Project Manager in the field of Trade and Transportation

Background

The European Union has launched the Global Gateway, a new European strategy to boost smart, clean and secure infrastructure across the world, and helps to tackle the most pressing global challenges, from combating climate change and improving healthcare systems to boosting the competitiveness and security of global supply chains.

One of the priority areas of Global Gateway is transport, with the aim of integrating African and European multimodal transport networks in line with regional and continental frameworks and adapting these networks to the economic potential of an African continental free trade area. Given that more than 80% of Africa’s trade is carried out by sea, the programme will focus on strategic corridors. One major aim of the Global Gateway Africa – Europe Investment Package is to identify and support the creation of strategic, sustainable and secure transport corridors.

Twelve strategic corridors have been identified for improved and greener EU-Africa connectivity. These corridors will facilitate trade and mobility within Africa and between Africa and Europe.

Job description

The Project Manager reports to the Country Director and will oversee a team comprising staff from Enabel (hierarchical supervision), POABi (Port Of Antwerp-Bruges international), Trade Mark Africa (TMA) and UN-Habitat (functional responsibility). He/She will focus on coordination rather than managing technical content, which will remain the responsibility of each MPCA partner and their experts.

Responsibilities:

• You are responsible for the good execution of the project (content, planning, budget, quality);
• You coordinate the realisation of the activities with a view of achieving the project objectives;
• You support the persons indicated to lead the change process;
• You contribute to capacity development of partner organisations;
• You coordinate the learning process on how an intervention contributes to the development of the sector;
• You lead the team placed under your hierarchical responsibility;
• You ensure that relevant results information is available for monitoring and evaluation in order to allow monitoring of performance, decision-making, learning and reporting.

Your profile

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree in public/business administration and/or international cooperation.

Required experience 

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in steering international development projects;
• A good understanding of transport economy sector is required;
• Minimum one relevant professional experience outside your country of origin;
• Strong experience as team manager;
• An experience in EU contract management is an asset;
• Experience in several projects is an asset.

Required skills and knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies;
• Thorough knowledge of the diverse aspects of development cooperation and sustainable development;
• Excellent skills in team coordination and teamwork;
• Good knowledge of pro-active multi-actor partnerships building;
• Capacity to build trust within the team and with the partners;
• Strong knowledge management skills;
• Monitoring and evaluation competences;
• Excellent communication skills;
• You are result oriented;
• A strong and demonstrated knowledge in transport and trade policy is a strong asset;
• You are fluent in spoken and written French or Dutch. Considering the international environment in which you work, excellent knowledge of English is required.

Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values).

We offer you

• A fascinating and interesting job in an international environment.
• A contract of 48 months. You are based in Dar Es Salaam with possible travels within the country.
• You are employed by Enabel in the function of “Intervention Manager”. A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in accordance with our salary scales (Class 6), and Enabel expat benefits such as a remoteness, assignment and hardship allowance, (capped) coverage of housing expenses, a moving compensation, an installation compensation, (capped) coverage of school expenses for children accompanying, an insurance package for the whole family, including repatriation insurance, and an annual round-trip flight ticket for each family member.
• In case of expatriation without the (dependent) members of the family, up to six additional round-trip flight tickets to the country of origin or another destination (capped in accordance with Enabel rules).

The various amounts vary in function of relevant recognised experience for the function and family composition.

Following this recruitment procedure a shortlist of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.

Every person who fulfils the conditions listed in our job advertisements may apply. Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.