Regional Ipd Project Manager

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SOS Children’s Villages International (SOS CVI) is the umbrella organisation for over 130 SOS Children’s Villages associations worldwide. As a non-governmental social development organisation we help children without parental care and families in difficult living conditions through services in care, education and health. The organisation also advocates for children’s rights.

For the **multi-country project ‘’**Ukraine Emergency Response’’** funded by the MFAs of Canada and Denmark we are seeking a committed

**Regional IPD Project Manager (f/m)**

Based in Vienna, Austria

**Task and Responsibilities**:
**Project Management**:

- Provide overall leadership and management of regional IPD project **’**Ukraine Emergency Response**’’**;
- Ensures high quality project implementation with due respect to donor requirements and SOS CVIs regulations/standards and in coordination with other IOR functions support Member Associations in meeting internal and external standards and processes related to project cycle management, child safeguarding, procurement, financial management;
- With key project staff and stakeholders, ensure project strategic objectives and results are fully accomplished and meet donor requirements;
- Ensure alignment with overall ER Ukraine project pointing out synergies as well as collecting & sharing good practices for effective project design and implementation;
- Maintain written track record of all project-related communication and agreements;
- Keep all project-related documentation on file;
- Organize project-related meetings.

**Monitoring and reporting**:

- Develop and oversee project monitoring system, using data analysis as the basis for measuring performance;
- Communicate on a regular basis with the project’s lead applicant and report on the project’s progress;
- Supervise overall implementation, reporting and evaluation of the Project De-I and oversee program communication strategy;
- Review on regular basis project details, deliverables and schedules as per project Implementation Plan;
- Ensure progress and final reports are produced on time, in quality manner as per donor requirements;
**Learning and capacity building**
- Facilitate and document learning across all aspects of the project to improve planning and decision-making;
- Outline good practices as well as common challenges;
- Ensure wide dissemination and visibility of project achievements;
**Leadership and team management**
- Lead Project Implementation team towards the achievements of project’s objectives with high quality standards;
- In line with SOS CVIs standards for leadership framework provide functional leadership for project staff;
- Support professional and personal development of staff.

**Requirements**:

- University degree in economics, management or social sciences (Master degree in relevant field would be an advantage);
- At least 3-5 years of management experience, preferably on Institutional funded projects (e.g. ADA, USAID, DANIDA, NORAD or EU);
- Experience of working in the emergency content
- Experience of project/program concept development and management;
- Practice in community development, consultation and partnership development;
- Excellent computer skills including Microsoft suite;
- Fluency in written and spoken English language.
- Willingness to travel up to 20-30%.

**Personal Competencies**:

- Strong communication, presentation, facilitation and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to manage multiple tasks;
- Efficient task prioritization and time management;
- Flexibilty to work both in team and independently;
- Work under time pressure;
- Strategic, creative, and innovative thinkining;
**Our Offer:
**Versatile and challenging assignment in an international working environment where professional and human competence is in the foreground

**Provision of Contract**:
The Regional IPD project manager will be part of the International Office CEE/CIS/ME Institutional Partnership Development team and reports to the Head of Institutional Partnership Development.