medica mondiale is a German based international womens rights organization that supports

traumatised women and girls who have survived sexual gender based violence in war or crisis zones.
We offer direct support to women and girls and advocate for their rights.

For our Program in Liberia we are looking for a

Project Manager (female)

Background
Sexualised and gender based violence experienced during the civil war as well as all forms of post-
war violence and sexual abuse of women and girls are at an extremely high level in Liberia. The
consequences of rape and other forms of sexualised violence are multiple and interfere with each
other. Mostly, women that have been raped not only suffer from severe physical and psychological
consequences; also survivors are very likely to end up at an extremely low socio-economic status and
sometimes face stigmatisation and social exclusion from families and/or communities. They lack
knowledge about and access to their human rights. Therefore, sexualized violence and its
consequences need to be addressed through a complex approach that tackles the consequences on
physical, psychical, economical, educational, legal and social level as well as through strategic
linkage with institutional decision makers.
medica mondiale implements a Rehabilitation and Prevention Program for survivors of sexualised
violence that interlinks the following main areas of action: Rehabilitation for survivors of violence
through supportive psychosocial counselling services; skills trainings; reproductive health education;
social and political empowerment; the set up of Prevention and Protection Networks through
community sensitization and mobilisation; training of protection networks to enhance the local
capacity to prevent and respond to SGBV; training for institutions and (I)NGOs; Promotion of
Structural Change towards equal rights, protection, and justice for women and girls through political
advocacy work on the national level.
medica mondiales involvement in Liberia is part of the Reintegration and Recovery Programme
(RPP), a development programme of the Republic of Liberia, co-financed by the Federal Republic of
Germany through KfW Development Bank. In the framework of RRP medica mondiale works in
partnership with Welthungerhilfe/German Agro Action (infrastructure program) and Ibis (educational
program).

Project Setting
medica mondiale works in 3 South-eastern counties Liberia: Grand Gedeh, River Gee and Sinoe.
Head office is in Fish Town, River Gee, where medica mondiale Liberia has set up a Women and Girls
Centre. In Monrovia, medica mondiale has a back-up office. Duty station of the Program Manager is
Fish Town, River Gee, a village in a very remote area. Accommodation is provided in medica
mondiales guesthouse in Fish Town.

For further information: http://www.medicamondiale.de/en/projekte-themen/projekte/liberia/

Key responsibilities
Management of all field staff (currently 16 national staff members; 1 international junior expert)
Supervise and monitor the field work including finances
Support and train all field staff on day-to-day operations
Coach and build capacities of national staff on management issues, monitoring, documentation,
evaluation etc.
Maintenance and reinforcement of existing management structures
identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations
Ensure staff support clients with a women-centred and empowering approach
Ensure cooperation with partners and stakeholders including the provision of trainings and
support
Work in close cooperation with the Head of Mission
Reinforcement of teambuilding processes and ownership
Responsibility for security procedures

Required knowledge and experience

NGO work experience, minimum of 5 years work-experience in successive positions
Work experience in the area of violence against women and womens rights
Strong project management skills
Experience in participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation
Strong staff management skills with focus on development of local capacities, participation and
ownership
Financial management experience; field-level budget management; identify and address financial
management training needs
Experience in training/capacity building
Excellent English speaking and writing skills
Excellent communication skills and strategies
Sensitivity to a cross-cultural approach
Work experience in (post-)conflict contexts
Work experience in Africa (Western Africa an asset)
Readiness to live and work in a very remote, underdeveloped project implementation area

We offer
2 possibilities: 4 months short-term assignment or 12 months assignment; with possibility for
extension
Accommodation and logistical support
Introduction/briefing in the medica mondiale head office in Cologne
Salary based on head office scales
Start: as soon as possible

Closing date: September 15th 2009

Please email your application (CV, cover letter and references) to Ms Maren Platzmann
mplatzmann@medicamondiale.org

Further information on our projects can be found on our website: www.medicamondiale.org