Deputy Project Lead at GOAL Syria

Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Programme Management, Consortium Coordination, Financial Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership, Monitoring and Evaluation, Capacity Building, Problem Solving, Communication, Planning, Risk Management, Adaptability, Learning Culture, Security Awareness, Documentation, Compliance

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Description

Job Title: U-RISE Deputy Project Lead Grade / Level: TBA Country: Zimbabwe Location: Bulawayo Reports to: Team Leader Supervision given to: Programme Management Unit, Consortium Coordination Unit. Overview / Objectives of the position: GOAL is recruiting a Deputy Project Lead for the SDC funded Urban Resilience, Inclusion and Socio-Economic Empowerment (U-RISE) programme in Zimbabwe. The project (4.5 – 12 years), aims to enhance the economic resilience and well-being of vulnerable urban communities in Zimbabwe’s secondary cities. This will be achieved through economic empowerment activities including developing technical and business skills, improving financial inclusion and promoting inclusive market participation of targeted project communities with focus in food systems and green value chains. In addition, the project aims to foster an enabling policy environment by addressing barriers to agriculture production, entrepreneurship, informal business operations and other economic opportunities in urban areas. The project also aims to support enhanced learning, knowledge sharing and coordination on urban resilience building in Zimbabwe. The Deputy Project Lead supports the Team Leader by providing strong day-to-day management and delivery oversight across the U-RISE programme and consortium coordination unit. The role ensures implementation remains on track against agreed workplans, budgets, timelines and quality standards, and leads practical coordination across consortium partners to ensure coherent delivery under GOAL’s leadership as consortium lead. The Deputy Project Lead helps maintain strong partner performance routines, clear decision making, and high-quality joint reporting and learning. The Deputy plays a key role in maintaining a strong learning culture and adaptive management across the programme. Main Responsibilities U-RISE Programme Delivery, Quality and Day-to-Day Management % of Time: 55 Lead and coordinate day-to-day programme implementation across locations, ensuring delivery is aligned to agreed workplans, budgets, quality standards and reporting requirements. Support programme start-up processes including detailed planning, internal systems set up, partner coordination routines, and roll out of implementation tools. Maintain oversight of workplan tracking, procurement planning, activity pipelines and key deliverables, ensuring timely follow up with responsible teams. Support the development and adaptation of detailed implementation plans and calendars, ensuring changes are documented and communicated clearly. Ensure targeting approaches and criteria are applied consistently, documented, and quality checked, with attention to inclusion and do no harm. Coordinate routine internal programme review meetings and follow up actions with component leads and support functions. Manage and help with the recruitment, orientation, professional development and ongoing training of staff to ensure they are of the quality and technical capacity necessary to ensure the successful implementation of activities. Conduct regular field visits to programme sites to monitor delivery quality, troubleshoot operational issues and support teams to remain on track. Work closely with the country team’s security focal point and the Team Leader to ensure programme activities reflect strong context awareness and appropriate security risk analysis. Ensure field teams follow safety and security procedures and escalate concerns promptly. Recognize opportunities for innovative action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are welcomed. Consortium Leadership and Partner Coordination (GOAL as Consortium Lead) % of Time: 25 Provide day-to-day leadership of GOAL’s consortium management function, ensuring partners are aligned to programme priorities, ways of working and delivery standards. Coordinate and run routine consortium implementation meetings, ensuring clear decision making, action tracking, and timely follow up across partners. Maintain the partner performance rhythm for the consortium, including workplan tracking, deliverable calendars, reporting timelines, and escalation of risks or slippage. Support partner planning and implementation reviews, ensuring realistic sequencing, operational feasibility and consistent quality across locations. Maintain practical and respectful relationships with partner focal points, ensuring issues are resolved early and collaboration stays constructive. Support due diligence follow up and compliance routines for partners, including documentation standards, file management, and adherence to agreed controls. Ensure lessons, challenges and adaptations are captured across partners and translated into clear actions. Finance, Grant Compliance and Operational Coordination % of Time: 10 Work closely with Finance, Operations and Procurement teams to ensure programme needs are planned and addressed in a timely and compliant manner. Create and maintain systems to ensure effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with programme, SDC and GOAL needs. Monitor implementation progress against budget and support the Team Leader to identify expenditure