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Responsibilities

As a Project Manager at Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will

• Plan and manage the project, ensuring it adheres to scope, timeline, and budget, within the organization’s project management framework.
• Provide monthly, quarterly and annual project updates including financial, narrative, and impact reports to key stakeholders.
• Monitor the quality and effectiveness of project activities, working closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure that we document and capture the projects impact and learning and promote knowledge sharing in the programme.
• Manage the project budget, coordinating with Project Coordinators, partners, and the finance team to ensure payments are made in line with budget and according to contractual timelines.
• Ensure project documentation is maintained to support the annual project audit.
• Work closely with the Global Development Team and the Regional Programme Manager for Africa to identify strategic networking and business development opportunities.
• Represent TRF in relevant networks, forums, and project consortia to enhance the project’s external profile.
• Support the Business Development team in identifying funding opportunities through proposal development, activity design, and budget planning.
• Develop and implement an effective management and communication plan, including regular reporting and accurate updates with internal and external stakeholders.
• Successfully manage a range of external consultants working across a number of project deliverables.

About You:

As a Project Manager at Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will likely have:

• Experience working with international donors and ability to write qualitative impact and progress reports.
• Proven track record in successfully managing multi-country, multi-partner projects in the international development context (7+ years).
• Exceptional program management skills, including monitoring and evaluation and promotion of learning among implementing partners
• Ability to manage a large budget with multiple teams responsible for delivering activities
• Experience in remote program management, program start-up, mobilization, and closure.
• Resilience and ability to thrive in high-pressure environments with the capacity to find solutions when challenges arise.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build positive working relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English and Kiswahili.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in journalism/media, international relations, international development, politics, or a relevant field.
• Knowledge of other languages, such as French and Portuguese, is advantageous.
• Experience in the development of successful funding proposals.
• Should have a strong interest in IFF’s in Africa and the media in one or more of the countries we are programming.