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Project Director Job: Counterpart International Zambia

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Counterpart International Zambia helps people build better lives and more durable futures, community by community. They equip individuals, organizations and communities to become solution creators in their own families, communities, regions and countries. Working with them in some of the world’s most challenging places to tackle social, economic, environmental, health and governance issues that threaten their lives and undermine their futures.

JOB LOCATION: Lusaka

Job Title: Project Director
Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development of policy and skills training activities
  • Manage the field staff in accordance with counterpart and donor policies, procedures, and requirements
  • Mentor and provide support for the professional development of project staff
  • Oversee all administrative, contracting, hiring, recruitment, financial, and logistical aspects of the program
  • Coordinate activities between the field and counterpart headquarters
  • Ensure the highest quality of project monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and communications
  • Assume financial accountability and ensure successful implementation of the program
  • Ensure compliance with Counterpart and DOL rules and regulations, particularly with respect to financial management
  • Serve as primary liaison to DOL, local and national government authorities, local organizations, and private sector

Qualifications

  • A university degree in a relevant field
  • Five years experience in project management, supervision, administration, and implementation of cooperative agreements and/or contracts (including meeting deadlines, achieving targets, and overseeing the preparation and submission of required reports), preferably in Zambia
  • Experience establishing and maintaining systems for projects operations
  • Ability to maintain working relationships with all project stakeholders, including public, private, and civil society partners and effectively build partnerships among them
  • Experience in a leadership role in implementing projects relevant to child labor, gender equality, youth development, or economic growth
  • Proven success in facilitating meetings among a wide range of stakeholders, with the ability to align numerous sets of interests, identify common goals, develop agreed-upon next steps and deliverables, define and identify roles and responsibilities, and hold stakeholders accountable
  • Fluent in English
  • Provide vision, leadership, strategic management, and oversight of child labor prevention program

How to apply
Qualified candidates should submit a copy of the most up to date resume and three professional references with “Project Director” in the subject line.

TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB EMAIL
[email protected]
OR VISIT
http://www.Counterpart.org

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE
Tuesday, 19 July 2016