Deadline: 21 March, 2021
Location: Bertoua, Cameroon
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Sponsorship Project Coordinator.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Work with programme officers and stakeholders to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives for sponsorship projects
- Coordinate project activities, resources and information in line with defined schedules
- Coordinate appropriate projects including schedules, approach and success measures
- Identify and capture risks and opportunities of project and follow risk mitigation and escalation processes
- Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants
- Work with the programme officers to escalate and resolve challenges
- Ensure each sponsorship project team has the structure and tools it needs to deliver, and the agility to adapt when things change
- Work with key stakeholders to ensure alignment to business
- Develop and support effective communication mechanisms between the country teams, and between different parts of the PIIA to enable delivery of the project
- Undertake other support and/or project administrative tasks as needed in support of the team and their projects
- Ensure 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
Requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Management or a similar discipline and three years, minimum, of work experience in designing and implementing projects and programmes
- Bachelor’s degree in any of the aforementioned fields and five years, minimum, of work experience in the design and implementation of projects and programmes, management, strategic planning, monitoring/evaluation
- Perfect mastery of policies, procedures and key rules, management of field teams, central and decentralised administration, community development
- Excellent MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) skills and ability to plan, prioritise and respond flexibly to changing demands
- Ability to multitask and meet various deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Coordination and administration experience
- Energy, commitment and ability to work in a busy complex team
- Excellent communication and reporting skills
- Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and present information concisely and vibrantly
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