Project Manager, HCI

Job Description:

• Lead the Global Coordination Unit’s support for Heart of Conservation Initiative partners and ensure successful delivery of all project components
• Supervise Global Coordination Unit staff and manage day-to-day project operations
• Coordinate with ten Component 1 partners and partners and specialists across other components
• Review and approve annual work plans and budgets and provide technical input to partner activities
• Lead delivery of Components 2 and 3, including collective capacity strengthening and the Youth Policy Leaders program
• Manage project monitoring, evaluation, workflow, risks, procurement oversight, expenditure oversight, and adaptive management
• Develop annual work plans and budgets for approval and no-objection processes
• Organize inception workshops, project workshops, meetings, learning visits, and evaluations
• Manage the project website and communications strategy with the Communications and Knowledge Management Officer
• Supervise preparation of semi-annual progress reports, quarterly financial reports, co-finance reports, workshop reports, and the project close report
• Provide quality assurance for project activities, sub-grants, reports, and partner deliverables
• Coordinate partnerships, co-financing, stakeholder engagement, gender equality, and social inclusion
• Represent the project at conferences, meetings, and workshops
• Prepare and execute the project exit plan and ensure sustainability of project results
• Travel internationally for approximately one week on a quarterly basis

Requirements:

• 10 years of technical working experience, including at least five years of project management experience
• Bachelor’s Degree; post-graduate degree in a relevant field preferred
• At least five years’ experience supporting and working in solidarity with Indigenous people and local community organizations
• Demonstrated track record of culturally sensitive, respectful, community-centered collaboration with Indigenous Peoples and local communities
• Ability to interact with Indigenous peoples and local community representatives, senior government, NGO, business, and donor staff
• Experience with the Convention on Biological Diversity and/or other multilateral agreements and processes, focusing on biodiversity, Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights, and finance
• Experience delivering technical and financial reporting to donor agencies on large projects
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder and multi-country projects
• Experience leading a team of staff and coordinating sub-grant partners across multiple time zones and cultures
• Technical experience and knowledge in Indigenous-led territorial stewardship, community-based sustainable development, or related thematic areas
• Written and spoken fluency in English required
• Advanced proficiency in Spanish, French, or Portuguese highly preferred
• Knowledge of the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation or WWF Project and Program Management Standards preferred
• Experience with GEF Projects and GEF knowledge an advantage
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the job’s location

Benefits:

• Paid relocation: None
• Visa sponsorship and relocation costs may be supported for Cambodia based on available budget
• Remote work is available
• International travel opportunities (approximately quarterly, week-long trips)