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Job-ID: V000053597 Location: Eschborn Start date: 04/01/2023 Field: Country-, Portfolio- and Project Managers Type of employment: full- or part-time Application deadline: 03/14/2023GIZ International Services (InS) is a business unit within GIZ and is mainly in charge of projects funded by other donors than the German government, such as international organisations, bilateral donors, development banks, foundations and private companies. In these sectors, the demand for GIZ’s services in sustainable development has been steadily increasing over the years. Our clients benefit from 40 years of practical experience in international cooperation and accumulated knowledge of 10,000 programmes and projects in more than 120 countries and more than 100 technical areas. GIZ InS is able to deliver on highly complex challenges with excellent teams of German, international and local experts.
We are looking for a project manager (m/f/d) for our regional team Anglophone Africa. You will join a diverse team which values cooperation and common learning, own initiatives and agile working. The Anglophone Africa team strives to deliver meaningful results for a range of clients across Africa in the areas of public sector capacity building and governance, agricultural value chains, private sector development and investment readiness, access to justice and rule of law, human rights and GBV prevention, carbon credits, private sector, etc.
You will be working both in the acquisition of new projects, mainly with multilateral donors such as the EU, and in the implementation and backstopping of ongoing projects in the Anglophone Africa portfolio. You will also cooperate with other regional portfolios, particularly Francophone Africa. Your main tasks will include the following:
Acquisition:
Identify and nurture new project opportunities that fit within our geographic and thematic focus, and ensure early positioning and capture planning, especially for tenders with international bi- and multilateral donors such as the EU. Network with (potential) donors, clients, partners and experts to develop responsive value propositions for identified leads. Prepare documents for prequalification processes and positioning. Manage the proposal development and submission process, including drafting of documents and coordinating with donors, consortium partners, technical writers, and our in-house recruiting, financial and legal departments.
Project Implementation and Backstopping:
Overall coordination and management of the implementation of specific projects in close coordination with the team on site, donors and consortium partners as well as specific functional units within GIZ (HR, finance et al.). Support the project teams on site in all matters necessary for a successful implementation and result delivery. Ensure the timely identification and mobilization of resources as per the project plan. Manage the delivery of contractual requirements for the client on time. Project financial management and monitoring in close cooperation with project controlling. Supervise and support project procurement processes in accordance with GIZ policies and procedures. Coordination of the identification and mobilization of short-term experts. Supervision and quality assurance of the project reporting. Contribution to GIZ’s knowledge management.This job is suited to a full or a part-time position.
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