risks, bottlenecks and mitigation actions. Support strong grant compliance through consistent documentation, file management and adherence to SDC and GOAL requirements. Support preparation for audits, spot checks and donor visits, ensuring timely follow up on any actions required. Ensure that consortium partner documentation and reporting routines meet agreed standards and timelines, and flag concerns early. In collaboration with the country programme’s operations and finance departments, ensure proper financial management, procurement, administration, human resources and logistics (including transport and asset management) needs of the programme are conducted within GOAL policy and with the maximum benefit to the programme. Reporting, MEAL, Learning and Adaptive Management % of Time: 7 Support the preparation and consolidation of donor reports, internal updates and learning products, ensuring inputs are accurate, coherent and evidence based. Work with MEAL colleagues to ensure routine monitoring data is used for practical decision making, course correction and quality improvement. Support documentation of key processes, good practice and learning across partners and locations, and ensure findings translate into actions. Representation and Stakeholder Engagement % of Time: 3 Lead the socialization of the programme with Government of Zimbabwe stakeholders and existing resilience initiatives, ensuring necessary approvals and collaboration as required. Liaise with and represent programme to SDC and other cooperating sponsors and stakeholders. Represent GOAL at government, donor, NGO and other relevant events in the field, in close coordination with the Country Director. Ensure close coordination and information sharing with consortium partners, sub-grantees, local government and other implementers, as well as with other GOAL programs. Work closely with the country team’s security focal point to develop and maintain systems that promote the safety and security of all team members. Ensure that Urban Resilience activities are designed and implemented with a clear analysis and understanding of security. Safeguarding Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates. Accountability within GOAL Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability: Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols. Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area. Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner. Knowledge and Experience Academic qualification in development, management, agriculture, economics, business resilience and/or related fields. Demonstrated experience in managing similar complex programmes, a minimum of eight (8) years. Demonstrated experience coordinating or managing consortium partners, including facilitating joint planning, aligning deliverables, managing dependencies and resolving delivery bottlenecks. Significant experience in resilience and systems-strengthening programming, private sector engagement, urban agriculture, inclusive employment, and/or other related fields, with demonstrated experience in urban contexts. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to lead across organisations without relying on direct line management. Strong managerial and analytical skills, including results-oriented management, evidence use for learning and advocacy, strategic planning, human resources management, financial management, and reporting skills. Strong organisational and planning skills, including workplan tracking, coordination of inputs, and delivery follow up across multiple workstreams. Demonstrated capacity to manage complex teams, including problem solving skills, and capacity to meet deadlines and deliver quality deliverables to meet objectives; and Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including ability to produce clear programme updates and contribute to donor reporting. Strong problem-solving capacity and ability to work under pressure with changing priorities. Desired Previous experience working on SDC funded programmes or similar donor funded programmes of comparable complexity. Written and/or verbal skills in Shona Summary of the desired candidate The successful candidate will be a systems thinker and an organised and delivery focused programme leader who is comfortable managing day-to-day implementation detail while keeping sight of quality and inclusion. They will be confident coordinating across consortium partners and keeping joint delivery on track through clear routines, practical follow up and calm problem solving. They will be comfortable working across functions to keep compliance and operational readiness tight and will contribute to a learning culture that keeps the programme adaptive and grounded in evidence. They will have an outstanding ability to develop and adaptively manage innovative programmes. They will also have proven experience in capacity strengthening, team and partners. Multi-tasking, prioritizing, problem solving and simultaneous attention to detail and strategic vision are essential. The most successful candidate will have a strong commitment to teamwork and accountability, thrive in evolving and changing environments and make effective written and verbal communication. This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.

Responsibilities

The Deputy Project Lead will manage the day-to-day implementation of the U-RISE programme, ensuring alignment with workplans, budgets, and quality standards. They will also coordinate with consortium partners to facilitate effective delivery and maintain strong partner performance routines.