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Project Manager - Z4ABC Project

Center for International Forestry Research

Center for International Forestry Research

Operations
Lusaka, Zambia
Posted on Oct 4, 2024

1. Project Management:

  • To prepare annual and quarterly work plans and budgets with inputs from partners and services providers.
  • To coordinate the timely execution of all planned activities working in close liaison with the Z4ABC project team and partners.
  • To monitor, report and evaluation the project performance using the approved and regularly updated logical framework on EU OPPSYS.
  • To assist the Country coordinator in controlling the budget
  • To ensure the scope of the project is maintained according to the approved project document.
  • To ensure timely delivery of all planned activities, outputs, and outcomes.
  • To assist the management of partner and service provider contracts with CIFOR-ICRAF.
  • To arrange annual project audit reports.
  • To prepare timely quarterly and annual narrative and financial reports.
  • To arrange mid and end term project evaluations.
  • To ensure timely budget requests from the donor.

2. Manage Partnerships:

  • To nurture partnership with three Finnish universities, 3 local universities and other service providers and arrange regular meetings to keep track of their activities.
  • To facilitate and monitor field operations for all partners.
  • To ensure that partnership agreements are periodically updated according to their annual progress reports.

3. Plan and Manage Project events:

  • To arrange annual steering committee meetings with the relevant government ministries and the donor.
  • To conduct quarterly meetings with the Technical Working Group comprising relevant government ministries and the donor.
  • To facilitate the organization of multi-stakeholder platform quarterly meetings.
  • To facilitate training workshops for beneficiaries.

4. Management of Small Grants:

  • Work with Prospero to advertise, short list, and allocate small business grant to qualified entrepreneurs in the ZLN corridor.
  • Constitute a grant selection committee to vet the allocation of grants.
  • Regularly monitor and report grant performance.
  • Risk assessment: Regularly update grant risks.