Project Manager Job, Digital Square, East Africa at PATH

Project planning: Develop a detailed project plan that outlines the project scope, objectives, timelines, resources, and budget.
Defining project goals and objectives: Work with stakeholders to define the project goals, objectives, and success criteria.
Resource management: Allocate resources, including personnel, budget, equipment, and materials, to ensure the project is completed on time and within budget.
Project scheduling and time management: Develop and proactively manage a project schedule that identifies project milestones and deadlines.
Risk management: Identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them.
Communication and stakeholder management: Keep stakeholders informed about the project progress, issues, and risks, and manage stakeholder expectations.
Quality management: Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and customer expectations. Track internal metrics measuring impact and adoption of deliverables.
Team management: Manage project team members, including hiring, training, and mentoring.
Financial management: Operate within project budgets and financial resources, support forecasting, and update project costs.
Change management: Manage and anticipate changes to the project budget, time, scope, objectives, and requirements, and ensure that all changes are properly documented and communicated. Conduct after action and project reviews.

Required Experience

Bachelor’s degree in public health, international development, business administration, information systems or a related field and a minimum of two years project management experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Familiarity implementing large scale global USG-funded awards required.
Ability to work effectively on fast-paced, complex projects.
Team-focused and collegial with the ability to interact with diverse colleagues and facilitate strong working relationships; adept at working closely with others over geographical distance and time zones.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; diplomacy in communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
Proficient in Microsoft Office software suite; ability to learn financial systems/software.
Strong organizational skills, high level of attention to detail, and effectiveness under deadlines.
Ability to travel 10% in country or internationally.