Job Title: Project Manager -Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transition (AFSIT)

Project managers oversee the project on a daily basis and are responsible for delivering high-quality results within the identified objectives and constraints, ensuring the effective use of the allocated resources. They are responsible for risk and issue management, project communication and stakeholder management. Project managers perform the activities of planning, organising, securing, monitoring and managing the resources and work necessary to deliver specific project goals and objectives in an effective and efficient way.

Job Requirement

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in Law, public administration, economics, business administration, social sciences or related disciplines OR

• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years (with Master’s degree) or 12 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant years of professional and relevant work experience leading teams, providing policy advice and pioneering development approaches in relevant areas at the international level including governance & peacebuilding, area-based development, private sector engagement and other relevant areas is required;

• Experience in Humanitarian, Development and Peace settings is required.

• Proven experience in project management with a background in implementation of multi donor agreements is required.

• Excellent knowledge with extensive experience working in the Sahel, Lake Chad, Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Africa is desirable.

• Previous experience working on regional programming is desirable;

• Experience working with Government, Regional Organizations including the AU/ RECs & development partners is desirable;

• Experience working within a Regional Economic Commission/Regional Mechanism, Africa Union REC/ RM, AU, UN agency or intergovernmental organization and field experience is preferred;

• Previous experience working on joint programmes or joint programming is desirable;

• Proven experience working in different development settings, including conflict, post-conflict fragile environments and natural disasters settings is desirable.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required.

• Working knowledge of another UN language(French) will be an asset.

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