Project Manager VTESS Lao PDR

Tasks

Overall responsible for project management. This entails among others: 

• Developing and implementing yearly project plans in accordance with established guidelines and budgets
• Ensuring the project adheres to guidelines set forth by the government, Swisscontact, and the donor
• Preparing technical and financial reports to meet the requirements of Swisscontact, the government, and the donor
• Collaboratively monitoring project implementation with project staff and partner organizations
• Supporting project reviews, including mid-term reviews and final evaluations
• Managing recruitment and contracting of project staff, consultants, and implementation partners
• Supervising overall project fund management
• Enhancing the technical and managerial skills of the project staff as needed
• Representing the project externally
• Maintaining effective working relationships and reporting with donors and other stakeholders at both national and international levels 
• Analysing and synthesising project outcomes, contributing to concept development within the project context
   

Requirements

• Master’s degree in VET, management, economy, business administration, social science or alike 
• Diploma and professional experience in a technical field
• At least 8 years of relevant working experience in a similar position
• Strong leader ability to manage a team of local experts independently
• Well established capacity to establish and execute plans with various partners as well as to monitor and evaluate results
• Good budgeting, accounting and reporting skills to assure financial and administrative smooth-running of the project
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to apply them in a specific cultural context
• Ability to liaise with various stakeholders from private and public sector
• Good communication skills in English
• Willingness to occasional travels to project locations

Swisscontact offers attractive working conditions in an international and multicultural context. We see our work as a joint effort in an agile organizational culture: mutual respect, trust and teamwork.
We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents: letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, diplomas and references. Application deadline: 18 August 2024.

Please apply exclusively via the online application portal . For further information please visit www.swisscontact.org.

Employment start: 1 December 2024

Contract duration: 3 years
 

Swisscontact - Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation

We are a leading partner organisation for the implementation of international development projects. Founded in 1959 and registered under Swiss law, we are an independent non-profit organisation. We are politically and denominationally neutral.

Swisscontact offers attractive working conditions in an international and multicultural context. We see our work as ajoint effort in an agile organizational culture: mutual respect, trust and teamwork.

Swiscontact is a leading partner organisation for the implementation of international development projects. We are represented in 38 countries with over 1 200 employees. The foundation is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Swiscontact promotes inclusive economic, social and ecological development to make an effective contribution towards sustainable and widespread prosperity in developing and emerging economies.

• We strengthen the competencies of people, improving their employability
• We increase the competitiveness of enterprises, growing their business
• We foster social and economic systems, promoting inclusive development

We believe that people, even in dire conditions have the ability and will to act and liberate themselves from the shackles of poverty. However, this is only possible in an enabling environment and level playing field.

Swisscontact stands for professional quality and high ethical standards in its activities.