Project Manager at SNV

The Project Manager of Power for Food Partnership Rwanda is part of an SNV Rwanda Country Office with oversight of program activities Rwanda and a dotted line into an overall framework manager seated outside the country. There is an expectation of regular travel to the field to oversee operations and program activities on the ground.  The Project Manager leads and manages the implementation, closing and the workforce of the project. He/she ensures delivery within scope, budget, timeline and acceptable quality levels along the commitments specified in the contracts signed with the donor(s) and other relevant stakeholders. The Project builds on the success of REALMS, a regenerative agriculture project, and now incorporate regenerative agriculture with the Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE).  The Project Manager works in line with SNV standards, SNV`s approach to project management and donor regulations, in order to achieve high quality and achieve the agreed results and deliverables of the project.  The successful candidate for this position will have and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders in the agri-food and energy spaces, including local implementing partners, private sector and government. The ideal project manager will be an articulate, people-centred leader able to work in a matrixed organization with technical and managerial oversight coming from separate members of the Country Management Team.   Key Responsibilities • Project Management: Leads, manages and motivates the project team, partners and relevant stakeholders. Plans and assigns deliverables and activities, reviews their progress and addresses deviations in terms of timelines and quality, based on project planning, deliverables agreed and budget set. Manages project closure and evaluation process including hand-over of complete and up-to-date project file to the Sector Leader, Country Director and Business Development unit based on project management procedures.  • Project quality assurance: Takes responsibility for the (technical) content of the project, ensures quality of the deliverables and ensures sufficient technical input to meet the quality standards.  • Stakeholder management: Builds and maintains professional, collaborative and constructive relationships with project partners, key governments stakeholders and project donor.  • Contract Management & Project Accounting: Manages and accounts for full compliance of administrative, finance and HR components of the project with SNV internal procedures and requirements specified in the donor, sub-grant, sub-consultancy and partner contracts. Ensures that approval for, coding and booking of all expenditures is done according to the relevant procedures and authorisation levels. Prepares, accounts for, manages and reports on project budget (and revisions thereof). Discusses and obtains approval of donor for contract / budget deviations. Ensures security and (financial risk) mitigation (incl. due diligence). Fully understands procurement and comply with requirements and contracts.  • People Management & Team Leadership: Guides, develops, coaches and motivates team members and prepares resource estimation based on forecast in order to attract and recruit (SNV staff, consultants and/or Local Capacity Builders). Advises HR and country management on contract conditions for consultants and Local Capacity Builders, within guidelines and project budget.  • Business development: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with team, external partners and the donor(s) by ensuring a high level of SNV visibility and branding. Signals and acts on potential for positioning, innovation, upscaling and potential to leverage Project funds. Timely recognises and analyses threats and makes sure relevant colleagues are informed.  • Analysis & Reporting: Ensures collection, consolidation and review of project information, according to SNV’s monitoring and evaluation guidelines. Analyses and provides advice to management how to incorporate the new insights/best practices into the organisation’s policies and practices.  • Knowledge Development: Contributes to internal and external knowledge development, by full documentation and sharing of project insights and results. Develops knowledge by attending workshops and conferences. Ensures lessons learned are shared and applied in daily practice. When applicable can be appointed as (national) focal point of an expertise network.