Project Manager - Education Project, Khan Younis

About the role

MA'AN is implementing an education project in Khan Younis governorate, Gaza Strip, supporting learning centers in forming governing bodies and students' councils and strengthening accountability systems, in close coordination with the UNICEF team. The Project Manager leads the project's overall operations for a 10-month assignment, reporting to the Humanitarian and Emergency Program Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, ensuring timely delivery and achievement of objectives.
• Coordinate with the UNICEF team and a local partner on activities, adhering to approved technical approaches and quality standards.
• Develop and monitor work plans, schedules, budgets, procurement plans and spending forecasts.
• Supervise project staff, and trained facilitators and field coordinators, including performance management and capacity development.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements, organizational policies, humanitarian principles and protection standards.
• Coordinate with Finance, HR, Logistics, Procurement and MEAL, and with partners, donors, UN agencies, clusters and government counterparts.
• Monitor progress against targets and budgets, prepare narrative reports and work plans, and support proposal development, budget revisions and close-out.
• Promote AAP, safeguarding, PSEA, protection mainstreaming, disability inclusion and gender-sensitive programming.
• Take part in inter-agency assessments and redirect resources in emergencies; perform other duties assigned by the line manager.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in education, Social Sciences or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience in humanitarian contexts.
• Previous experience managing UNICEF-funded projects.
• Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and intersectoral coordination.
• Fluent in English.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of child protection and education in emergencies.
• Excellent communication, leadership and organizational skills.