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 - Fundación Suiza para la Cooperación Técnica

Swisscontact es una de las principales organizaciones de alianzas para la implementación de proyectos de desarrollo internacional. Swisscontact se constituyó y se registró en 1959 de conformidad con la legislación suiza. Somos una organización independiente y sin fines de lucro. Tanto por nuestra política como por nuestra denominación somos neutrales.

Estamos representados en 38 países con más de 1 200 empleados. La fundación tiene su sede en Zurich, Suiza.

Promovemos el desarrollo inclusivo −económico, social y medio-ambiental− con el propósito de contribuir de forma efectiva a la prosperidad sostenible y generalizada de las economías emergentes y en desarrollo.

• Fortalecemos las competencias de las personas para mejorar su empleabilidad.
• Aumentamos la competitividad de las empresas para hacer crecer su negocio.
• Desarrollamos sistemas sociales y económicos que promueven el desarrollo inclusivo.

Creemos que los planteamientos equilibrados del sector privado y aquellos impulsados por el mercado en el contexto de una economía de mercado sostenible en lo ambiental y lo social ofrecen las mejores condiciones para que las personas realicen su potencial y propicien el desarrollo sostenible 

En nuestras actividades promovemos la calidad profesional y normas éticas rigurosas.