Project Manager

Responsibilities & Context

Mission 1: Management

Manager as a role model: embody HI's values daily and be a role model.

Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for his or her team, and lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each management action. Encourage inter- and intra-departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and risk-taking.

Operational manager: organizes the operational management of his or her team, structures the workaround identified processes, steers performance, and facilitates the resolution of problems.

First HR & Coach: contribute to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism, and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset, and expected individual and collective behavior.

Mission 2: Strategy and steering

Contribute to the development of the programme’s operational strategyContribute to the programme or country's operational strategy (StratOp).

Draft new project proposals for the continuity or expansion of the project.

Contribute to the drafting of new proposals for new opportunities, if necessary.

Mission 3: Operational implementation

Responsibility 1: Ensure the implementation of the project is in line with the logical framework and allocated budget

Steer the project’s intervention strategy and put forward adjustments if the objectives change or if it is likely that they will not be met.

Ensure that activities and the associated resources are planned, and implement the action plan. Ensure that activities are implemented in line with the project proposal and the allocated budget.

Ensure project reporting, both internally (within the programme) and externally (reporting to funding bodies, authorities, and/or partners).

Undertake expenditure and manage the project activity-specific budget lines according to the delegation he or she received based on the programme signature delegation table

Prepare and manage partnerships with the project implementation partners. Guarantee the proper archiving of information.

Responsibility 2: Ensure that project implementation complies with the existing frameworks

Ensure the proper implementation and follow-up of institutional policies (specifically PME, PSEAH, and Age- Gender- Disability policies) and the other HI internal standards.

Ensure compliance with the terms of the project proposal and the rules applied by the project funding body or bodies.

Ensure compliance with global technical standards and norms by communicating and involving the technical specialists and advisors with expertise in the project themes.

Responsibility 3: Ensure project monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning

Ensure project monitoring, specifically activity progress indicators, and the expected outcomes. Develop and implement the project evaluation plan.

Ensure that the project is accountable to the local stakeholders.

Ensure project learning, taking into account lessons learned from similar previous projects, following the recommendations made throughout the project (from evaluations, support missions, audits, etc.), and capitalizing on the acquired knowledge.

Responsibility 4: Ensure project data management

Ensure that the appropriate data collection and management tools are in place on the project, in line with global standards.

Ensure that data related to the project is collected and compiled in the project database. Carry out regular checks and make any necessary corrections to the activity database.