Officer / Associate, Africa Regional Planning & Coordination at Evidence Action

Job purpose

As an Officer / Associate, Regional Planning and Coordination, you will support the Regional Planning and Coordination team in execution of regional strategic initiatives. The key role of this position will be in supporting regional planning and performance tracking. The successful candidate will also play a key role in ensuring timely delivery of project milestones and preparation of associated reports.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinating with cross-discipline team members to make sure that all contributors are on track with their roles, project requirements, deadlines and schedules.
• Monitoring project work plans in collaboration with project teams.
• Miscellaneous admin duties and support the business team.
• Preparing presentations and report document (s) as assigned.

Requirements

Work Experience and Skills:

• Experience working with teams across different geographies is highly desired (but not required).
• Proven ability to thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment and to influence people without direct authority.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for impressive presentations and effective report writing.
• Good time management skills and the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once
• Experience seeing projects through their full cycle.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to motivate project teams.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Development studies, Business Administration, Project Management, Strategic Management, or any other related field;
• At least 2 years’ experience working in management consulting and or international development agencies is highly desired (but not required).