Project Manager
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Exec. / Management, Community Development, Educate/Train/Teaching, Social Work, Rural development
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Reports to : Deputy National Director
Duty Location : CV Kompot Province
Department : Program
The Project Manager is responsible for the effective planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the assigned project at the designated location, in line with SOS Children’s Villages Cambodia’s National Strategic Plan 2026–2028. The role ensures that project objectives, activities, and resources are well aligned with organizational priorities and respond to the needs of children, young people, and families.
The Project Manager ensures that the project is implemented with quality, accountability, and efficiency, delivering measurable results and sustainable outcomes. The role is accountable for meeting donor requirements, including compliance with approved proposals, budgets, and reporting standards, while strictly upholding SOS safeguarding policies, child rights principles, and ethical standards. The Project Manager also ensures compliance with national laws and relevant government regulations. He works closely with internal teams and external partners to manage risks, address challenges, and continuously improve project performance through learning and adaptation.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Project planning and design
- Lead the development of the project implementation plan, work plan, and budget aligned with the approved proposal and the National Strategic Plan 2026–2028.
- Ensure project designs reflect SOS priorities, including family strengthening, alternative care, prevention, youth empowerment, and system strengthening.
- Integrate cross-cutting themes such as safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion, climate resilience, and participation of children and young people.
- Coordinate with MEAL and Program Quality teams to ensure clear indicators, targets, and monitoring frameworks are in place from project start.
- Provide input/support for annual organization plan and budget development.
- Project implementation and coordination
- Lead day-to-day project implementation to ensure activities are delivered on time, within scope, and within approved budgets.
- Supervise and support Project Officers and field staff to ensure quality service delivery and adherence to SOS standards and project guidelines.
- Coordinate with Children’s Villages, Social Centers, schools, and community structures to ensure coherent and integrated project delivery.
- Ensure meaningful participation of children, young people, caregivers, and community stakeholders in project activities.
- Quality assurance and safeguarding
- Ensure all project activities comply with SOS safeguarding policies, child protection standards, and Codes of Conduct.
- Work closely with Safeguarding Focal Points to identify, prevent, and respond to safeguarding risks within project areas.
- Promote a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous quality improvement across project teams.
- Ensure project implementation aligns with national laws and relevant government guidelines.
- Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL)
- Ensure regular monitoring of project progress against agreed indicators, targets, and milestones.
- Review MEAL data to inform adaptive management and improve project performance.
- Support baseline, midline, endline, and evaluation processes as required.
- Ensure accountability mechanisms are in place, including feedback and complaints systems accessible to communities and project participants.
- Financial and resource management
- Manage project budgets in close coordination with Finance to ensure accuracy, compliance, and cost-effectiveness.
- Monitor project expenditures and forecasts to avoid under- or overspending.
- Ensure compliance with SOS financial policies, donor requirements, and audit standards.
- Support timely procurement and proper asset management related to project activities.
- Donor compliance and reporting
- Prepare and submit high-quality narrative and financial reports in line with donor agreements and timelines.
- Prepare and submit high-quality narrative and financial reports to relevant government departments at the sub-national level.
- Provide input/support with the organization's periodic report (monthly, quarterly, and annually).
- Ensure accurate documentation of project results, challenges, lessons learned, and risks.
- Support donor visits, audits, and reviews by providing clear project information and evidence.
- Contribute to proposal development, revisions, and budget adjustments when required.
- Partnership and stakeholder engagement
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with government counterparts, implementing partners, and community structures.
- Represent SOS Children’s Villages Cambodia in relevant coordination meetings, technical working groups, and project forums.
- Support advocacy efforts that strengthen child protection systems and family-based care approaches in line with national priorities.
- Ensure partnerships are managed in line with SOS partnership standards and due diligence requirements.
- Risk management and compliance.
- Identify project risks, including operational, safeguarding, financial, and contextual risks, and implement mitigation measures.
- Ensure project risk registers are updated and reviewed regularly.
- Respond appropriately to emerging issues, incidents, or changes in context that may affect project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with SOS internal policies, labor law, LANGO, and donor regulations.
- Team leadership and capacity development
- Provide clear supervision, coaching, and performance feedback to project staff.
- Identify capacity gaps and support staff development through mentoring and training.
- Promote teamwork, ethical behavior, and professional standards within project teams.
- Contribute to staff performance reviews and development plans.
- Knowledge Management and Learning
- Document good practices, innovations, and lessons learned from project implementation.
- Share learning internally to support program improvement and strategic decision-making.
- Contribute to organizational learning related to family strengthening, alternative care, and youth development.
- Support evidence-based planning for future projects and strategic initiatives.
- Key working relationships
- Internal
- National Management Team
- Deputy National Director: Provides strategic direction, approves plans, and budgets, and offers oversight on project performance and alignment with the National Strategic Plan 2026–2028.
- Program Quality Manager: Works closely to ensure quality standards, technical coherence, learning, and alignment with SOS program frameworks and national priorities.
- MEAL Team: Collaborates on project indicators, monitoring tools, data quality, accountability mechanisms, evaluations, and learning processes.
- Finance and Procurement Team: Coordinates on budgeting, expenditure tracking, financial reporting, procurement planning, and compliance with SOS and donor financial policies.
- Human Resources Team: Coordinates on recruitment, contracts, performance management, staff development, and compliance with labor law and internal HR policies.
- Safeguarding Team / Safeguarding Focal Points: Ensures safeguarding risk prevention, reporting, and response mechanisms are in place and applied consistently across project activities.
- Children’s Villages, Social Centers, and Schools: Works closely with Project Officers, teachers, and frontline staff to ensure integrated and effective project implementation at the field level.
- Communications and Fund Development Team: Coordinates on documentation of results, visibility requirements, donor communication, and ethical storytelling.
- External
- Government Authorities: Engages with relevant ministries, departments, and sub-national authorities (provincial, district, commune) to ensure alignment with national policies, approvals, and coordination mechanisms.
- Donors and Funding Partners: Communicates on project progress, reporting, compliance, reviews, and donor visits in line with funding agreements.
- Implementing and Strategic Partners: Coordinates with NGOs, CSOs, service providers, and consortium partners to ensure effective collaboration, role clarity, and quality delivery.
- Community Structures and Leaders: Works with community committees, caregivers, youth groups, and local leaders to ensure participation, ownership, and sustainability of project interventions.
- Beneficiaries: Children, Young People, and Families: Ensures meaningful participation, feedback, and accountability to children, young people, and families in line with SOS child rights and participation principles.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in A relevant discipline is preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Social work, Development Studies, Project Management, Education, Public Administration, or a related field
Work History:
- FS, Alternative Care, and/or Youth Empowerment, and project management for 3 to 5 years
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Formal training or certification in project management, MEAL, safeguarding, or results-based management is an asset.
Soft Skills
- Lead planning, implementation, and monitoring of projects aligned with the National Strategic Plan 2026–2028
- Ensure quality delivery, safeguarding compliance, and adherence to SOS policies and national regulations.
- Manage project budgets, resources, and donor requirements responsibly.
- Work closely with Program Quality, MEAL, Finance, HR, and Safeguarding teams.
- Coordinate effectively with government authorities, partners, and communities.
- Use data and learning to improve project performance and results.
- Supervise and support project staff to maintain strong teamwork and accountability.
- Promote participation of children, young people, and families in project activities.
- Understanding Gender Equality and Social Inclusion.
