Project Manager PSP/CBT
2025-09-27T15:21:33+00:00
Catholic Relief Service ( CRS )
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Kigali
Kigali
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Rwanda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Admin & Office
2025-10-11T17:00:00+00:00
Rwanda
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Job Summary
You will manage, coordinate, and monitor project activities and relationships with partners and other project stakeholders to assist the achievement of the Promoting Shared Prosperity in Cross-Border Trade (PSP-CBT)project objectives advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your project management skills and knowledge of the program area will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of this project.
Roles and Key Responsibilities
- You will lead technical, budget management, monitoring and reporting activities through most of the project cycle – start-up, implementation and close-out -in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
- Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct reports.
- Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities following MEAL Policy. Proactively identify issues, report them to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
- Foster and strengthen partnerships relevant to Promoting Shared Prosperity in Cross-Border Trade (PSP-CBT), applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
- Represent the organization with donors, INGO working groups, UN, relevant local partners and relevant local government and community actors for peacebuilding and social cohesion programming.
- Determine activities required for ensuring the financial, material and human resources for the quality implementation of the project. Conduct periodic budget reviews and follow-up with partners on timely submission of financial reports to facilitate proper tracking of resource use.
- Identify staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of partner organizations and contribute to capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation.
- Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and disseminate results. Review project documentation to ensure project files are complete with all required documentation and are filed per agency and donor requirements.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Minimum of 5-8 years of work experience in project management, ideally in the field of peacebuilding and social cohesion and for an NGO.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in international relations or in the field of peacebuilding and social cohesion would be a plus.
- Relevant grant management experience, especially for UN or other public donors is a plus .
- Ability to contribute to the development of technical proposals, a plus.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Staff supervision experience.
- Experience working with stakeholders at various levels and strengthening community partnerships.
- Experience analyzing data and contributing to evaluation reports.
- Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
- Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders. Representation abilities.
- Ability to contribute to written reports
- Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented
- Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
Required Languages: Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda is a must; French is highly desirable.
Travel: the position is based in Rusizi but will require travel to Kigali once a quarter.
Supervisory Responsibilities: No but the position will work closely with program officers amongst local partners.
You will lead technical, budget management, monitoring and reporting activities through most of the project cycle – start-up, implementation and close-out -in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices. Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct reports. Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities following MEAL Policy. Proactively identify issues, report them to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules. Foster and strengthen partnerships relevant to Promoting Shared Prosperity in Cross-Border Trade (PSP-CBT), applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches. Represent the organization with donors, INGO working groups, UN, relevant local partners and relevant local government and community actors for peacebuilding and social cohesion programming. Determine activities required for ensuring the financial, material and human resources for the quality implementation of the project. Conduct periodic budget reviews and follow-up with partners on timely submission of financial reports to facilitate proper tracking of resource use. Identify staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of partner organizations and contribute to capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation. Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and disseminate results. Review project documentation to ensure project files are complete with all required documentation and are filed per agency and donor requirements
Bachelor’s Degree required. Minimum of 5-8 years of work experience in project management, ideally in the field of peacebuilding and social cohesion and for an NGO. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in international relations or in the field of peacebuilding and social cohesion would be a plus. Relevant grant management experience, especially for UN or other public donors is a plus . Ability to contribute to the development of technical proposals, a plus.
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Vacancy title:
Project Manager PSP/CBT
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]
Jobs at:
Catholic Relief Service ( CRS )
Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, October 11 2025
Duty Station:
Kigali | Kigali | Rwanda
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 27 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Job Summary
You will manage, coordinate, and monitor project activities and relationships with partners and other project stakeholders to assist the achievement of the Promoting Shared Prosperity in Cross-Border Trade (PSP-CBT)project objectives advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your project management skills and knowledge of the program area will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of this project.
Roles and Key Responsibilities
- You will lead technical, budget management, monitoring and reporting activities through most of the project cycle – start-up, implementation and close-out -in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
- Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct reports.
- Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities following MEAL Policy. Proactively identify issues, report them to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
- Foster and strengthen partnerships relevant to Promoting Shared Prosperity in Cross-Border Trade (PSP-CBT), applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
- Represent the organization with donors, INGO working groups, UN, relevant local partners and relevant local government and community actors for peacebuilding and social cohesion programming.
- Determine activities required for ensuring the financial, material and human resources for the quality implementation of the project. Conduct periodic budget reviews and follow-up with partners on timely submission of financial reports to facilitate proper tracking of resource use.
- Identify staff capacity needs and technical assistance needs of partner organizations and contribute to capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation.
- Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and disseminate results. Review project documentation to ensure project files are complete with all required documentation and are filed per agency and donor requirements.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Minimum of 5-8 years of work experience in project management, ideally in the field of peacebuilding and social cohesion and for an NGO.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in international relations or in the field of peacebuilding and social cohesion would be a plus.
- Relevant grant management experience, especially for UN or other public donors is a plus .
- Ability to contribute to the development of technical proposals, a plus.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Staff supervision experience.
- Experience working with stakeholders at various levels and strengthening community partnerships.
- Experience analyzing data and contributing to evaluation reports.
- Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
- Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders. Representation abilities.
- Ability to contribute to written reports
- Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented
- Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
Required Languages: Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda is a must; French is highly desirable.
Travel: the position is based in Rusizi but will require travel to Kigali once a quarter.
Supervisory Responsibilities: No but the position will work closely with program officers amongst local partners.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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