Cuso International Vacancy in Calabar for a YouLead Project Team Leader
Cuso International is a North American leading international development
agency that works through volunteers to overcome poverty since more
than 50 years.
Cuso International and implementing partners developed a youth-driven
approach to support sustainable economic activities in key sectors
(forestry, agriculture, aquaculture and eco-tourism) identified by the
CRS government and other key stakeholders. The project also strengthen
capacity of government at State and LGA levels, youth serving civil
society organizations, training organizations, and financial
institutions to develop and implement a policy framework as the basis of
increasing employment, self-employment and secured livelihoods for
young women and men in the natural resource sectors.
We therefore invite applications from qualified candidates for the position below:
Job Title: YouLead Project Team Leader
Location: Calabar, Nigeria
Contract type: 3 Year Contract
Grade: 4
Reports to: Project Director
Summary
- Reporting to the Project Director, the Project Team Leader is
the key YouLead Senior Staff responsible for providing leadership to the
Project Team, comprised of (five) program area managers and support
staff.
- The Project Team Leader is primarily accountable for the
implementation of the project activities and the effective and efficient
achievement of project objectives and outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Project Implementation:
- Provide leadership to the Project Team for the effective and efficient implementation of the YouLead Project.
- Mobilise broad support for YouLead in Cross River State by
developing partnerships with a range of organisations and institutions
(local authorities, private sector, civil society).
- Lead on the development of the project annual work plan and
project budget involving relevant Cuso International staff and key
stakeholders.
- Supervise the design of a strong gender sensitive monitoring and evaluation system.
- Supervise the timely production of quality reporting.
- Oversee the mobilisation and management of local and international volunteers.
- Supervise the development and implementation of a comprehensive project communication strategy.
- Provide regular financial and operational reports to the Project Director and the Project Steering Committee.
- Coordinate the implementation of the annual work plan in close
coordination with the Project Team, the project partners and the Cuso
International staff.
- Lead on the development and monitoring of the annual project
budget in coordination with the Project Director, Finance and
Administration Manager and the Project Team.
- Oversee the provision of gender sensitive technical support in
the areas of youth entrepreneurship in the natural resource sectors,
value chain analysis, market development, access to finance for young
entrepreneurs, sustainable management of natural resources management
and policy development.
Staff Management and Team work:
- Carry out annual performance appraisals of Project Team members;
provide regular and appropriate supervision through coaching, guidance
and directions.
- Recruit and induct staff and ensure all Human Resources policies
are understood and implemented effectively throughout the YouLead
Project, with the support of the Project Director, and Cuso
International, as necessary.
- Demonstrate, encourage and support effective Project Team
collaboration, as well as collaboration with YouLead partners and
stakeholders, regionally and globally, as related to the Project.
- Develop and implement plans to respond to collective staff development and training needs of Project Team members.
- Deal with any Project Team member underperformance in line with relevant Cuso International procedures and local employment law.
Other Responsibilities:
- Deputize for the Project Director or other colleagues as required.
- Carry out any other duties as required by the Director of International Programs, from time to time.
Person Specification
Education:
- University degree in a field related to the position, such as
international development or business; project management degree an
asset.
Leadership and Project Management:
- Proven practical experience of developing and managing project
cycles from an initial idea, through development and implementation, to
monitoring and evaluation.
- Ability to think and plan strategically; proven ability to lead,
manage and inspire teams; and proven ability to develop and implement
project ideas.
- Proven practical experience developing and managing a range of
partnerships with government, private sector and civil society
organisations.
- Proven practical experience in mainstreaming gender equality in all aspects of project implementation.
Development Knowledge:
Significant practical, analytical and theoretical knowledge and
experience of international development issues and responses in the
following areas:
- Sustainable natural resource management
- Entrepreneurship and business development
- Appreciation of the contribution that the private sector and business development approaches can bring to development
- Proven on-going commitment to keeping abreast of current development thinking.
- Role and contribution of volunteering in its many forms, and in
particular, appreciation of what volunteering brings to international
development
- Strong awareness and understanding of gender and equity issues, and knowledge of issues affecting young women and men
Staff Management:
- Proven experience to lead, inspire, manage, coach and mentor staff at both an individual and collective levels.
- Practical knowledge and experience of creating high performance
teams; a results orientated work culture; and dealing effectively with
under performance.
Budget Management:
- Proven experience of developing, phasing, managing, monitoring
and revising large ($ 1 million +) and complex budgets in line with all
internal and external contractual obligations.
Team work:
- Proven experience to work effectively in a multi-cultural
context, in multiple teams, and where teams may be geographically
dispersed.
IT:
- Proven ability to be self serving in IT (Outlook, Email,
databases, basic excel, Powerpoint, amongst others) and willingness to
develop IT skills in order to improve effectiveness at work.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications and CV's to:
[email protected] , with the recruitment reference: Project Team Leader, YouLead, 2015-66 clearly marked in the subject line of the application.
Note: No late applications will be considered. Your
CV's must not be longer than 4 pages in length and the covering letter,
one page.To be considered, your resume and cover letter should be
written in English and must demonstrate that all of the essential
qualifications are met. Applications that do not meet the above
requirements will not be considered.
Application Deadline 11:59 pm Eastern Time, 18th December, 2015