Projects Officer – LEED – Initiative Retour vers les opportunités

Organization: LEED – Initiative

Location: Tunis – Tunisia

Grade: Mid level

Working time: 5 days a week 9am to 6pm (including one hour break)

Under the supervision of the CEO MENA of LEED, the PO will execute the following key responsibilities (other duties could be requested on an ad-hoc basis)

Project Management:

• Ensure the day-to-day monitoring of the projects he/she in charge of a day-to-day basis together with the Outreach Managers in Sudan and Lebanon.
• Prepare work plans and adjustments to the project implementation when necessary.
• Report on any risks related to project implementation to the CEO MENA.
• Write the drafts of donor reports.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to the LEED team, including meeting preparation, communications and documents management.
• Help ensure meetings and internal and public conferences run as smoothly and efficiently as possible, by managing invites and conference call details, organizing meeting logistics, booking facilities, preparing meeting materials, preparing minutes and actions, and coordinating follow-ups in coordination with the LEED Special Assistant.
• Contribute to projects designs and development when needed.
• Working with projects teams, develop all required project planning tools (implementation plans and M&E plans) and ensure that these are consistently updated and shared on a monthly basis on LEED’s internal working platforms.
• Lead documentation of any relevant project processes and reporting.
• Provide general ad-hoc support to large scale innovation projects within the region and any other ad-hoc operational need upon the request of the CEO MENA.

Commitment to LEED performance values:

• Analysis and problem-solving: Able to identify and separate out the key components of problems and situations. Able to manipulate and interpret information from a range of sources, to spot patterns and trends in information and to deduce cause and effect from this. Can generate a range of creative solutions, evaluate them and choose the most appropriate option.
• Agility: Able to pick up and assimilate relevant information quickly and easily. Learns new tasks rapidly. Responds swiftly and appropriately. Can think on their feet in rapidly changing environments.
• Team work: Actively participates in team. Encourages co-operation. Aware of the needs of others and responds flexibly. Shares information and supports other team members. Can get things done through others and set realistic objectives. Seeks opportunities to develop others. Prioritises team goals over individual goals. Respectful towards other team members and showing emotional intelligence.
• Communication: Able to communicate information and ideas clearly and articulately both in oral and written form. Uses appropriate language, style and methods depending on audience and the purpose of communication. Able to convey complex information clearly. Anticipates the information that others will need.
• Self-confidence and resilience: Measured confidence to take on demanding work or put forward views when they may be challenged. Stays calm in a crisis. Handles competing demands. Overcomes setbacks. Welcomes and learns from criticism.
• Planning and organizing: Able to achieve results in a quality, timely, and cost-effective way. Sees priorities, plans the efficient use of resources, and monitors progress against objectives. Anticipates crucial stages in projects. Formulates alternative means of achieving objectives. Responds effectively to unforeseen events.
• Interpersonal effectiveness: Able to influence the views and behaviour of others through persuasion and encouragement. Manages conflict or other sensitive issues tactfully and effectively. Able to adapt behaviour to a wide range of people.
• Personal motivation: Sets personal goals which are challenging but achievable. Pursues these with energy, persistence and determination. Enthusiastic and committed to improving personal performance levels.
• Adaptability: Able to respond positively to change and adapts to new situations quickly. Able to take on a diverse range of tasks equally effectively.
• Initiative: Able to work things out without having to be shown too often. Takes responsibility for own time and effectiveness. Alert to opportunities to contribute appropriately without being told. Able to spot and implement opportunities for improving situations.