Recruitment notice: Project coordinator
Job title: Project coordinator .
Initiative Name: Lake Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Chad Basin Conservation Project
Type of employment: Full-time contract
Position Location: Based in Maroua, Cameroon
Reporting to: Project management
Duration of contract: 1 year renewable
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As part of the wetland conservation project in the Lake Chad basin, the promotion center is looking for a project coordinator for Alinéa International.
The Lake Chad Basin Wetland Conservation Project seeks to improve the climate resilience of ecosystems (RCE) and marginalized communities (CM) structurally vulnerable to climate change (CC), particularly women and youth (F&J) , through nature-based climate solutions (SCFN) in six RAMSAR sites in the Lake Chad Basin (BLT) in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. This objective will be achieved through an integrated approach that involves: rehabilitation/restoration of wetland ecosystems to support better conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity (BD) in protected areas registered under the RAMSAR Convention on wet area; rehabilitation/restoration of agropastoral spaces while increasing the adoption and benefits of climate-resilient and gender-transformative agropastoral livelihoods within and adjacent to target RAMSAR sites; and strengthening F&J leadership in environmental peacebuilding within and near target RAMSAR sites and in the existing regional stabilization process.
The mandate of the project coordinator falls within the framework of the implementation of this important project and is defined as indicated below.
Job description
In close collaboration with the Field Manager, to prepare comprehensive action plans, including resources, deadlines and budgets for projects. The Project Coordinator will undertake various coordination tasks, such as operational planning, as well as administrative tasks, such as updating project documentation and processing financial requests. To be successful in this role, you will need to exhibit excellent time management and communication skills as you will collaborate with clients and internal teams to achieve results on time.
The Project Coordinator will primarily ensure that all activities are completed on time, on budget and meet high quality standards.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Field Manager,
- Coordinate the implementation of activities and operations at country level;
- Act as liaison with partners to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives
- Carry out regular field missions to monitor project activities
- Regularly monitor the context and develop approaches and activities to promote “Do No Harm”
- Assign tasks to internal teams and help manage schedules
- Help prepare budgets
- Analyze risks and opportunities
- Monitor the progress of the project and manage any problems
- Serve as a point of contact with all stakeholders and inform them about the status of the project
- Work with the Project Manager in the field to remove obstacles
- Use tools to monitor work hours, plans and expenses
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans and reports
Requirements
- Proven professional experience as a Project Coordinator or in a similar position
- Experience in project management, in a complex and volatile environment
- Ability to prepare and interpret schedules and action plans as well as reports
- Very good organizational skills, particularly time management and simultaneous multiple tasks
- Strong customer relations and teamwork skills
- Knowledge of risk management and quality assurance control
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office with emphasis on Excell
- Hands-on experience with project management tools
- Experience supervising staff
- Master’s degree in administration, social sciences, management related field.
HOW TO APPLY?
- Please send your updated CV to the following address cphda.recrutement@gmail.com mentioning in the subject line: Financial Manager_Lake Chad Basin
No later than 4/12/2023
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