Project Manager Benin

Tasks

• Manage and supervise the successful implementation of project FORCE ensuring high-quality delivery, partners’ satisfaction, and achievement of the project results
• Ensure fully compliant and robust project and country office administrative and financial management, including overall office operations, internal controls, compliance with local laws and Swisscontact standards, audits, procurement and reporting
• Lead the Planning-Implementation-Monitoring-Evaluation-Controlling system according to the contracting donor requirements
• Represent the FORCE project to partners, government counterparts and key stakeholders in Benin, ensuring visibility, credibility, and alignment with national priorities
• Manage a team of 6-8 employees, ensure strong leadership, supervise HR planning and recruitment, empower and coach project staff and manage performance
• Lead risk management and ensure understanding and compliance with Swisscontact’s Code of Conduct, Operations Manual and Local Security Plan, and regularly update relevant documents in line with internal and contextual shifts

Requirements

We are looking for a person of integrity with strong self-awareness, entrepreneurial spirit, strong communication, networking and negotiations skills who is used to work independently and takes accountability for his/her decisions and actions:

• Strong leadership skills and experience in coordinating interdisciplinary and intercultural project teams
• At least 5 years relevant work experience in leading and managing projects and/or multi stakeholder
• initiatives in development cooperation
• Experience with bilateral international donors
• Profound experience in vocational training
• Strong knowledge of the African context
• In depth understanding of all aspects of Project
• Cycle Management (including financial
• management) and adaptive steering
• Excellent communication skills in French, good communication skills in English
• Willingness to travel frequently from
• Cotonou to Parakou and occasionally to other countries
• Good understanding of gender equality and social inclusion, environmental responsibility, conflict-sensitive programme management and good governance

Swisscontact offers attractive working conditions in an international and multicultural context. We see our work as a joint effort in an agile organizational culture: mutual respect, trust and teamwork.

We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents: letter of motivation, curriculum vitae (max. 5 pages), diplomas and references. Please apply exclusively via the online application portal.

Pour plus d’informations, visitez notre site www.swisscontact.org. 

Swisscontact - Fondation suisse pour la coopération technique

Swisscontact est une organisation de développement indépendante à but non lucratif créée en 1959 par des représentants du secteur privé et de la société civile suisse.

Notre travail vise à libérer le potentiel des initiatives privées dans les économies en développement et émergentes. Nous favorisons un développement économique durable et inclusif dans le but d’améliorer la qualité de vie de tous.

Notre travail repose sur trois piliers fondamentaux : Nous renforçons les compétences des individus afin qu’ils puissent améliorer leurs revenus et leurs possibilités d’emploi ; nous améliorons la compétitivité des entreprises afin de les aider à se développer et à devenir plus résistantes ; nous promouvons des systèmes socio-économiques qui favorisent un développement durable pour une prospérité généralisée.

L'organisation est actuellement active dans plus de 130 projets dans 41 pays avec environ 1400 employés. Le siège se trouve à Zurich, en Suisse.