Talent Pool - Project Manager

GIST Research

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

GIST is a global research, advisory and implementation firm tackling complex and high-risk challenges for our clients. We deliver strategic foresight and evidence-based advisory through in-depth field research and cutting-edge analysis methods. We also design and implement programmes that connect across local concerns and global systems and build institutional capacity for our clients to tackle their hardest challenges confidently. GIST operates across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with multilingual teams and deep contextual knowledge. We are creating a Project Manager talent pool for upcoming and anticipated work in East and Central Africa, notably Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Mozambique. This is not a live vacancy but an opportunity to register your interest in future Project Manager roles within our organisation. Project Managers play a central role in the successful delivery of projects across aid, security and development contexts, often in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

Requirements

• Experience in project management within the aid, security and/or development sectors
• Experience managing projects funded by bilateral or multilateral donors (e.g. FCDO, EU, UN agencies, World Bank, USG)
• Strong budgeting, financial management and risk management skills
• Confidence working with diverse, multi-national teams and stakeholders
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• A proactive, adaptable and solutions-focused approach
• Comfort working remotely across time zones and travelling to field locations
• Strong IT skills, particularly across MS 365, including Excel
• Fluency in English is required

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in regional languages is a bonus

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project management, from mobilisation to close-out
• Day-to-day coordination of technical advisory teams and consultants
• Budget oversight, financial forecasting and value-for-money monitoring
• Risk management, including maintaining risk registers and liaising with security teams
• Donor and stakeholder engagement, including regular client communication
• Oversight of monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting requirements
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding and people management where required
• Contributing to organisational learning and future opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed