Project Delivery Support Manager

• Project delivery support:

• Collaborate with project teams  to set actionable near-term and long-term workplans, with clear milestones, deliverables, and KPIs;
• Support project teams in delivery of these activities, as needed (including, for example, woreda selection for key activities, holding stakeholder meetings, designing trainings, creating and tracking budgets) – the Manager is expected to work with a team of Analysts in these areas as well as with finance personnel;
• Build capabilities within program teams through trainings, design of implementation / tracking tools, and coaching on project management skills;
• Identify issues in project delivery and work collaboratively with project teams to identify solutions and help resolve.

• Maintain a masterplan across projects, track delivery, and track overall impact towards forest sector / CRGE goals. Regularly host coordination meetings with project teams to review overall progress and identify opportunities across projects for shared learning and resourcing;
• Develop and maintain strong project management tools / guides / trainings for the Forest Sector Transformation Unit and programs supported;
• Participating in FSTU’s strategic development, including attending internal meetings, strategy away days etc.; 
• Provide support to consultants or partner organisations contracted for training and support to partners;
• Collaborate with Project Development and Resource Mobilization team to ensure new projects developed are informed by the Project Delivery Support team;
• Performing other tasks as may arise from time to time be requested by the Director or Deputy Director of the Forest Sector Transformation Unit.

Functional Competencies:

• Strong project management experience with proven implementation results, including experience collaborating with line functions to support them in delivery of their projects;
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to manage numbers, including budgets, impact numbers, carbon models, etc;
• Demonstrated experience of working with multi-stakeholder teams, ideally representing different government agencies;
• Strong preference for individuals with previous experience working with government or government agencies;
• Ability to collaborate with senior staff of national and international institutions;
• Willingness and ability to learn on the job, keen to undertake training and on the job development;
• Excellent computer literacy including standard office applications such as MS Office packages Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Database/Access as well as statistical techniques.

• Minimum M.A./MSc. degree in forest economics, economics, project management, or related subject areas.

• Minimum 8 years work experience;
• Project management experience with proven results;
• Previous work in developing countries (African countries preferred);
• Previous work with government or government agencies is preferred but not required.

• Fluency in English and Amharic.

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