Project Manager

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent ) in Public Health, Environment Sciences, Safety Education, International Development or Social Sciences is required;
  
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with additional 2 years of qualifying experience, will be given due consideration in lieu of master´s degree.
  

Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years (with master’s degree) or seven (7) years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant professional experience, with at least two (2) on managing health related programs, environmental and women issues or international development.
  

A. Lead the implementation of the Mayors Challenge in Benin City

• Provides strategic lead and decision making related to the implementation of the Mayors Challenge project in the municipality of Benin City;
  
• Liaises and seek consensus with the city’s focal point and team, to obtain the Mayor’s buy in and make sure that the project contributes to the creation of local capacities in project management and ensures future sustainability;
  
• Leads in strategic planning, decision-making, execution and review to deliver the target metrics, output and outcome of the project;
  
• Approves and supervises the elaboration of Terms of References for procurement processes to achieve the project activities and objectives;
  

B. Oversee project monitoring and showcasing results

• Oversees the project monitoring framework for the status, results, milestones for the project activities;
  
• Communicates project outputs, identifies data linked to the SDG targets and indicators and liaises with the communications team to promote the project results;
  
• Approves operational reports on the activities of the project and its impact in the beneficiaries;
  

C. Sharing lessons learnt at global level

• Participate in public webinars to present the project achievements and challenges to other global cities;
  
• Elaborates knowledge products about how the project is contributing to SDGs by innovating public service delivery;
  
• Elaborates policy briefs and easy communicable knowledge materials on the lessons learnt by the project;
  
• Participates in the global exchange of experiences amongst local governments on how the project is contributing to implement the SDGs at local level.