Project Manager at Stellenbosch University

Duties

Management:

• Providing support to the Director with project planning, proposal coordination and management, including identifying and scoping potential project opportunities;
• Scheduling staff and partner activities to ensure timely project reporting, coordinating and collating report inputs, and supporting the production of reports;
• Implementing and monitoring outcomes of the Schools' projects, and anticipating and identifying potential challenges to achieving outcomes;
• Integrating project activities with the School¿s business plans;
• Assisting the Director and staff with identifying funding opportunities and managing funding applications, including coordinating grant writing support;
• Managing contracts with partners and/or research collaborators;
• Managing relationships with project partnerships;
• Collating content produced by the School, and drafting and publishing annual reports;
• Daily operational management, including signing off on orders;
• Scheduling meetings and preparing documents for relevant meetings.

Liaising:

• Liaising with core staff, postdocs and students to ensure that all the project-related activities of the School are proceeding smoothly;
• Liaising with partners, postdocs and students to avoid bottlenecks in funding and reporting;
• Liaising with Stellenbosch University administration and other parties as required;
• Liaising with external funders and research collaborators to ensure continued alignment with objectives;
• Liaising with administrative and technical staff to identify and address operational needs.

Job Requirements

• A Master of Science degree in a field relevant to climate change adaptation and/or mitigation;
• At least three years' proven experience in managing climate mitigation and/or adaptation project planning and implementation;
• Proven experience in collating technical information and material, its synthesis, and the subsequent writing and editing of reports;
• Proven capability in writing project proposals;
• Experience in liaising with clients and/or funders;
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines;
• The ability to work as part of a team;
• The ability to multi-task;
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• The ability to both act with initative and take direction.