Project Manager-MC

Lindi, Tanzania Attractive salary package will be offered to candidates. Fixed Term, 36 months Full Time, 40 hours per week

About VSO

VSO is an International NGO that works in 36 countries and seeks to reduce poverty by placing professional volunteers with partner agencies. You will be working as part of a multiskilled team which seeks to manage the strategic development, implementation and successful delivery of the MC project. The majority of the work is delivered via professional volunteers who come from a wide range of countries. www.vsointernational.orgprovides more general info on VSO.

Role overview

The Project that aims to increase learning outcomes and completion rates for secondary school students in Lindi region and support them to access vocational training, higher education and the job market.Your principal responsibility will be to ensure high quality project outcome delivery within the project budget and scope.You will have excellent management skills, sound judgment, strong analysis and planning skills and the capacity to manage a substantial workload with responsibility for financial accountability and delivery of this project.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

We are looking for dynamic and influential person to join the Tanzanian Team to lead and manage MC Project .You will be able to demonstrate strengths in the following areas:3 years experience in Managing project. Essential: • Experience of planning and managing projects with multiple stakeholders, delivering expected benefits in challenging contexts to tight deadlines. • Proven experience of strategic thinking, including identifying, analysing, problem-solving and responding to opportunities and challenges and the ability to translate into practical plans of action. • Excellent oral and written communication skills with an ability to vary communication content and style to suit audiences to inform motivate and inspire. • Ability to build effective working relationships, inspiring confidence and credibility with employees at all levels. • Financial -Experience of the financial management of budgets, including building a budget, monitoring and managing expenditure. • Ability to analyse and quickly grasp the fundamentals of a need or issue. Able to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems. • Ability to manage a project in a climate of change, recognising and being open to ambiguity, uncertainty and opportunities. • The person we are looking for will, be qualified to degree level, have at least 3 years experience in managing projects and have at least two years experience line managing people. Desirable: • Experience in coordinating activities in collaboration with corporate sector • Experience and knowledge of the Education sector in Tanzania.

VSO values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and aim to be an equal opportunities employer. We urge Residents in Lindi/ Mtwara to apply. Due to anticipated interest in this post, only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

How to apply

If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for. To submit your application, click on 'Apply now' and complete all relevant fields on the online application form. This is a national post. All candidates must have the right to work and live in the Tanzania, we are unable to obtain visa and work permit for a non-Tanzanian for this role

Application closing date

03/03/2014

Interview/Assessment date(s)

14/03/2014

Start date

1/04/2014

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