeking individuals from diverse backgrounds to fill various Project Management roles, to ensure effective and efficient project implementation. These roles encompass positions such as Programmes and Implementation Manager, Project Manager and Project Officer aimed at supporting the efficient implementation and management of the projects.

If you are motivated and passionate about working in the humanitarian setting and possess relevant knowledge and experience to excel in various positions within project management, we encourage you to express your interest by applying through the provided link. Plan International will carefully review applications based on the candidates’ interests and expertise, aligning them with suitable roles.

To ensure a timely response, Plan International will conduct rolling basis shortlisting and interviews until the application deadline. We strongly recommend that interested candidates submit their applications promptly for consideration.

Considering the role the accountabilities will be assigned and the role specific JD will be shared before the interview.

The Project Management staffs will work closely with a variety of functions within the Plan International team in Poland, including, the Head of Mission, Finance, Business Development and Partnership Managers, ensuring the smooth execution and reporting over a number of projects. This position includes coordination and liaising with various partners, support in project implementation and donor compliance and reporting. This role encompasses working with partners, such as: Civil Society Organisations and local organisations.
Generic Accountabilities
Project Implementation:

Execute overall project management and oversee partner implementation of project activities within the deadlines and standards required by Plan International.
Oversee project budget including generating funds forecasts, tracking partner expenditures and maintaining all necessary information for timely development of financial reports. He/she will also be responsible for ensuring that the financial reporting is aligned with the narrative one.
Ensure that the logical framework of the project and M&E components are well conducted in order to help decision-making for the smooth running of the project.
Make frequent trips to the project areas to monitor project activities, identify opportunities and constraints and make any necessary adjustments, including capacity strengthening.
Regularly update the progress, priorities and constraints of project implementation.
Track monitoring of expenditure and ensure adaptations to project activities as required to ensure full expenditure of the portfolio.
Work with the program team in Poland to set the project outline on SAP.
Support the development of the detailed implementation plan (DIP) to align with the approved log-frames.

Representation and Monitoring:

Represent Plan in internal/external meetings.
Monitor performance of the partner teams and internal Plan staff assigned to the projects 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;
Account and report to Plan International and the donor on project performance;
Ensure execution of the projects in the portfolio in accordance with program agreements, action plans, and budgets
Implement portfolio according to Plan’s project cycle
Ensure planned activities and budgets are aligned to planned project results and budget parameters.
Oversee effective monitoring and evaluation for measuring the effects/impacts of the projects in the portfolio, and that program data and information are included in national data/statistics
Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures

Project Reporting:

Liaise with National Offices to ensure donor reporting requirements are clearly met.
Coordinate and follow-up on partners reporting deadlines and support on reporting revisions where necessary, including receiving report from local partners, coordinate comments and feedback, and sending final version to national office.
Support the Program Functions in start-up workshop planning, preparation, and coordination
Ensure that mutual co-learning plans are on track and that partnership monitoring tools are being appropriately used for all partners, with support from technical specialists

Networking and Advocacy:

Coordinate with partners to create effective synergies that contribute to maximizing the project impact.
Contribute to Plan efforts in influencing and advocacy and ensure mainstreaming of participatory approach within the project.

Partnerships and Capacity-Building:

Roll-out capacity-building plans and activities for partner organizations.
Contribute to the review of technical tool and capacity-building resources and ensure they are adapted and contextualized to the Poland context.
Regularly deliver capacity-building sessions, such as on-the-job coaching, mentorship, and trainings, to Plan partners staff and volunteers, and other stakeholders.
Support ongoing identification of technical capacity gaps among partners.
Regularly updated the Technical Specialists on progress related to partner capacity-building and feedback on technical tools and resources

Key relationships:

Head of Mission, Head of Programmes, Business Development Manager, Partnership Manager, Technical Specialists, and support staff (Finance and logistics); Local project partners; Ukraine Hub and NO relevant teams

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge:
Essential Knowledge:

Previous working experience in relevant humanitarian/development sector; e.g. Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Education and Youth Economic Empowerment, MHPSS
Good knowledge of project, financial reporting and management

Essential Skills:

Excellent ability to write reports and draft tools and Standard Operating Procedures in English
Excellent Polish language skills.
Excellent skills in problem solving and mediation.
Report drafting and review skills
Good facilitation skills and ability to facilitate meetings and trainings
Demonstrated ability to network and communicate with a variety of stakeholders and liaise with colleagues from different sectors and departments

Essential Behaviours:

Flexible work attitude and ability to work independently within a small team
Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse and cross-cultural audience

Essential Experience:

Relevant Professional experience in project management in NGO sector
Experience working with partners
Experience of working within teams
Experience working on projects targeting adolescents and youth, especially adolescent girls and young women is preferred
Experience of working in complex humanitarian settings

Source: https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Warsaw%2C-Poland-Project-Management-Staff/942744301/

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