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Project Manager (f/m/d)
We are looking for a Project manager (f/m/d) with 40 hours per week, r in home office with the flexibility to travel to Berlin on a regular basis or in Berlin. The project position is limited at 8 months; an extension will be evaluated during the project.
As Project owner/manager (f/m/d), you manage and coordinate the entire planning and structural set-up around operations of a new ship in solid alignment with your team. You will do both, facilitate a team to set and reach goals as well as take over responsibilities on your own to ensure the project’s success. The project has different phases: re-mobilization, operations, and evaluation.
Your Responsibilities
- Responsibility as project owner, including management of the project in alignment with Operational Coordination Department and supported by other SW departments
- Team Management (4 people) including HR responsibilities (contracts, feedback, general personnel responsibility)
- Ensuring flow of information and communication between different departments
- Identification of gaps and solve those
- Facilitation, leading and participation of discussions
- Supporting and Initiating decision making processes
- Involvement and integration of relevant stakeholders in the Sea-Watch community, from crew, volunteers, to various departments and the board
- Monitoring and evaluation of budgets
- Focal point for all inter-organizational and inter-departmental questions
- Flagging and solving of problems which might endanger operations
Your Profile
- Experience as project manager or project owner or professional experience with agile methodologies and tools
- Ideally, experience with running projects in flat hierarchy environments / NGOs or nautical/technical projects
- Conflict solving and mediation skills
- Leading skills in the sense of servant leadership
- Experience in Ship Management and Logistics
- Experience in SAR
- Communications skills including moderating and presenting
- Analytical mindset and solution driven approach
- Flexibility to adapt to new surroundings
- Fluent English language skills (written and spoken), ideally with Italian language skills as well
