Project Coordinator in Sarajevo
People In Need, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Position: Project Coordinator / full-time (FOR NATIONAL STAFF ONLY)

Starting date: depending on the availability of funds

Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension (including 6 months probation period)

Country Programme: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)

Based: Sarajevo

Line Manager: Regional Head of Programmes

About PIN in BiH and Western Balkans:

People in Need (PIN) commenced operations in BiH in 1992 by sending humanitarian workers and supplies to the country. PIN provided immediate and emergency relief to those impacted by the conflict in BiH and later in Kosovo in 1998.

The PIN Representative Office is located in Sarajevo. PIN also has an office in Mostar and plans to open one in Brcko District in the coming weeks. The total volume of the current programs is more than three million USD annually, funded by EU, CSSF/FCDO, CzDA, and other donors.

In the last two decades, PIN implemented projects supporting climate resilience and citizen engagement and minorities rights in the areas of waste management, circular economy, social inclusion, employment and inclusive education.

More information is available on PIN’s website www.peopleinneed.net.

People in Need is seeking to hire an experienced Project Coordinator for a new multi-year project financed by The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Trust Fund. This project aims to execute five main outcomes related to Methane and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) reduction. Outcome 1 and 3 involve delivering and endorsing a Methane Roadmap and a National SLCP Plan through participatory development, high-level info sessions, advocacy campaigns, and stakeholder capacity building. Outcome 2 focuses on integrating the National SLCP Plan recommendations into the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) and future revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Outcome 4 entails the adoption of a Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) framework for SLCP emissions. Finally, Outcome 5 involves increasing the capacities for SLCP planning and implementation, including workshops and a web platform for knowledge transfer.

This will be a full-time position based in Sarajevo. The anticipated start date is estimated to be on September 1st, 2023.

Project Launch and Implementation

• Analyses donor’s contract and guidelines and ensures project planning, controls and documentation are aligned with these
• Develops and regularly reviews project work plans that set out project activities, including MEAL activities, procurement and project-related HR, advocacy, visibility and communications.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships within the project consortium, BiH Governments, and other important stakeholders.
• Supports the project consortium and government to review and finalize the National SLCP Plan, National Methane Roadmap, and MRV Framework.
• Establishes and leads coordination mechanisms with support departments at the BiH Country Programme, the HQ desk and PIN’s Knowledge and Learning Department (KLD), and with the project consortium, including key government stakeholders, vis-à-vis monthly project meetings, quarterly steering boards, etc.
• Identifies, coordinates, and reports on project-related risks.

Technical Quality Assurance

• Ensures quality and timely implementation of the project in line with PIN’s sectoral guidelines, best practices and applicable international standards;
• Effectively mainstreams cross-cutting issues in the project, including protection, gender, and environment across project planning, implementation and MEAL;

• Leads quarterly or bi-annual learning review meetings with relevant departments to track progress against targets, review project outputs and outcomes, and make necessary adjustments to ensure that the project meets its stated objectives.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability amp; Learning

• Ensures that the project-specific Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (CFRM) is functioning amp; accessible to all project stakeholders;
• In cooperation with the MEAL team, oversees the development and monthly updating of MEAL plans in the Project Management Plan, including Results Frameworks (RF), Indicator Tracking Tables (ITT), MEAL workplan, CFRM database, etc.);
• Collects amp; consolidates data which demonstrates implementation of activities;
• Regularly reviews MEAL Reports amp; recommendations and integrates all feedback and recommendations into the Feedback Tracker;
• Plans mid-term and final evaluations.
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Job Rewards and Benefits