The New loveLife Trust is a nonprofit that campaigns with nationwide community level outreach and supports programmes that promote healthy, HIV-free living among South African teens. loveLife has reached unprecedented scale in implementing cutting-edge comprehensive and combined social behaviour change programming face-to-face with adolescents.
The Trust seeks to appoint a Project Manager, to be based in Polokwane.
Total remuneration package: R20 000 per month
New loveLife Trust is supporting Terraform in conducting a community based project. The project will provide information on HIV prevalence as well as HIV incidence estimates and other challenges that the communities are facing on daily basis particularly which are affecting the young people within the Limpopo identified areas. These challenges may include unemployment, teenage pregnancy, HIV risk, drugs and alcohol abuse and other influence within the community.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the Terraform projects in Limpopo
- Management, coordination and implementation of project tasks
- Manage the realisation of project outputs and outcomes through activities in line with the project design
- Develop a detailed project plan in liaison with other project staff to monitor and track progress
- Manage project risk and develop preventative measures
- Liaise and successfully manage relations with all project stakeholders involved, e.g. Nurses, Doctors and Department of Correctional Service staff members to ensure their active participation in project activities)
- Liaise with network partners to ensure their effective contribution to the project
- Monitor the progress of project implementation and make adjustments as necessary to ensure successful completion of the project
- Monitor all project budgeted expenditures
- Ensure that all project financial records are up to date
- Facilitate and supervise project activities
- Manage project budget in liaison with the Finance Manager
- Fulfil any other duties in the implementation of the project
- Perform other duties as assigned by Management
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, disability, project management, financial management, education or similar field
- Minimum three years of professional experience in coordination, project formulation and implementation with administrative role in academia and/or civil society organisations
- Proven experience in Project Management with multiple team members
- Knowledge and experience in national multi-stakeholder networking and in liaising with governmental departments
- Willingness to travel within South Africa to participate in, organise and monitor project activities
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Strong planning and organisational skills;
- Report writing and presentation skills;
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Self-motivated, a self-starter and able to work with limited supervision;
- Ability to use own initiative and take ownership of his/her tasks
To apply, submit a summarised CV (no certificates) to [email protected] quoting the position in the subject line.
The New loveLife Trust reserves the right to amend and/or withdraw adverts at any time without notification.
If you do not receive any feedback on your application within six weeks from the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.
More Information
- Job City Polokwane
