Project Manager

This position is for someone to be in Ghana during the 24-month project. The position is initially volunteer until funds are available (6+ months), however will have the ability to take enhanced Soul Sojourner, LLC training at no cost. This role regularly consults with upper management to ensure the scope and direction of each project is on schedule, collaborating across the organization for support. Project Managers work closely with project champions and owners to achieve successful project execution and assist with resource management of cross-functional teams.

Essential Duties

• Scoping and requirements gathering for assigned projects
• Build, manage, and organize appropriate project plans for any assigned projects
• Develop, maintain, and revise all project materials
• Track progress of projects and ensure all milestones and timelines are met, quickly identifying and escalating any risks to meeting these milestones and timelines
• Collaborate and negotiate with project sponsors and other stakeholders on project management strategy, timeframes, and specific outcomes to be achieved
• Identify relevant stakeholders and building communication strategies to ensure project deliverables are on time, within budget, and meet desired outcome metrics
• Identify, escalate, and mitigate project risks and issues, communicating project status, and negotiate changes in project scope, resources, or timeline to ensure that the project sponsor and the partner or member are satisfied with project results
• Employ change management strategies and tactics
• Work closely with project sponsors, Soul Sojourner Wisdom Teachings management, and other stakeholders to ensure that projects and project tactics align with Soul Sojourner Wisdom Teachings’ strategic goals
• Provide excellent customer service to members and to other external and internal project stakeholders
• Assist in establishing and maintaining organizational project management methodology and procedures
• Collaborate on process improvements within team and participate in process improvement efforts
• Assist in identification of opportunities for process and quality improvement both internally to Soul Sojourner Wisdom Teachings and by informing members of other Soul Sojourner Wisdom Teachings’ services available to them
• Coordinate with partner site project managers to obtain necessary information, data, and input to achieve on-time member set-up goals
• Assist in development and strategy of customer service policies and tools
• Provide on-site coordination and leadership for managing any project to successful completion
• Participate in organizational strategic planning and alignment with resulting goals and tactics
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Education, Sociology, Psychology, Project Management preferred) or 2 -3 years of relevant experience
• Minimum 1 year of project management experience, preferably in Ghana working with teens and young adults dealing with trauma.
• Proven success in internal and external communication and relationship management with all levels of expertise from administrative to executive
• Technical aptitude to fully understand and gain the necessary knowledge required to effectively collaborate with members and team members on any project assigned
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project or similar system preferred
• Must have technical aptitude to fully understand and gain the necessary knowledge required to effectively collaborate with members
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and analytical thinking skills
• For this fully remote position (Ghana), ideal candidate will have experience working with fully remote project teams and leading projects to successful completion
• Strong potential for self-direction/self-management skills with the ability to work independently and effectively as a sole contributor and as part of a team