Project Manager at CARE International Rwanda

Introduction

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International aims to be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty.

Are you passionate about building inclusive and resilient communities?

Are you an experienced project management professional with a strong commitment to social cohesion, gender equality, youth empowerment, and inclusive economic opportunities?

Do you thrive on bringing diverse partners together, turning strategies into results, and ensuring that development initiatives deliver meaningful and sustainable change?

If so, CARE Rwanda is seeking an experienced and passionate Project Manager to lead the implementation of the Borderland Project, an initiative focused on strengthening resilience, and inclusive economic opportunities in cross-border communities.

Through this project, you will work alongside diverse partners and stakeholders to support women, youth, displaced people, host communities, and groups experiencing multiple vulnerabilities, helping create communities that are more economically resilient.

About the Role

The Project Manager (PM) contributes to the realization of the Country Office (CO) Program Strategy by managing the implementation of the CO project, namely Borderland, ensuring that plans are aligned with the Country Office strategy and delivered on time and to the project management standards and donor requirements. 

The PM serves as the main contact person and liaises with project consortium members and leadership, the CO team including Program director, CARE MEAL Team, and the Program Support and Finance teams to ensure timely and quality support to projects, e.g. through various CO coordination mechanisms like participation in multi-disciplinary project management teams, program coordination meetings. The position holder works together with the Director of Growth and Knowledge Management department to ensure that learning from projects is used to keep projects on track and continually improve, and develop new strategies, tools and approaches, and do the necessary adaptations. In addition, the PM’s responsible for overseeing the deployment of CARE’s resources in projects and implementing risk management and accountability strategies according to CARE International, Government of Rwanda, and Donor policies. The project manager directly reports to the Program Director.

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