• You enjoy understanding the needs and constraints of international solidarity organisations and supporting them in their data management.
• You would like to work in a position that requires a high level of intellectual curiosity, a capacity for self-learning and a high degree of rigour.
• You enjoy being part of a multidisciplinary technical team.
• You like to get out of your comfort zone and learn within a dynamic and progressive organisation on a human scale.
• You’ve got a sense of humour ??
The missions
Reporting to the Head of Programmes, your main tasks will include coordination, project management and communication with external partners. You will oversee the entire project, from defining objectives to budget management, as well as supervising technical teams. You will be responsible for ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.
More specifically, your main responsibilities will be as follows:
Project management
• Establishing professional relationships with partners, gaining an in-depth understanding of partners’ needs and requirements, proposing appropriate solutions.
• Coordinate, supervise and monitor project activities.
• Act as a communication link between partners and internal teams and ensure team cohesion around the project.
• Ensure that CartONG services are provided to partners in a timely and high-quality manner.
• Ensure the administrative follow-up and reporting of projects, as well as their narrative and financial reporting.
Implementing information management projects
The project manager’s projects will not be limited to this, but he/she will have a more prominent role at CartONG in technical projects such as Excel/PowerBI dashboards, with the following responsibilities in particular:
• Carrying out diagnoses of information management needs
• Providing face-to-face and/or remote support to CartONG partners
• Designing and running training courses
• Designing information management systems and strategies (choice of technical solutions, documentation of procedures, etc.)
• Configuring data collection and analysis tools and documenting their use
• Monitoring technological developments and carrying out research (benchmarking, etc.).
Management
• You may be asked to manage one or more people, depending on your profile and your aptitude for management.
Support for CartONG’s associative activities
Profile required
Previous experience: 3 to 5 years’ professional experience in the humanitarian or development sector with at least two field experiences in different developing countries.
Language skills: Excellent written and spoken French and English.
Technical skills:
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate projects.
• Experience in needs assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, studies….
• Experience in monitoring/evaluation would be highly appreciated.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Experience (at least as a user) of mobile data collection tools (such as kobo, commcare, Survey CTO, etc.).
Cross-disciplinary skills:
• Appetence for technology and digital as a tool for transformation and impact.
• Proactivity, curiosity and autonomy.
• Analytical mind and ability to solve problems.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• In line with CartONG’s values (find out more about our Associative Project)
We are aware that there is no such thing as a five-legged sheep ?? Above all, we’re looking for someone who’s interested in joining CartONG, who’s motivated by its project and its social mission, who’s keen to learn and who has a wealth of experience in the field. If you see yourself in the tasks and main qualities we’re looking for, don’t hesitate to apply!
How to apply?
Application (CV & LM) to be submitted via our online form.
Instead of a traditional covering letter, please answer the questions below in a document (one to two pages maximum), in the language of the question and without using AI:
1. Sur la base de nos activités et de notre projet associatif, qu’est-ce qui vous motive à travailler chez CartONG ?
2. What do you think you would bring to our team?
3. Décrivez en quelques paragraphes une de vos expériences de coordination d’un projet en précisant des leçons apprises, difficultés et succès rencontrés ?
4. Which are the main challenges today in terms of data management in the humanitarian and development sectors?
5. Quand seriez-vous disponible pour commencer ?
6. Veuillez mentionner deux personnes à contacter pour prise de référence sur deux expériences professionnelles antérieures.
Apply to this job offer
Application deadline : 15 June 2024 included
CartONG reserves the right to close recruitment earlier if enough satisfactory applications are received.
Apply at: https://www.cartong.org/en/candidater-a-une-offre/?job_offer_id=3288