Project Coordinator at ActionAid Denmark 116 views0 applications

ActionAid Denmark is the lead in a Project funded by the European Commission entitled, Mobilizing Civil Society Support for Implementation of the African Governance Architecture. The co-applicants include ActionAid offices in Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia plus, South African Development Community Council of NGOs (SADC-CNGO), East Africa CSOs’ Forum (EACSOF), West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), who are civil society platforms dedicated to coordinating dialogue between CSOs and their respective Regional Economic Communities; the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); and the Mass Public Opinions Institute (MPOI) based in Zimbabwe.

Project Coordinator

Desired Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will have:

1. Postgraduate degree in Social Science, Political Science, Development Studies, Human Rights, Governance or other relevant humanities field.
2. At least 6 years’ experience working in an international agency / across countries using rights based approaches.
3. Excellent understanding of both policy issues and programme practice on promoting democratic governance.
4. Solid project management skills and experience of managing complex projects with a wide geographical scope requiring virtual collaboration.
5. Experience of developing, planning, managing and reporting on complex multi-country institutional donor-funded projects.
6. Strong networking/relationship-building skills to work well with and influence diverse stakeholders in a multi-cultural environment.
7. Excellent problem-solving skills, resourcefulness to understand and synthesize diverging points of view and resolve conflicts without escalation.
8. Team coordination skills, ability to negotiate, influence and facilitate activities with colleagues to get results without formal line management authority.
9. Energetic, enthusiastic and interested in learning within a political, changing and diverse work environment.
10. Very good communication skills (verbal and written English) to work well in a global and multi-cultural context.

Method of Application

If you meet the requirements, send your CV, motivation cover letter to [email protected] by no later than 14th April, 2017. You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role indicating which position you are applying for. Interviews are likely to be held w/c 24 April, 2017.

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. ActionAid International promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all section of the community