Project Manager

Location :

Remote (Africa Time Zones Preferred)

Duration : 6 months

About the Project :

We are supporting the implementation of a Pan-African digital platform to empower youth and women in agriculture. The platform integrates learning, mentorship, community engagement, and financing tools, and will be rolled out in 7 African countries : Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana, Mali, and Burkina Faso.

Were looking for a Remote Assistant Project Manager to support the Lead Project Manager in coordinating this initiative across multiple partners and vendors.

Key Responsibilities :

- Support the Lead Project Manager in planning, executing, monitoring, and delivering the project across all 7 countries (Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso).

Develop & maintain project documentation:

- Sprint plans, milestone schedules, deliverables tracker

- Meeting agendas and minutes

- Risk register, issue log, and change request log

Coordinate weekly sprints / implementation cycles :

- Track sprint goals, ensure team & vendor deliverables are on time

- Follow-up with vendors and country-teams to resolve blockers

Prepare regular status reports & summaries :

- Weekly / bi-weekly status updates to Lead PM

- Dashboard of progress vs plan, highlighting risks, deviations

- Presentation slides / decks for stakeholder review meetings

Ensure alignment with the Business Requirements Document (BRD) and other key project specs :

- Review deliverables to ensure compliance with requirements

- Flag divergence early and suggest corrective actions

Support cross-team collaboration :

- Liaise between vendors, technology / design / content teams, country leads, local partners

- Facilitate meetings (virtual), ensure clear agendas & outcomes

Communication & coordination across time zones :

- Schedule meetings accommodating different African time zones

- Ensure communication flows smoothly (email, internal tools, status calls)

Maintain project quality & consistency :

- Review deliverables, ensure they meet quality benchmarks

- Help enforce standards (branding, UX, content style, usability etc.)

Risk / issue management :

- Identify potential risks early, propose mitigation plans

- Track issues until resolution, escalate appropriately

Change management :

- Process change requests, document impacts (timeline, cost, scope)

- Obtain necessary approvals

Continuous improvement :

- After each sprint or milestone, collect feedback, document lessons learned

- Suggest improvements to processes, tools, workflows

Candidate Profile / Required Skills & Qualifications

- Experience : 3-6 years of technical project management

Remote & multi-country work experience :

- Comfortable working with teams/vendors in different countries; able to handle timezone constraints.

Tools & methodologies :

- Familiar with Agile / Scrum or similar sprint-based development cycles

- Experience with project management & collaboration tools (Jira, Asana, Trello, Microsoft Project, Slack / Teams, Google Workspace etc.)

Communication skills :

- Excellent written and spoken English

- Strong skills in preparing reports, slides, summaries for senior management & stakeholders

Organizational skills :

- Ability to juggle multiple tasks, coordinate stakeholders, manage dependencies

- Strong attention to detail (documentation, risk logs, change requests etc.)

Proactive and solution-oriented :

- Able to raise issues early, suggest practical mitigations

- Can work with limited supervision; must follow through on tasks

Education / Certifications (if applicable) :

- Bachelors degree in relevant field (business, project management, agriculture, development studies etc.)

- Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile Certified Practitioner, etc.) is a plus