Job Summary

The program manager will be a core member of the ACEWM project staff, operating under the supervision of the ACEWM Leader, and in close collaboration with Project Management Team and other stakeholders. The program manager accomplishes ACEWM project objectives by planning, executing and evaluating project activities

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality and customer service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Enhances ACEWM reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Manage national, regional and international academic, government and private sector partners.
• Establish, maintain and manage communications among all parties involved the project coordination and implementation.
• Produce all required documentations for all external verification bodies
• Facilitate finance and procurement audit by external auditors
• Manage project activity schedule
• Fallow implementation of all planned activities and negotiate and lobby with internal and external stakeholders
• Negotiate government, industry and private sector partners for sustained partnership
• Convene regular meeting of the project staff and report to the Centre Leader
• Organize notional, regional and international workshops and conferences of ACEWM
• Prepare semi-annual and annual reports
• Supervise other support personnel
• Prepare information outreach and develop marketing strategy to attract potential students.
• Coordinate marketing of ACEWM; monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Coordinate international collaborations and assist in developing new partnership projects
• Coordinate and develop proposals to secure funding from funding organizations
• Coordinate logistics and protocols
• Maintain and manage a newsletter detailing the activities of ACEWM
• Follow the content and structure of ACEWM website
• Assist the Centre Leader in future human resources development planning
• Ensure effective coordination between and amongst individual research project teams;
• Convene meetings of the ACEWM Management, Project Management steering Committee and International, Scientific Advisory Committee, and monitor progress of recommendations made by the Committee;
• Oversee all finance and administration issues, while also ensuring that at least 15% of the budget is assigned to national, regional and international partners (at least 10% is for the regional and international partners);
• Liaise with the ACEII Regional Facilitation Unit (RFU), and the World Bank Office in Ethiopia.
• Perform other related duties.

Job Requirement

Skills/Qualifications:

• MSc degree and above in management, leadership, environmental management, water management, water engineering.
• Demonstrated professional experience and leadership in the Water Sector for 8 years.
• Demonstrated experience in World Bank and other Multilateral Organizations supported projects in Ethiopia
•  Demonstrated experience in program management, administrative procedures, budgeting and business development
•  Experience in building partnerships for development program
•  The capacity to work with and influence partners, especially senior decision makers at national and regional levels.
• Experience in motivation teams of people from diverse cultures, backgrounds and expertise;
• Experience, and/or understanding, of the concepts of monitoring, evaluation, impact assessment, network management (partnerships for impact),
• Gender analysis and facilitating stakeholder interaction
• Experience, and/or understanding, and appreciation of the role of communications in an impact strategy, including working with communications professionals to identify innovative ways in which to use a variety of media to reach a range of audiences
• Demonstrated skills in managing programs, including experience of forming operating in and leading interdisciplinary teams that have delivered high quality outputs on time and according to budget.
• Strong communication skills in written and oral English, including the capacity to write reports and to communicate to stakeholders at different levels; persuasiveness in presenting, discussing and resolving difficult issues, by orally and in writing
• Strong interpersonal skills and the proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people, and to interact effectively with a wide
• range of stakeholders in a multicultural setting, with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Education and Experience

•  MSc/MA degree and above in water resources management, environmental management Social Sciences or related fields
• 8 years and above of project management experience for MSc./MA
• Proven experience in water sector
• Experience in the World Bank project management system

Station: Addis Ababa