Overview
Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for a multi-year resilience programme, delivering sustainable economic and social outcomes through community-led, child-safe, and gender-equitable systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse and validate the existing project design to ensure feasibility and readiness for implementation.
- Conduct pre-start activities and align with implementing partners.
- Develop comprehensive project plans (scope, objectives, timelines, KPIs, budgets).
- Design scale-up and expansion strategies aligned to programme goals.
- Engage stakeholders and partners to define goals and success criteria.
- Establish project governance structures, roles, and change control mechanisms.
- Lead end-to-end execution of project activities in line with plans by establishing clear team structures (RACCI), roles, and coordination mechanisms.
- Coach and support team members to strengthen delivery and capability.
- Serve as the primary point of contact, managing expectations and engagement.
- Provide regular updates, reports, and presentations to management and stakeholders.
- Develop, manage, and monitor project budget and resource utilisation.
- Ensure cost control, accurate financial reporting, and efficient resource allocation.
- Identify and mitigate risks through contingency planning.
- Ensure outputs meet quality standards through reviews, audits, and feedback mechanisms.
- Lead project evaluation, reporting, and donor compliance.
- Capture lessons learned, ensure knowledge management, and plan for sustainability.
Required Experience
A minimum of 10 years of experience in managing development projects or in the NGO sector, with at least 5 years in the cocoa sector, child protection, community development, or rural livelihoods programmes, with a unique blend of traditional project management expertise, deep child labour knowledge and community engagement.
Qualifications
A minimum of a bachelor's degree in social science, agriculture, education, international development, or related areas. A master’s degree or higher in this area, with proven professional qualifications in project management, will be an added advantage.
