Project Manager Solid Waste Management

The Solid Waste Management Program

The intervention promotes the development and management of integrated
Solid Waste Management system through capacity building of local institutions,
provision of input and implementation of Master Plan in the Union of Jurd Al
Kayteh in Akkar region of Lebanon. The intervention also promotes the development
of a sustainable system based on reduction of waste production through
awareness campaigns and recycling and re-use of solid waste, rehabilitation and
requalification of illegal dump sites. The intervention is implemented in
partnership with National and International NGOs and institutions.

Purpose of the role

The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for the project’s execution, in technical, economic/financial terms, and in terms of resources management on field, in compliance with COOPI and the donor’s procedures. S/he will have direct responsibilities on project coordination and
implementation, ensuring to reach the expected results on time, on budget, on quality, in reference to the project funded by the donor.

Main responsibilities (detailed list of activities required by the position)

Activity planning andmanagement

·        Plan and monitor the activities’ progress, in compliance with the contract signed with the donor and with COOPI and the
donor’s procedures.

Administrative and financial management

·   Plan all expenditures in collaboration with the Project Administrator/Administrative Coordinator

·       Monitor all made expenditures

·        Supervision of accounting and the project cash safe/bank account management and, where there was no dedicated staff,
he/she directly manages the accounting and the project cash safe/bank accounts,
making use of the instruments made available by the organization.

·        Prepare the Purchases Plan in cooperation with the Project Administrator and in coordination with the Administrative
Coordinator.

·        Ensure the organization and donor’s procedures respect when purchasing goods and services.

Reporting

·        Ensure the preparation, in compliance with the deadlines, of all financial and narrative reports – interim and final –
expected by the project.

·        Be responsible for the preparation of all formal communication and contract modifications requests (ex. budget
modification) of the projects he manages.

Staff Management

·        Select the local staff to be employed in projects in compliance with the country’s rules/laws and with the COOPI’s regulation in
the country and manages any other project’s expatriate staff

·        Evaluate the local staff employed for projects by making use of the organization’s tools

·        Participate to the evaluation of his/her own project, upon request by his/her direct supervisor

·        Coordinate and supervise the work done by all the project staff, in compliance with the organization’s security procedures

·        Be responsible for the initial and continuous training of the local staff under his/her responsibility

Goods management

·        Be responsible of the correct management of all goods purchased for the project, both directly and purchased by other
offices/field offices. For all goods purchased by the project he/she updates
the inventory, in cooperation with the Administrative Coordinator.

Institutional relations

·        Communicates with the donors’ officers, the local authorities which are competent in the aspects related to the project,
the project’s partners and beneficiaries, in compliance with the organization’s
guidelines.

Requirements (education required, years of experience, technical skills, soft skills)

ESSENTIAL

·        Advanced degree in Social subjects or related field or equivalent work;

·        Minimum 4 years’ experience in the humanitarian/development field and in a similar position, with a track record
of success and results achieved, including at least 3 years implementing
complex programming

·        Experience of working within an insecure environment with responsibility for security planning, monitoring and
management;

·        Experience of working in project management on one or more among the main
donors (EU, AICS, DFID, USAID), with priority to EU;

• Experience in report and proposal writing, including to conduct sectoral analysis and to understand and transform into possible proposal the
  policies and strategies of the donors;

·        Strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills;

·        Strong supervisory abilities, and demonstrated capacity of teamwork and of coordination with the relevant actors;

·        Experience in remote management of team; 

·        Very good inter-personal and writingcommunication skills;

·        Problem-solving ability and ability to organize work efficiently and deliver assignments in a timely manner often
under time constraints;

·        Previous experience in similar contexts is an asset;

·        Proficiency in written and spoken English;

·        Computer literacy, with high proficiency in the use of standard office software applications (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel
and PowerPoint).

Desired

• Experience in leading Consortium;
• Previous experience in Solid Waste Management or Environment
  sectors;
• Knowledge of Arabic and/ or Italian should be an asset;
• Keen understanding of the complexities in the Middle East region