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Project Development Manager - ACTED

Juba, South Sudan

Job Description

For the past 30 years, international NGO Acted has been going the last mile to save lives. Currently, Acted supports 20 million people across 43 countries to meet their needs in hard-to-reach areas – and pursues a triple mandate as a humanitarian, environmental and development aid actor. Acted relies on an in-depth knowledge of local territories and contexts to develop and implement relevant long-term actions, with a wide range of local and international partners, building together a “3ZERO” world: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty

Acted South Sudan

Acted operations in South Sudan aim to improve food security, ensure access to livelihoods and develop resilience and emergency programmes. Since the eruption of the South Sudanese conflict in December 2013, Acted has been contributing to the delivery of humanitarian services to internally displaced persons, refugees and host communities. As camp manager Acted continues to coordinate and provide camp management services in Protection of Civilian (POC) site in Juba and Bor, informal settlements in Wau and refugee camps in Maban.

Job Industry

Program/Project Implementation

Job Salary Currency

SSP

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

The Project Development Manager (PDM) positions Acted with donors and leads the development of project proposals in line with Acted’s global and in-country programme strategy, and ensures proper grant management. The PDM ensures smooth internal communication and coordination with relevant departments, and contributes to Acted external communication strategy.

Main duties

1. Positioning and Fundraising

  • Context Analysis
  • Strategy development
  • External relations
  • Fundraising and proposal development
  • Contracting

2. Grant Management

  • Contract follow-up
  • Reporting
  • Partner Follow-up

3. Management and Internal Coordination

  • Staff Management
  • Internal Coordination and Communication
  • Filing

4. External Communication

Academic Experiences

Qualification Industry
Master'S Degree International Relations, Development, Humanitarian Management

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Previous experience in the humanitarian field, proposals development, grants management and donor relations are required
  • Knowledge of the humanitarian aid system and ability to understand the donors systems
  • External representation skills
  • Ability to coordinate and manage a team
  • Teamwork and team building skills, capacity building skills
  • Ability to work independently and creatively in a multicultural context
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, analytical skills
  • Ability to work efficiently under pressure
  • Previous field experience is required
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    Application Process

    Please send your application (CV and letter of motivation) by email (jobs@acted.org), including the reference: PDM/SSD

    Close Date

    19/05/2024

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