Project Manager-HI Retour vers les opportunités

Type of contract: Tunisian National Contract  

Location:Tuniswithregularvisitsinallgovernorates  

Duration: 1 year renewable 

Starting date: Mars 2022 

Position Category:  

Humanité & Inclusion – Handicap International (HI), is an independent and impartial international  solidarity organization, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters,  working in particular alongside people with disabilities to improve their living conditions and promote  respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. 

HI has been present in the Maghreb region since 1993. Through a regional dynamic, HI aims to  respond to the development challenges of its target population in each country of intervention, but  also to strengthen the exchange of experiences and synergies between the actors of the different  countries, whether they are civil society organizations, professional structures, or public and para 

public actors. 

Supporting the Inclusion of Vulnerable Communities (IDMEJ) project is funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by Humanity & Inclusion (HI) and its partner  Tunisian Association for Management and Social Stability (TAMSS). 

The goal of the project is to empower Gender-Based Violence survivors and People with Disabilities  in Tunisia in the exercise of their rights, by creating greater awareness, multi-stakeholders  engagement for attitudinal/behavioural change, and promotion of favourable social and institutional  reforms granting greater access to services. 

Implemented over a period of 3 years (October 2021 / September 2024) the project will be will be  conducted in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders –the Ministry of Socials Affairs and the  Ministry of Women Affairs in particular- at national and decentralized levels, while ensuring to stay in  line with the national strategies for the socio-economic inclusion of people with disabilities and  prevention of and response to gender based violence in Tunisia, as well as international legal  framework and standards, the proposed project will respond successfully to the objectives being 

1) Effective coordination between Tunisian government and civil society institutions to increase  support to Gender-Based Violence victims and implement laws protecting their rights

2) Improved government capacity to identify people with disabilities and use data to distribute  benefits that people with disabilities are legally entitled to 

3) Increased awareness and capacity among Gender-Based Violence victims and people with  disabilities to understand and exercise the rights afforded to them. 

Reporting to the Operations Manager Tunisia, the ProjectManager contributes to the implementation  of the mandate and the 10-year strategy of Humanity & Inclusion. He/she ensures optimal quality and  impact of the project by means of a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. With all  HImanagers, andthrough paradigm changes, he/she shares responsibility for thesoundmanagement  and effective functioning of the global organisation. 

The Project Manager will be in charge of successfully leading HI-TAMSS consortium in the common  implementation of the project.

Missions :

1. Management

1.1 Line-manages the project’s teammembers 

1. Sets individual objectives, evaluates individual performance, contributes towards the professional &  career development of his/her team members, monitors competences 

1.2 Organises and leads regular team meetings 

1.3 Manages the recruitment and selection of new team members 

1.4 Ensures strict application and respect of the program’s Internal Regulations by the project team. 1.5 Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into  operational objectives for his or her team, lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each  management action.  

Encourage inter and intra departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and risk-taking. 

2. Expertise

2.1 Provides the technical expertise for his/her project 

1. Ensures that the activities implemented comply with international technical norms and standards b. Adapts the project documentation to international technical norms and standards, when necessary c. Runs technical training for his/her staff when relevant 
2. Is in charge of the technical quality and relevance of project activities implemented within his/her  scope of expertise 
3. Ensures technical learning fromprojectsbydrawing on lessons learned and good practices f. Makes sure global and field technical specialists get the information they require and collaborates  with Technical Divisions when necessary 
4. Adjusts his/her activities to audit recommendations, if applicable 

2.2 Helps to coordinate technical professional development and facilitate a community of practice, in  collaboration with TechnicalDivision 

2.3 Manages relationships with technical authorities, local partners or other stakeholders 

3. Implementation and Monitoring

3.1 Ensures project implementation, in collaboration with the relevant services and in line with general  standards and procedures 

1. Ensures the planning of activities and establishes action plans 
2. Ensuresthatactivitiesareimplementedinlinewiththeprojectproposalandtheallocatedbudget c. Ensures that activities are implemented according to internal quality and technical standards and, if  necessary, proposes adjustment or improvements to help meet objectives 
3. Ensures, as budget holder, that realizedand plannedexpenditure aredone correctly andaccording to  the financial commitment procedure and allocated budget 
4. Prepares and monitors partnership agreements with implementing partners and other potential  partners 
5. Ensures the effective implementation and follow up of institutional policies (PSEA, mandatory cross cutting approaches, etc.) on his/her project 
6. Coordinates and collaborates with relevant internal services, especially logistics, HR, finance and  technical resources 

3.2 Ensures project data management 

1. Ensures that the appropriate data collection and management tools are in place on the project, in line  with global standards 
2. Ensures thatdata related to the project is collected and compiled in the project database c. Carriesout regular verificationsandmakesanynecessarycorrectionsintheactivitydatabase 3.3 Ensures project reporting 
3. Monitors the achievement of results and indicators, as per the logical framework b. Is in charge of producing the appropriate reporting tools: monthly situation report, PM Box c. Reports regularly to the line manager
4. Writes reports for the funding agencies when relevant and monitors donor deadlines (grants,  reporting, audits) concerning theproject 
5. Guarantees the proper archiving of information 

3.3 Prepares and steers project evaluation and capitalisation 

1. Plans and monitors project evaluations 
2. Produces project capitalisation and learning from experience material 
3. Influence & Communication
4. Contributes to HI’s external influence by participating in relevant networks b. Communicates on the project to partners, authorities and stakeholders when relevant 

          5.   Strategy & business development

1. Contributes to programme or country operational strategy (STRATOP) 
2. Drafts new project proposals for the continuity or expansion of the project 
3. Contributes to the drafting of new proposals for new opportunities 

Skills :