Job Description
Project Planning
- Ensure timely organization of project kick-off and close-out meetings
- Ensure that all projects have an implementation strategy and work plan
- Together with Area Coordinators and Project Managers, plan the various stages of project implementation and set direction by prioritizing and organizing activities and resources to achieve project objectives
Project Implementation Follow-up
- Oversee the implementation of projects ensuring that technical requirements and quality standards are considered and respected during project implementation
- Anticipate and mitigate risks and implementation delays and provide ad-hoc support to project implementation through trouble shooting and eliminating blocking points
- Monitor output achievement, cash burn rates and ensure a timely completion of projects through review of PMFs, BFUs and project reports
- Ensure that contractual obligations are met in terms of project deliverables
Project Quality Control
- Ensure the application of a practical field based M&E system/plan for each project
- Conduct frequent field visits to project sites to assess activities and ensure efficient use of resources
- Advise Area Coordinators and Project Managers to adapt projects according to monitoring and evaluation findings
- Advise on and assist with project reviews conducted by AMEU
- Together with the AMEU team, ensure capitalisation of best practices and lessons learnt for projects in the area of operations
