Senior Project Manager

This role is a senior project leadership position with both direct and matrix management responsibilities, requiring strong coordination across teams, functions, and partners to successfully deliver a high-value, high-risk donor-funded programme.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the achievement of the project intended outcomes, comply with donor and organisational requirements, overall leadership, management, and deliver sustainable impacts of the Forest Connect project in Papua New Guinea.

The role ensures:

• High-quality and timely delivery of project outcomes
• Effective coordination with partners and stakeholders
• Strong financial and compliance management
• Identification and management of risks

This is a senior leadership role, combining:

• Strategic project leadership
• Project Planning, Management, delivery and execution
• Contract management
• Risk and Quality management
• Finance and resource management
• People management
• Donor accountability
• Operational oversight
• Stakeholder engagement & management
• Negotiations and influencing
• Risk, compliance and safeguarding
• Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning and reporting