Website Practical Action
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Project Manager
About the role
The purpose of the role is to manage overall project on Community Centric landslide Early Warning in Bagmati Province of Nepal.
- The project focuses on ensuring effective, efficient and transparent planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and communication across the Practical Action team – in line with the requirements of the DFAT/Australian Embassy.
- Overseeing and coordinating effective delivery, ensure quality based on Programme Quality and Delivery Framework (PQD) of the Practical Action Project.
About you
- You have willingness and enthusiasm to work in challenging and difficult situations and with vulnerable communities.
- You have an experience of leading a project and managing finance and human resources.
- You have experience of working with multi-stakeholders, multi-country institutions and with government organizations.
- You have knowledge and experience on multi-hazards early warning system (specifically in landslide early warning systems), risk and vulnerability assessment would be added advantage.
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
About us
Practical Action is a change making organisation that works in unconventional ways. We put ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We do things differently, so answers that start small can grow big – bringing people together in bold collaborations, using innovation and knowledge to build futures free from poverty and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Additional information
We treat all applications for employment fairly regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability.
Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
To ensure that Practical Action meets its obligations of safer recruitment, appointment to posts within Practical Action will be subject to a satisfactory criminal check. Criminal checks will be conducted for all roles.
The successful applicant must already have the right to both live and work in Nepal and should be willing and able to travel.
Closing date for applications: 13 June 2023
Please submit a cover letter along with job application form to hr@practicalaction.org.np
Listing details
Date of expiry: 13 June 2023
Salary: Discussed with successful candidate
Location: Melamchi, Nepal
Employment status: TBC
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