Project coordinator - Youth Inclusion and Employment

The Project Coordinator is responsible for the quality programming and results achievement of youth inclusion and employment projects, including financial management, team leadership, stakeholder relations, and donor deliverables. The role requires excellent project management, strategic thinking, and adherence to Plan International's policies, especially gender transformative programming and child and youth safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate effective project implementation by engaging stakeholders, achieving quality targets, integrating gender equality and youth inclusion, strengthening community participation, managing work plans and budgets, ensuring compliance with organizational procedures, and advancing youth rights through gender-transformative interventions.
• Facilitate community mobilization and engagement, maintain effective communication with communities to support project delivery, and raise awareness among stakeholders and partners on organizational policies, strategies, procedures, values, and expected behaviours.
• Ensure timely and quality project implementation, monitor progress and address gaps, promote evidence-based programming, strengthen learning and knowledge management, maintain beneficiary tracking systems, prepare timely donor-compliant reports, and document and share best practices for learning and sustainability.
• Develop and update project plans and budgets, monitor expenditures to ensure budget compliance, promote adherence to donor requirements and agreements, and prepare accurate and timely financial reports in line with donor regulations.
• Strengthen project delivery by identifying and building the capacity of partners, fostering a positive team environment, supporting partner staff performance and development, and promoting continuous learning and improvement at both institutional and community levels.
• Identify, monitor, and manage project risks, ensure compliance with organizational and donor requirements during project implementation, and promptly communicate emerging risks to relevant stakeholders for timely action.
• Ensure compliance with Plan International’s Child Protection and Gender Equality policies, including staff awareness and reporting procedures.
• Take on additional assignments within the scope of work as assigned by supervisor on need basis.

Requirements

• Relevant university degree (development studies, project management, economic empowerment, social sciences, M&E, or any other relevant qualification). Master's degree is desirable.
• Proven leadership, inter-personal and cross-cultural skills, and ability to build and motivate multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience working collaboratively managing projects with skills in effective partnership management, financial/budget management.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in person and with remote teams.
• Strong understanding of gender responsive programming and meaningful child participation in programs.
• Knowledgeable on effective participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Research systems and processes.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership.
• Experience in engaging with the international donor community and developing donor reports for grants.
• Experience in adolescents/youth programming especially economic empowerment program is considered a strong asset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work in a matrix environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation and public speaking.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to multitask while working on projects with varying activities, objectives, and deliverables.
• Good negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to create a strong sense of purpose within the portfolio and with stakeholders.
• Sound judgment and decision-making in complex situations.
• Awareness of the impact on others and adjusting own behavior accordingly.
• Conversant with Microsoft office suite, especially Word and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Skills

• Project Management
• Finance Management
• Budget Management
• Partnership Management
• Gender-Responsive Programming
• Child Participation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Research Systems
• Donor Reporting
• Youth Programming Facilitation
• Economic Empowerment
• Team Leadership
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Negotiation Skills
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• Presentation Skills
• Public Speaking

Languages

English