Project Manager(UPG Sustainability Leadership Initiative)

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About the Organization

United People Global (UPG) is a community that encourages and enables people to participate in making the world a better place. This is achieved in various ways and especially by contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UPG works to raise awareness, strengthen belief, facilitate collaboration and foster community. UPG uses publications, projects and events to achieve its mission.

Job Description

United People Global (UPG) is recruiting Project Managers in Training & Education to support our growing community as part of contributing to our mission to make the world a better place. This work is at the heart of our community, and it involves interacting with and serving our mission and our community.

Job Responsibilities

• Deploy a wide variety of training methods, conduct effective induction and orientation sessions.
• Monitor and evaluate training programs’ effectiveness, success, and ROI periodically and report on them.
• Provide opportunities for ongoing development, resolve any specific problems, and tailor training programs as necessary.
• Maintain a keen understanding of training trends, developments, and best practices.
• Coach, mentor, and guide students and participants in related issues, challenges, and development journeys.
• Operations Management: Ensure smooth operations of the activities of the initiative.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with one or more of the stakeholder groups that are connected to this initiative to optimize their participation. This may include working with individuals who participate directly, with NGOs, with experts and thought leaders, with partners, with friends and supporters, with the public, and more.
• Tracking Impact, Insights, and Reporting: Monitoring and Evaluation of existing activities and establishing systems to track impact over time is an important function of the team. Similarly distilling insights from the operations of this initiative.
• Administration: working with other colleagues in the team to ensure that administrative matters are handled effectively.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Prior experience in managing, developing, and setting up projects related to training programs and education environments.
• Prior experience with project management is an advantage.
• English is MUST and the ability to speak and to write in additional languages are assets.
• Ability to conduct information research.
• Ability to work with and respect confidential information of stakeholders.
• Ability to work in ambiguous settings, especially in start-up mode.
• Ability to work alone and in a team “Role the Sleeve”.
• Able to work within Switzerland time zone (CET).

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Agility working style.
• Ability to build and maintain a positive relationship across the board.
• Outstanding communication skills internally and externally.
• Leadership and management skills are necessary as you will be leading a small team, and the role is the sleeve most of the time.

Nice to have:

• Prior experience volunteering in community organising or local community development is an advantage.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other productivity applications is an asset.
• Other professional qualifications related to project management, training, coaching, and psychometric assessments will be an advantage.
• Qualified candidates are welcome with a variety of skills. No single candidate is expected to possess all qualifications as the selected candidate brings their unique set of skills to our work and complements a team.

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