Roving Project Manager at Hivos East Africa
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Job Detail
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Job ID 1022692
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Experience 8 Years +
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
Responsibilities and duties
Strategic Project Leadership
- Lead and deliver CEO and CLT-sponsored strategic projects and transformation initiatives.
- Translate strategic decisions into actionable project plans, milestones, governance structures, and delivery roadmaps.
- Coordinate organization-wide initiatives that span multiple functions, teams, and geographies.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to intended organizational outcomes.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Work across Programs, Business Development, External Engagement, Finance & IS, People & Culture, and Administration functions.
- Facilitate collaboration and alignment between functional teams.
- Manage competing priorities, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
- Support effective decision-making by escalating issues and providing recommendations to the CEO and CLT.
Organizational Transformation
- Lead implementation of organizational change initiatives arising from strategic reviews, restructuring efforts, process improvements, and digital transformation programs.
- Support the implementation of the Ten for Ten strategy and other strategic priorities.
- Drive adoption of new ways of working, systems, and organizational practices.
- Facilitate change management, communication, and stakeholder engagement activities.
Strategic Monitoring and Delivery Assurance
- Track progress against strategic objectives and key delivery commitments.
- Develop and maintain project dashboards, reporting frameworks, and performance indicators.
- Monitor benefits realization and organizational impact of projects.
- Identify delivery risks and recommend corrective actions.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build productive relationships with senior leaders, project teams, external partners, consultants, and service providers.
- Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, and strategic discussions.
- Navigate organizational dynamics and competing interests to achieve consensus and maintain project momentum.
- Represent Hivos in strategic partnerships, innovation initiatives, and external project-related engagements where appropriate.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, efficiency, and collaboration.
- Lead process simplification and standardization initiatives.
- Capture lessons learned and ensure organizational learning from strategic projects.
- Promote innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
Education and experience
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in Business Administration, Organisational Development, Project Management, Public Administration, International Development, or a related field.
- Minimum 8-10 years of relevant professional experience, including at least 5 years leading complex cross-functional projects or organisational transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience delivering strategic projects involving multiple stakeholders and functions.
- Experience in organisational change, transformation, operating model implementation, or digital transformation.
- Proven experience working with senior leadership teams and executive stakeholders.
- Strong project governance, risk management, and delivery management experience.
- Experience working in international, mission-driven, or civil society organisations is highly desirable.
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