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UPP – Project Manager – Iraq

Data: 02/02/2015

La ONG Un ponte per (UPP) ha aperto una selezione per la figura di Project Manager in Iraq. Scadenza per la presentazione dei CV: 12 febbraio 2015.


Position: Project Manager, Iraq.
Location: Douk, north Iraq
Deadline for CVs submission: 15/02/2015

Main duties and responsibilities:

In the frame of UPP Mental Health and Psycho-social support program the project manager will coordinate projects funded by Unicef, Who and other private donors. The project manager will coordinate project staff and ensure the efficient overall management of the action, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the humanitarian action. He will also supervise the overall commitment of the organization in the Mental Health sector in Iraq – in coordination with the HQ – and attend to all relevant meetings.

Major tasks:
• Setting up, planning, and supervising the implementation of project activities in close co-operation with the key project staff;
• Monitoring the activities and the results achieved against the project indicators;
• Ensuring that all project reporting (internal and external) is completed in a timely and accurate manner;
• Planning the project expenditure and ensuring the compliance of expenditure of budgets with donor requirements;
• Ensure, together with the admin. manager, overall management, control and oversight of financial and administrative procedures, in compliance with UPP organizational systems and instructions;
• Liaising with local partners , the donor, and with all relevant stakeholders;
• Participating to all the relevant humanitarian coordination working groups and meetings;
• Performing any other task assigned by the Head of Mission.

Essential requirements:
• University degree in psychology or sectors relevant to the vacancy.
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in humanitarian project management.
• Excellent command of the project life cycle management with a special focus on administration and reporting actions.
• Proven capacities to plan activities successfully targeting results and objectives.
• Excellent knowledge of the guidelines set out by main donors (EU, UN etc.).
• Excellent oral and written English.
• Working experience with local counterparts (CSOs, local NGOs, and others).
• Experience of planning, organizing and prioritizing work, working under pressure and meeting deadlines.
• Proactive attitude.
• Team working skills.
• Excellent computer literacy skills.

Desiderable requirements:
• Knowledge of the Middle East context and relevant local actors.
• Knowledge of Arabic.

How to apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit CV, brief cover letter and contact information for 2 professional references to: [email protected].

Duration: One year.

We thank in advance all the candidates submitting CVs and cover letters; all the received CVs will be examined and archived in our database.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.



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