Hivos

Project Manager

• Coordinates implementation of regional program.
• Secures stakeholder/donor satisfaction according to contracts in terms of results, budget and competencies
• Reviews & tracks progress against milestones
• Promotes agenda in professional forums by sharing and profiling results/experiences and supporting partners (inc. young people) at these levels
• Supports local co-funding efforts
• Establishes and maintains good relationships with stakeholders in-country (civil society, local/national government, private sector, media, co-founders, research)
• Identifies and selects local partners and consultants as required, in collaboration with Global Program Manager and other colleagues.
• Ensures timely and high-quality reporting of partners contracted by Hivos.
• Identifies training and other needs of national partner(s) to improve program delivery and enhance local ownership
• Leads, motivates, trains, appraises, guides and/or inspires regional staff and enables effective teamwork, achieves objectives and works according to Hivos’ guiding principles
• Coordinates local research(ers), facilitate gathering/use of data, adequate monitoring and drawing lessons to continuously improve in-country program.
• Ensures the program is constantly innovating, e.g. through multi-actor collaboration, unusual partnerships, narratives and behaviour change & open data.
• Ensure that city and regional implementation generate clear evidence of progress against the Urban Futures Theory of Change, outcomes, indicators, and donor commitments.
• Work with partners to improve the quality of narrative reports, evidence, stories of change, youth testimonies, policy influence examples, and learning documentation.
• Coordinate with the Global Program Manager, MEL colleagues, and Linking & Learning team to ensure timely data collection, validation, analysis, and use of findings for adaptive management.
• Support the preparation of donor reports, annual plans, regional updates, and strategic reflection processes.
• Ensure that young people are meaningfully involved in city-level and regional decision-making, advocacy, communications, monitoring, and learning processes.
• Oversee regional partner grant management, including workplan review, budget follow-up, compliance, risk identification, and coordination with finance and operations teams.
• Support partners to meet contractual obligations, reporting deadlines, financial requirements, and agreed quality standards.
• Identify implementation risks early and propose practical mitigation measures in coordination with the Global Program Manager.

Project Coordinator – Urban Futures

• The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the day-to-day management and coordination of the country programme in Niger implemented over a period of 2.5 years.
• The role will ensure that country-level activities are planned, implemented, monitored, reported, and adapted in line with the programme objectives, approved country workplan, country budget, donor requirements, and Hivos procedures.
• Manage the day-to-day implementation of country programme in Niger, ensuring delivery against the approved workplan, budget, results framework, and timelines.
• Coordinate country-level planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, learning, and close-out processes in close collaboration with the Program Manager and country partners.
• Act as the main day-to-day coordination point for in-country partners and the in-country lead in Niger.
• Ensure that country-level activities are aligned with the program result areas, localization principles, Hivos standards, and donor requirements.
• Support partners in budget planning, financial monitoring, and timely submission of required financial documentation.

Project Coordinator

Social Media Manager

• Creating, posting, and maintaining the Hivos social media profiles.
• You have an eye on the key trends online, and you feel confident using platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
• Short-form video ideas are something you can turn around within a day or two from a short script to quick edits.
• You can take complex ideas from program research and extract key findings for our audiences online in well-designed posts and captions.
• You are able to spot an interesting idea with your colleagues and create a short video about it.
• You can help colleagues working on programs create a plan for content for events, research, and conferences.
• Recognizing and writing stories of impact.
• You have a knack for storytelling.
• Besides being naturally curious, you proactively engage with program teams around the world to identify important and newsworthy developments.
• You are able to translate these developments into content.
• Connecting our work to current affairs, sharing, and pitching.
• You follow (international) news closely and have a keen understanding of political developments.
• This means you need to be well connected to relevant international (media) platforms and journalists and get them interested in sharing content about our work and concerns.

Project Coordinator – Urban Futures

Project Coordinator

Communications Officer – Social Media, External Platforms