(Senior) Global Project Manager for HQ, based in Geneva (Link for External Applicants)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Geneva, CH
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Excellent academic qualifications, including Master's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. project management, development, humanitarian studies, international relations, research methods, social sci
- At least 10 years of experience in the development or humanitarian sector; experience in field-based roles and across multiple geographies an asset.
- Familiarity with needs assessments and analysis, applied research in humanitarian or development settings.
- Familiarity with the humanitarian system and global humanitarian policy frameworks, in particular the Grand Bargain, the HPC and the JIAF.
- Demonstrated experience directly managing and implementing humanitarian projects, preferably including experience at country/field level. Experience with complex, multi-country and/or multi-partner pr
- Demonstrated experience managing institutional donor grants throughout the project cycle, including implementation follow-up, donor reporting and contractual compliance;
- Strong understanding of institutional donor requirements; prior experience with ECHO, Sida, SDC, GAC and/or comparable institutional donors is highly desirable;
- Demonstrated experience working with implementing partners, including partnership set-up, implementation follow-up and reporting; example leading complex consortia a strong asset.
- Excellent organisational, coordination and planning skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines and coordinate effectively across teams, countries and functions;
- Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including good external engagement and coordination skills.
- Willingness and ability for short term deployments, including to complex and challenging security environments.
- Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility.
- Fluency in English and French required, given the regional remit of the position; Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese or Ukrainian an asset.
- Ability to operate InDesign is a plus.
Full description
BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH
REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.
IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.
We are currently looking for a (Senior) Global Project Manager to join IMPACT’s Global Programmes section at IMPACT Headquarters in Geneva.Title: (Senior) Global Project Manager
Location: Geneva, with occasional travels
Line management: Reports to the Head of Global Programmes
Contract duration: Open ended contract
Start date: ASAP
POSITION PROFILE
The Global Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the effective management and implementation of a portfolio of strategic global projects secured by IMPACT Initiatives, under the supervision of the Head of Global Programmes. The Global Project Manager will work closely with Global Programmes Managers, country teams, HQ departments, donors and external partners, and maintain a functional link with the Head of Projects and Partnerships Support (PPS).
The Global Project Manager will oversee and coordinate key aspects of the programme cycle across the portfolio, including implementation follow-up, donor reporting, support to grant management processes, partner engagement, funding allocations and the identification of programme-level risks and dependencies. In doing so, they will support organisational leadership in maintaining visibility over programme performance, facilitating effective decision-making, and ensuring alignment across the various stakeholders involved in programme delivery.