Project Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Lead in Activity Planning & Execution

Lead activity planning and execution with the participation and engagement all project’s relevant partners.
Manage Zimbabwe based team for the planetGOLD project.
Produce, share and make accessible project activity reports, plans and budget information to relevant colleagues and partners.
Prepare and manage contracts with subcontractors, consultants and partners to the project, with support of colleagues from IMPACT’s operations department. Ensuring contractual obligations are met.
Ensure regular revision of project expenditures and monitoring of the project budget, in collaboration with the project’s designated finance officer.
Ensure regular communication and meetings between the project staff.
Ensure regular communication and meetings with the donor (UNEP)
Ensure proper tracking of the necessary (gender-disaggregated) information related to activity implementation that is required for donor reporting and monitoring and evaluation, in close collaboration with project staff.
Ensure that elements of the Gender Action Plan are streamlined into the project’s activity planning and implementation.
Liaise with project stakeholders (e.g. miners, traders, community leaders, etc.) to solicit input and feedback into activity planning and implementation, with careful consideration for equity and inclusion of potentially disadvantaged groups (e.g. women, youth, minorities, etc.).
Ensure the project’s grievance mechanism is in place and available to stakeholders thoroughly.
Respond to requests for information by project beneficiaries and stakeholders, as well as potential new stakeholders, especially in relation to the Gender Action Plan.
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Stakeholder Engagement

Organize 1-2 meetings per year for the Project Steering Committee, and ensure proper documentation and communication follow up.
Ensure effective communication with Project Steering Committee members is carried out throughout the year.
Regularly engage and communicate with the project’s Implementing Agency (UNEP) to ensure main project updates are shared on an ongoing basis, including donor reporting tools as well as ad hoc communications.
Regularly engage, participate and communicate with the planetGOLD programme global executing agency (NRDC)
Communications

Proactively share information related to activity implementation with the Communications Officer.
Respond to targeted information requests from the Communications Officer and/or Communications Director in support of the development of specific communications and knowledge-sharing products.
Coordinate direct communication between the Communications Officer and project beneficiaries, where needed.
Candidates are asked to clearly demonstrate in their applications how they meet the requirements of the position.