Project Manager, Business Coalition For Women'S Empowerment

About the position
The Project Manager is responsible for implementing strategy and achieving key performance indicators to successfully deliver VBCWE's mission in bringing together leading private sector organizations to commit to gender equality. The Project Manager of VBCWE will be responsible to the Project both internally and externally.
Internally, the Executive Director of [Business Coalition] will be responsible for:
• Implementing strategy and achieving key performance indicators.
• Coordinating internal resources and third parties for the flawless execution of projects.
• Ensuring that all projects activities are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Ensuring resource availability and allocation.
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress.
• Use appropriate verification to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
• Report an escalate to management as needed.
• Ensuring the implementation of good corporate governance principles, that the project is managed in transparent, accountable manner and applies proper participatory processes in decision making.
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation.
• Managing risks around implementation of business plan when decisions are identified and preventive measures are defined.
• Ensuring alignment between the Program, Admin-Finance and Communication teams in order to achieve the organization target in an efficient manner through synergy within units.
Externally, the Project Manager will play a significant role in representation, communication, advocacy, lobby and fundraising to:
• Recruit member companies to join the coalition.
• Develop the organization profile to become a successful business coalition in women empowerment.
• Actively engage in profiling, branding of VBCWE through media outreach, event participation and initiating strategic relationships in order to develop the organization profile to become a successful business coalition in women empowerment.
• Develop and maintain strategic relations with key stakeholders and partners at the highest levels in order to enhance relationship with key stakeholders.