Job Description

Job Title:  Project Manager
Job site:  Yemen/Aden
Reporting to:   Executive director.
Application Closing Date:  1 – June– 2023.
Duration of Initial Contract: One year (extendable based upon performance and funding availability).
Type of contract: Full-time

ABOUT Resonate! Yemen

Resonate! Yemen Foundation (Resonate!), is a non-for-profit civil society foundation contributing to inclusive and local sustainable development through the provision of institutional development and local community empowerment programs to diverse groups of development stakeholders including CSO's Youth and local Authorities. Resonate! Believes in community-based empowered interventions as a main source of local sustainable development. Thus, strengthening the capacities of different development stakeholders is essential to guarantee a better quality of service delivery especially during these challenging times.
During the past 10 years, Resonate! Had worked closely with a significant network of CSO's covering a wide geographical scope in Yemen. It provided its provided its local governorate implementing partners i.e.,CSOs and local authorities, both in the district and governorate level, with capacity building and technical support in various topics/areas including but not limited to: Social Accountability, Public Policy Governance, Advocacy, Project Management/Planning, Strategic Planning, Conflict Resolution, Peace building, Justice, Community Needs Assessment, Coordination and Networking, etc. While on the other hand, it worked towards building sustainable policies in Yemen while taking into consideration the input of Yemeni youth as major stakeholders in policy design and implementation bringing the voices and ideas of youth to public policy discourse while supporting youth action on issues of national and international significance. 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Execute the project in accordance with the project plan and standard operating procedures.
• Developing project implementation plans, purchasing plan, field reporting mechanisms, training plan and communication plan, using the appropriate tools for each plan.
• Work with project coordinators and field teams to identify project operational needs.
• Communicate the project objectives, scope, and indicators to all team members, target groups, and other stakeholders in a timely and clear manner.
• Contribute to the preparation of the project’s introductory bulletin and ensure that it contains all project data with an overview of complaints/feedback procedures. 
• Implement overall responsibility for project financial management and budget tracking, ensuring that all activities and expenditures are conducted within budget allocations and managing program activities in accordance with grant scope and budget.
• Works with the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager and relevant program coordinators to implement monitoring and evaluation plans for the project, and facilitate project monitoring and review with staff to evaluate results and identify lessons learned.
• Review the reports prepared by the team before delivering them to the donor to ensure their accuracy and quality.
• Writing project reports, reviewing them, and submitting them to the donor in a timely manner and of high quality.
• Daily supervision of project staff to ensure that all project implementation activities and procedures are implemented smoothly and effectively.
• Providing the program director/executive director in the organization with monthly performance reports that show the level of achievement and achievement of indicators
• Providing the organization’s media officer with the necessary information about the project’s activities and events to disseminate, market and promote the project.
• Follow up with the administrative assistant to ensure that all documents related to the project are saved and archived in paper and electronic form.

Qualifications and Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably Master’s degree) in the field of social administration, business administration, development and/or humanitarian project management, or in any other administrative field.
• At least 5 years of experience in management in related fields, including at least 4 years of experience in high-level positions in the field of development and humanitarian work. 
• Proficiency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken.
• Effective communication skills.
• Leadership, management and team building skills. 
• Analysis and risk management skills.
• Dealing with the computer and its application programs: Word, Excel, Power Point,.
• Preparing and managing financial budgets for projects.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• High organizational capabilities.