URCS announces the competition of Project manager for the Project «Addressing social vulnerabilities in Ukraine through localization and youth engagement». 

Purpose 

To coordinate the implementation of a two-year project with the following objectives: 

• Relevant, timely and quality (psycho)social services provided to vulnerable persons. 
• Local youth groups are empowered to become agents of change in their local communities by development and implementation of small-scale community development initiatives. 
• URCS branches have increased organizational capacities, improved volunteer management and mobilize resources 

Qualifications:

• Must have experience: 
•  Knowledge of project management cycle, methodologies and tools 
• Three and more Project management experience, preferably in the  humanitarian sector; 
• Project monitoring and reporting skills. 

Desirable experience: 

• attracting resources and building partnerships; 
• volunteering or volunteer management; 
• development of the youth movement; 
• development of a network of organizations
• Strong skills in written and oral English, Ukrainian and/or Russian;
   Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint at the level of a confident user; 
• Skills of compiling infographics; 
• Ability to multi-task and work under stressful conditions to meet deadlines. 
• Excellent coordination skills, including the ability to liaise with various agencies/individuals, organize events, prioritize work and ensure a smooth flow of information and an environment of cooperation and information-sharing.   
• Knowledge of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a strong asset 

Key tasks and responsibilities   

Main responsibilities: 

• Ensure the planning, implementation and monitoring/evaluation and sets targets as included in the project description. 
• Ensure Team coordination and project integration across the three components 
• Guarantee efficient financial management for the project in compliance with URCS and DRC requirements 
• Deliver quality project activities reporting, including the findings in terms of impact/changes achieved through the project. 

More specifically: 

• Ensure the full and timely implementation of the project, proactively 
• Respect deadlines for reporting to donor 
• Support through the team recruitment process  
• Ensure project kick-off and presentation/sharing of project with teams 
• Review and prepare a detailed activity plan and budget with the team after the inception phase 
• Provide support to project team including development and revision of yearly and quarterly adjusted action plans and budgets; 
• Develop project templates for internal use (planning, databases, reporting, monitoring) 
• Establish processes to achieve project indicators;   
• Provide regular support to the local branches in development and implementation of action plans under this project as well as in monitoring and reporting processes 
• Сonsult  local branches on project management matters incl. cross-cutting issues as establishment of feedback mechanisms;   
• Support branch to branch exchange, mini-grants for branch initiatives etc.;   
• Organize  regular working meetings with the project teams to insure coordination and integrated approach 
• Coordinate and consolidate schedules (Training, monitoring visits etc..) 

Financial management and procurement: 

• Prepare, monitor, and implement financial and procurement plan  
• In close cooperation with Finance Staff, ensure constant budget monitoring Coordinate purchasing equipment for the project;  Ensure for all purchases/contracting of goods/services/supplies the internal URCS and donors procurement guidelines are applied and properly documented  
• Define project budget forecast based on sound analysis of activity plans 
• Preparare quarterly and final finance reports in cooperation with the finance department 

Monitoring & evaluation: 

• Develop data collection tools and methodological guidelines for monitoring and reporting for branches  
• Conduct monitoring visits to local branches to insure implementation of the branch plans within the project and provision of the necessary support to branches;   
• Monitor resource allocation and utilization at all levels (National/Regional/District) 

 Reporting: 

• Ensure quality reporting on achievements through coordination of the quarterly reporting process with the URCS NC and branch project teams  
• Ensure reports are containing clear quantitative and qualitative information related to the activities. 
• Secure quarterly  reporting and compile, review and analyses reports  
• Prepare quarterly and final reports for the donor in a timely and qualitative manner, looking into achievements against outputs and reflect lessons learnt clearly into recommendations for future programming. 
• Collect information and generate general reports incl. update of project indicators for the donor in English;   
• Ensure translation of documents and correspondence 
• Ensure all supporting documents (means of verification) and general project documents are properly filed both at national and local level 
• Deliver regular communication products (including pictures) on the project to be used for communication in different outlets 

Coordination and representation: 

• Coordinate closely with and insure regular updates to the DRC country team relevant representatives. 
• Support the URCS team in implementation of the URCS Strategy, particularly in the area of organization Development  
• Ensure systematic information and update sharing with the Head of OD department 
• Coordinate with other URCS departments as well as external partners 

Other: 

• Implement direct assigned activities related to the project 
• Perform any other related duties as required

Please submit your CV in English, with the desired salary level, along with your motivation letter in English by 18.02.2022 at [email protected].

Only candidates meeting the abovementioned criteria will be considered and contacted for tests and interviews.