Under the direct and overall supervision of the Director of Macroeconomics and Governance Division, the consultant will work closely with the project team and any other person assigned by the Director of the Division. This includes contributing substantively to the various reports related to the management of the project and provide support to the project team by bringing his/her knowledge on result-based management and finance for efficient and effective achievement of the project’s outputs.
Specific tasks of the consultancy assignment are as follows:
• Develop project implementation plan (i.e. action plan)
• Coordinate all project-related activities and monitor progress as per the project action plan.
• Keep track of a project’s progress and ensure that activities are implemented in an effective and timely manner as well as its completion before the deadline.
• Identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions.
• Coordinate, maintain and initiate effective communication with key stakeholders that are involved in the project implementation. This includes liaising with relevant ECA offices such as Finance, Partnerships &
• Resource Mobilisation etc…, national governments and implementing partners; and ensures follow-up actions.
• Monitor expenditures and create detailed reports for Management. This includes preparing budget performance reports, analyses variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures; monitors project budget performance.
• Organise and service all relevant meetings, field visits, workshops, and training activities related to the implementation of the project.
• Coordinates, collects, and centralizes all information about the activities of the project.
• Coordinates the implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans for the program
• Develop monthly updates on activities.
• Identify project opportunities, challenges and contribute to the refinement and adjustment of the project timeline.
• Ensure project best practices and lessons learned are captured and disseminated.
• Performs other duties as required

• Accountability
• Judgement and decision-making
• Planning and organizing
• Professionalism
• Self-management

Requirements:

programme/project design using result framework, management, administration is required and experiences in managing and designing extra budgetary projects is an advantage.

• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with partners,
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment;
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel;
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among others),
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;