Project Manager

Hami DajuVai is a feminist organization that engages men and boys in building a gender-just society. HDV aims to transform patriarchy into equality by integrating intersectionality ubiquitously through the engagement of men, boys, and young people, while promoting women’s leadership. The ultimate goal is to build a gender-just society. To foster an equal and prosperous society where all people enjoy their rights, opportunities, and live dignified lives, while addressing patriarchal masculinity and patriarchal structures through intersectional approaches.

HDV is anticipating a project which will be focused on women’s security and justice where our role will be to work as a technical partner on the issue of Men’s engagement and transforming patriarchal Masculinity to end violence against women and girls. The project expects the transformation on patriarchal masculinity and harmful social norms and behaviours from family to community. Role of HDV is to work as a technical lead on Men and boys’ engagement and addressing harmful masculinity including on social norms and contribute on diffusion of its learning and impacts. Hence HDV is looking for the candidates for following positions.

PROJECT MANAGER

No of vacant Position: 1
Duty Station: Lalitpur

Introduction to the Role

The person holding this role will lead our organization. The Project Manager will work in close collaboration with the partner organization and its provincial partners to support in the implementation of the project activities with a key focus on men and boys’ engagement, dismantling and addressing patriarchal masculinity and diffusion of its learning and impact. The position holder expected to lead the team, document and prepare project reports including assess and research various initiatives happening around the world and in Nepal in relation to the project. Person will work as a project focal point on behalf of HDV to liaison with our partner and government agencies. Project Manager will also contribute in effective and timely implementation of the project activity and assurance of its quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to the team, provincial implementing partners and other project team members as technical lead on Men and Masculinity, Assess, research on the work around Men and Masculinity, Social and Behaviour Change and Social Norms, analyse and share the learning and possibilities
• Plan, implement, monitor, and report project activities aligned with project objectives and as per detailed implementation plan
• Speed up quality project implementation, budget tracking and support provincial implementing partners and office team as when required
• Assist in technical assessment and studies for knowledge creation, new project concept development and project quality monitoring
• Coordinate and facilitate the internal and external visits (eg, government, office, donor, SWC etc)
• Collaborate with Federal, Provincial and local governments
• Guide and monitor staff team to ensure effective project implementation
• Maintain good communication with all the partners and concerned stakeholders
• Prepare timely project progress reports ensuring its quality
• Ensure mainstreaming of GEDSI in project implementation
• Ensures that internal databases and monitoring information are kept fully up-to-date.
• Any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor

Experience Required:

• A master’s degree in Social Science with 5 years or Bachelor degree with 7 years of professional working experience as project manager or project lead in the areas of Gender, Inclusion, Masculinity, MenEngagement with special focused on social and behaviour change and addressing harmful social norms
• Experience of developing and organizing participatory training and workshops is required.
• Experience of supporting the development of projects, programmes, and campaigns
• Having prior research skills would be an advantage.

Other skills

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Nepali
• Good understanding of the SBCC and social norms dynamics around gender and masculinity in cultural and social context is essential. An understanding of the international context would be advantage
• Excellent leadership, management and written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work with a diverse range of actors from different cultural contexts in the country
• Strong project management skills
• Willingness to travel to the field stations
• Person should have a 2-wheeler license

Duration: three-month probation period, contract will be till March 2025 with possible extension based on performance

Note: Please include your expected salary in your application letter, and please make sure to include the job title in the subject line of your email.

Online Application Link- https://bit.ly/HDV-PM