Project Management Support Officer (Retainer), Multiple positions

Cities Alliance
The Cities Alliance is the preeminent global partnership for the promotion of cities in poverty reduction and sustainable development. Headquartered in Brussels, it is a unique partnership with diverse members – local authorities, national governments, international non-governmental organisations, foundations and multi-lateral organisations  – which have come together to strengthen both impacts and coherence in urban development.

The Cities Alliance’s overall objectives are to support cities in providing effective local government, an active citizenship and a growing economy characterised by both public and private investment.

Functional Responsibilities
1. Provide support to grant monitoring and evaluation, and closure in each country by:

•Visit projects activities in the field to verify reported information.
•Keep regular communication and exchange with grantee in each project location.
•Coordinate timely receipt of required inputs from implementing partners.
•Support the communication key project partners (e.g local authorities).
•Read and provide written comments on monthly, milestone, and final progress reports    submitted by grantees.
•Support coordination of capacity development of the grantees on project management, participatory planning, community engagement and gender by organizing events and workshops.
•Follow up and monitor the work of the implementing partner as per approved training, work plans, task orders and budget.

2. Draft well-written, properly researched, and edited narrative inputs for reports, and terms of references, as requested;

3. Support coordination, organization, and reporting of project steering committee meetings (including the donor, grantee, the city authority), learning and local public events;

4. Support the collection of data, and civic engagement activities;

5. As assigned, travel to project locations to participate in quality assurance visits; meet with partners; participate in rapid, baseline, or impact assessment; and/or, participate in team meetings;

6. Perform any other duties as might be required for the successful implementation of the projects

Application period: 15-Apr-2024 to 31-May-2024.

Applications must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.