Project Manager

Job Description

The Project Manager will lead the establishment and management of project governance structures, provide strategic, technical, and managerial leadership to ensure effective delivery of the project within time, budget and quality parameters. The role will oversee project implementation, ensure effective systems for planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting, and manage risks proactively. The Project Manager will also serve as the main liaison between SCI, MLAFWRD and the National Designated Authority, and represent the project at Provincial District Development Committee meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the establishment and management of project governance structures
• including the PIU
• Project Steering Committee (PSC) and Technical Advisory mechanisms. Provide strategic
• technical
• and managerial leadership to ensure effective delivery of the project within time
• budget and quality parameters. Oversee project implementation to ensure activities align with project objectives and goals and meet the quality standards in expected results. Lead and supervise the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) to deliver against the approved Annual Work Plan. Ensure effective systems for planning
• budgeting
• monitoring and reporting are in place and aligned with SCI and GCF standards. Ensure timely implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan
• Gender Action Plan and Grievance Redress Mechanism. Manage risks proactively and ensure appropriate mitigation actions are implemented. Serve as the main liaison between SCI
• MLAFWRD and the National Designated Authority (Climate Change Management Department). Lead engagement with line ministries (EMA
• Forestry Commission
• MYEDVT
• MWACSME
• and others)
• private sector partners and financial institutions. Represent the project at Provincial District Development Committee (PDCC) meetings
• ensuring integration of Local Adaptation Plans (LAPs) within District Development Plans (DDPs). Enable the regular convening of
• and report to the Project Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Group
• action their recommendations
• and report on progress and leverage their support for problem solving. Maintain close working relationships with Provincial Permanent Secretaries Offices
• RDCs
• and community structures to institutionalize climate-resilient planning. Facilitate coordination among implementing partners
• government agencies and private sector actors for efficient delivery and sustainability. Represent SCI and the project in national fora on climate adaptation
• resilience
• and green jobs on need basis. Leverage Country office and Global Technical Expertise to support technical quality of programme implementation. Ensure technical coherence and quality assurance oversight across project outputs
• including: o Local Adaptation Plans (LAPs) integrated into DDPs
• o climate resilient value chains
• o youth empowerment and green jobs
• and o promotion of nature-based solutions (NbS) for ecosystem restoration. Oversee mainstreaming of cross-cutting priorities such as gender equality
• social inclusion and youth empowerment. Promote adaptive management and evidence-based decision-making through regular reflection
• learning
• and planning cycles. Oversee implementation of the project's MEAL Framework aligned with GCF's Integrated Results Management Framework (IRMF). Ensure timely submission of quarterly
• six monthly and annual reports to the Project Steering Committee
• Executing Entities
• Accredited Entity (SCA)
• and other stakeholders. Ensure timely and quality reporting to GCF via the Executing Enitiy and Accredited...

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Climate Change
• Environment
• Natural Resources Management
• Development Studies
• or a related discipline. Minimum 10 years' progressive experience managing large
• complex
• multi-stakeholder projects (preferably GCF
• Global Environmental Fund
• Adaptation Fund
• UNEP
• IUCN
• AfDB
• World Bank
• or EU-funded). Proven experience engaging and coordinating with national
• provincial
• and district government institutions. Strong understanding of locally led adaptation
• ecosystem-based approaches
• green jobs and climate-resilient livelihoods. Excellent leadership
• coordination and partnership management skills. Demonstrated knowledge of financial management
• reporting and compliance oversight experience. Exceptional communication
• representation and relationship-building skills. Fluency in written and spoken English and any other local language.

Benefits