Project Manager

Project Management

• Responsible for daily project management from grant award through closeout, including planning, monitoring of implementation, financial management, reporting, risk and change management, and lessons learned
• Coordinates project staff recruitment and manages project team, including team capacity building
• Manages long- and short-term consultants and/or sub-contractors, including development of scopes of work, on-going oversight, and collection of supporting documentation
• Ensures targets are delivered on time and within budget
• Oversees project related procurement process
• Implements security protocols.

Project Financial Management and Grant Compliance

• Ensures effective and efficient performance monitoring and reporting against donor requirements
• Ensures adherence to applicable local legal requirements
• Monitors project budgets, advises on budget modifications, and reviews project financial reports
• Monitors all project expenditures and projects short- and long-term project cash needs
• Coordinates accurate and timely submission of financial reporting with the finance manager.

Relationship Management

• Coordinates and communicates with all project stakeholders
• Manages relationships with government agencies, donor agencies, the business community, and other stakeholders as required
• Manages relationships with sub-grantees, local CBOs and community committees
• Ensures good cooperation with partners
• Raises public awareness of HFH work in Lebanon.

Business Development

• Proactively supports business development through research, writing proposal sections, recruitment, partner identification and management.

Other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor

Experience / Skills Requirements:

• 5-7 years of donor funded program/project management design and implementation
• Working knowledge of major institutional donors funding requirements
• Proven experience managing projects, including planning and budget development, expense tracking and forecasting
• Proven ability to take the initiative in finding solutions to complex challenges
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize stakeholders into partnerships and alliances, lead and facilitate collaborative processes
• Ability to train and mentor local organizations / CBOs
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-cultural environment with multi-national staff
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and in a team
• Experience in managing and mentoring staff
• Detail-oriented with good organization and prioritization skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is essential, and French preferred.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively (up to 50%), in the field and internationally

Education / Academic Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as international development, development economics, international relations, political science, public administration, economics, business administration, disaster response.
• Project management certification

Willingness to align with and communicate the Mission Principles of Habitat for Humanity.