Project Manager, EU INTPA

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Project Manager (EU INTPA – Education) supports the Team Leader in ensuring the high-quality, timely, and compliant implementation of education activities in Benishangul Gumuz and Amhara regions. The post holder oversees and ensures field implementation across target schools and communities in Benishangul Gumuz and Amhara, including refugee and host community settings, ensuring delivery is consistent with donor agreements and relevant coordination requirements with government and humanitarian stakeholders (including UNHCR and RRS where applicable).

The role provides hands-on technical and operational support to field teams, including coordinators, officers, and social workers, through regular guidance, coaching, and follow-up to ensure effective and quality implementation of project activities.

Key Accountabilities Include;

Lead end-to-end project management, including planning, budgeting, implementation, and performance tracking
Ensure high-quality project delivery through effective coordination with teams, partners, and stakeholders
Monitor project progress and financial performance, ensuring timely corrective actions and compliance
Prepare and deliver donor reports aligned with required standards and timelines
Provide strategic leadership, risk management, and decision-making support across project teams
Strengthen monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) systems for evidence-based results
Promote knowledge sharing by documenting and disseminating best practices and lessons learned
Oversee financial, administrative, and procurement processes in line with organizational policies
Ensure alignment with organizational values, safeguarding, and compliance requirements
Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
Ensures that the team members under supervision are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.
About You
The Individual

Qualifications/ Experience/Skills Essential:

BA, BSc degree in Project Management, Social Sciences, Education, Disaster Management, Humanitarian Sciences, Child Development, Development Studies, Sociology, Social Work, or other related fields.
Minimum 7 years of experience, in education or humanitarian project management within the UN/NGO sector.
Knowledge of evidence-based practices and standards for child protection and child participation, including the Minimum Standards for Child Protection and Education in humanitarian contexts.
Experience in refugee or fragile context programming is required
Strong understanding of humanitarian principles and established international child protection standards, including Sphere Standards, Sphere Companion Standards, Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), and the Code of Conduct for Red Cross/Red Crescent and NGOs.
Skills Specific to the post

Basic understanding of Results-Based Management (RBM)
Strong facilitation, negotiation, communication and representation skills.
Strong leadership and management skills.
Skills in monitoring, evaluation, Learning and reporting.
Strong analytical skills.
Excellent writing and speaking skills.
Requires general finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills (SAP, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Requirement Skill

Financial management

Analytical and critical thinking skills

Social Work, Sociology, Development Studies, Public Health, Education, Gender

Excellent negotiation, communication, and reporting skills.

Strong training and mentoring skills;

Communication, coordination, networking and facilitation skills