About Frankfurt School
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Frankfurt School) is Germany’s leading private business school and advisory institute with 60 years of experience in consulting, qualification and training services in all areas of banking, finance and management – in Germany and worldwide. Our mission is to advance national and international business practices through research, education, training and advisory services.
Our International Advisory Services (IAS) department is committed to improving financial markets and to increasing access to finance for low income populations. On behalf of various agencies and development finance institutions (such as ADB, EU, EIB, EBRD, GIZ, IFC, KfW, World Bank), International Advisory Services carries out projects across the globe.
For our projects in Myanmar we are looking for a Project Manager to be based in Yangon for 2 years. Subsequently, transfer to the Frankfurt School head office or to other project sites is intended.
Description of the job:
The Project Manager will be supporting our projects in the country. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Full time management and follow-up of project plans
- Establishing solid working relationship with the project teams, clients and key stakeholders
- Liaising with local stakeholders and clients
- Managing communication and information flows between all stakeholders, local project team and backstopping team in Frankfurt School’s headquarter
- Coordinating and monitoring local and international experts assignments
- Monitoring and evaluating performance of local experts and performing on-the-job training and examination when applicable
- Selecting, recruiting and training local experts as required
- Reporting for clients and donors
- Participation in market research studies relevant to the projects
The candidate should have the following professional experience:
- University degree (minimum level: Bachelor) in banking, finance or economics
- At least 5 years of experience in project management, optimally in international, donor-funded projects
- Familiar with project management tools
- Previous experience of capacity building measures: advisory and training
- Work experience in South East Asia
- Proficiency in English language; Knowledge of Burmese language is an advantage.
- Proficiency in German language is desirable
Interested candidates should send their complete application (cover letter, CV, work references / certificates) by email until 15 January 2018 to the following email: opportunities@fs.de. For queries: 069 154 008 697