PROJECT MANAGER at Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières, founded in 1971, is an international non-profit organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of medical professionals, logistics, administrative and various other professions, all guided by our medical ethics and our principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

MSF WaCA, created in 2019, is the first MSF headquarters in Africa, and responds to the desire to reinvent the MSF movement after 50 years of humanitarian actions in the world, for more access to care, more reactivity and proactivity for greater medical coverage of affected populations in the world

Why join us ?

You will find yourself a rich multicultural environment embellished with many relaxation areas to exchange or just create. The opportunity to test and learn. Every idea is welcome, your comments and opinions will be appreciated at all levels of the organization. The chance to be a key player in a growing and highly qualified team. And most importantly, great colleagues in a healthy work environment

We Are Looking for: PROJECT MANAGER

Department: Information Systems

Direct Manager: Head of Information Systems Department

Functional Manager: Head of Information Systems Department (might evolve according to the internal organizational structure)

Working %: 100%

Position Based in: Abidjan

Mobility: N/A

Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Renewable

Position to be filled: As Soon As Possible

Objectives

Ensure all projects within the Information systems portfolio are successfully delivered within cost and on time.

Main responsibilities / Activities

• Lead the planning and implementation of project.
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Define project tasks and resource requirements.
• Develop full scale project plans.
• Manage project budget and project resource allocation.
• Plan and schedule project timelines
• Track project deliverables using appropriate tools.
• Provide direction and support to project team.
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders
• Present reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions.
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.
• Project evaluations and assessment of results

Job requirements

Education / Qualification / Pre-requisites

• Experience with using industry standard Project Management tools such as JIRA, MS Projects or similar.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or similar certification in Project management path

Competencies Skills

• Strong understanding of IT projects – especially in large scale Information systems roll out
• Analytical and critical thinking
• Problem solving approach.
• Negotiation skills
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to write and speak clearly to easily communicate complex and technical ideas in a way that is easy to understand by non-technical audiences.
• Problem solving skills.
• Communication skills with effective stakeholder management & conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work in a team and to collaborate across departments and geographic locations
• Ability to work in a multi culture multi lingual environment

Professional experience required

• 2-3 year experience leading high visibility projects focused on Information systems and related technologies

Languages Skills

• Fluency in French or English and capable of communicating professionally in the other

(According to the coordination responsibilities of the position in both French and English-speaking countries, the hired person must be able to easily communicate in both languages.)

Computer Skills

• Project Management tools such as JIRA, MS Projects or similar.
• M365 applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etcetera
• Creating reports and dashboards using standard tools – Power BI, Tableau or similar

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In a dynamic work environment, MSF offers equal recruitment and development opportunities without any form of discrimination based on gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical origin, profile, physical disability or any other discriminatory ground.

Female candidates who meet the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.

N.B.: This job description provides a framework for the main responsibilities and primary activities of the position. It is not exhaustive. Therefore, the responsibilities and activities of the position may differ from those described in this job description due to organizational and operational needs.

Applications

Thanks to send your complete application (CV + Motivation letter) via this Link:

Deadline: 25th June 2023 18:00 GMT
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

How to apply

Kindly Apply via this link: PROJECT MANAGER (recruitee.com)

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