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Project Manager Resource Centre

Role Purpose

The Project Manager Resource Centre will lead on the delivery of Result Area 2 of the EU for Civil Society in Libya project, which focuses on ensuring that appropriate infrastructural capacity is in place to support Civil Society Organisation (CSO) initiatives, increase civic engagement, facilitate knowledge-sharing, and raise public awareness of CSO initiatives and successes.

The Project Manager will adhere to EU Pillar-Assessed Contribution Agreement (PACA) and British Council standards for project, contract and financial management and client liaison. This will include leadership of Result Area 2 management.

S/he will work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that Result Area 2 of the project is managed in a way that ensures:
•    Successful overall delivery of the Result Area 2 aims, as set out in the EU Head Contract and Description of Action
•    managing the resource centers in Tripoli, manage suppliers and partner organisation contracts, support CSOs development, and online resource platform. The role requires ensuring sustainability model for resource centers to continue beyond the project lifecycle.
•    Compliance and due diligence of resource centers’ operations and users.
•    Compliance with the specific EU PACA contract requirements
•    Compliance with British Council internal policy
•    Support to ACTED (delivery partners), CSOs, and project consultants around delivery of Result Area 2
•    Support in identifying/recruiting short term staff or experts where required

Benefits

•    Location: Tripoli – Libya
•    Contract type: 12 Months
•    Deadline to receive applications: 15th of January 2022
•    Salary: 3,248.23 LYD
•    Other requirements:  This role is open to candidates who have the right to work in Libya

Main Accountabilities

The Project Manager is accountable to the successful delivery of the project Result Area 2 to ensure the following: 

Programme Management and reporting
1.    Coordination of multiple activity streams and dependencies to ensure that each activity under Result Area 2 is delivered effectively and efficiently, within budget, and according to specific EU and British Council contract terms.
2.    Contract management of procured partner organisation to run the Resource Centres and the online knowledge resource platform
3.    Ensuring coordinated delivery of the programme work plans, supporting the Team Leader, Delivery Partners, and project team to meet all PACA contract delivery & reporting milestones across the spectrum of programme activity, and reporting against progress according to the terms of the contract
4.    Regular review of work plan targets and budget implications of any modifications, made in liaison with the Country Director, Team Leader, Senior Project Manager, and support staff
5.    Coordinate and manage reporting under Result Area 2 to the EU for quarterly, annual & final reporting deadlines; ensuring compliance and expenditure verification requirements are met, as well as general project reporting for British Council and other public communications
6.    Coordinate and manage the projects’ input to external review, including regular annual reviews
7.    Identifying and sharing lessons learnt, areas of innovation and best practice for continuous improvement of the project and wider internal teams

Finance Planning, Management and Reporting
1.    Ensure that financial systems and processes effectively aid operational programme delivery and are compliant with the EU PACA requirements and BC standards
2.    Budget management and oversight
3.    Oversight of projects’ financial planning and reporting (internal and external), ensuring quality and consistency of approach, with particular emphasis on CSO grant reports, monitoring, expenditure, and verification
4.    Oversight of internal and external audit procedures: EUD PACA requirements for expert days, incidental expenditure, & expenditure verification. Careful management of supporting receipts, approvals, and procurement procedures

Risk and Compliance Management
1.    Monitoring, and reporting of risks under Result Area 2, as required under EU & British Council guidelines
2.    Close management of regional risk in liaison with Senior Project Manager, and country director
3.    Contracts with CSO’s, key & non-key experts, suppliers and other partners to pre-agreed EU PACA contracting principles – meeting the procurement requirements of the head contract and following specific terms for recruitment / replacement of support staff if required.
4.    Accountability for CSO and partner management under Result Area 2, and effective and compliant systems in place, including procurement management, IT solutions, information management, ensuring overall office functionality and to meet audit requirements

Relationship and Stakeholder Management
1.    Manage the contractual relationship between the British Council and the operators of the Resource Centres and the online knowledge resource platform and ensure appropriate support
2.    Positive and productive relationship established and maintained with EUD, CSO, operators of the Resource Centres and Delivery Partners
3.    Provide representation for the programme and British Council including with decentralised stakeholders and other programmes

How To Apply

Please note that all applications should be submitted in English only.
If you are interested in the post and feel that you are suitable for the role, then we would really like to hear from you. Please apply by 15th of January 2022 (23:59 Gulf Standard Time).  Please submit your application through https://careers.britishcouncil.org/job/Tripoli-Project-Manager-Resource-Centre-Midd/755493501/