Acted is an international non-profit NGO headquartered in Paris, France, with operations in over 40 countries worldwide. Acted’s mission is to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to those in need while simultaneously creating long-term opportunities for sustainable growth. Acted operates in contexts of natural disasters, armed conflict, and socio-economic crises.
Acted is currently looking for a project manager to join our team for the Venezuela mission.
The Project Manager will be responsible for leading the entire lifecycle of interventions in response to the post-earthquake humanitarian emergency of June 24, 2026, focusing efforts on the affected area of ​​Morón, Carabobo State. Their main responsibilities include planning strategic activities, conducting operational monitoring on the ground to mitigate risks, and managing human, logistical, and financial resources (FLATS). They will also represent the organization before clusters and local authorities, ensuring strict compliance with donor quality standards and regulations.
Functions
Project Management and Cycle
- Plan activities by developing implementation strategies and work plans aligned with donor standards.
- Perform daily monitoring of activities to anticipate risks and apply timely corrective measures.
- Ensure the documentation and compliance of each activity, compiling records that prove its completion.
- Prepare periodic narrative reports and update tracking tools for the Project Development department.
Coordination and External Relations
- Organize and participate in sectoral platforms (clusters) and bilateral meetings with humanitarian partners.
- Lead communication with local authorities and ensure commitment and accountability to beneficiaries.
- Support security management through context analysis and negotiation of access to communities.
Resource Management (FLATS)
- Human Resources: Structuring the team, assigning responsibilities, managing work plans, and evaluating the performance of the staff in charge.
- Logistics: Coordinate acquisitions, verify the quality of purchased items, and supervise project inventory and transportation.
- Finance: Perform expense control through periodic forecasting and assist in the preparation of cash requests.
Quality and Strategic Development
- Collaborate with the MEAL department in monitoring indicators and feeding the database of lessons learned.
- Participate in the design of new proposals, providing input on costs, personnel, and strategic programmatic options.
Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse
- Create and maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and abuse and promotes the application of ACTED’s zero tolerance policy and code of conduct.
Desired profile
Requirements
Required:
- Professional with a degree in: Engineering, Sociology, Social Work, Economics, Education, Political Science, International Studies, Health Sciences, Humanitarian Protection, or a related field.
- At least three (3) years of experience as a Project Manager. Preferably in emergency, development, or Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) projects.
- Experience in dealing with implementing partners and local/governmental authorities
- Experience in proven organizational skills.
- Experience working in multicultural work environments.
- Microsoft Office Suite proficiency.
- Full availability for frequent travel to remote communities within the state.
- Soft skills:
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary and multicultural teams in hard-to-reach contexts.
- Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage high-quality schedules, budgets, and technical reports.
- Ability to maintain focus on delivering humanitarian impact with high attention to detail.
- Ability to work with transparency and flexibility to adjust the strategy in response to changes in the context.
- Assertive communication and diplomacy for institutional representation.
Desirable (not mandatory):
- Experience in training and development.
Conditions
- Service provision contract under the figure of professional fees for 3 months with possibility of renewal depending on budget availability and performance.
- Workplace: Acted Office in Carabobo.
- Professional fees according to the organization’s scale.
- Providing on-site services and making frequent trips to areas affected by the double earthquake.
Moron – Carabobo
How to apply
Please register your application at the following link:
https://forms.gle/bdchqxCKVYzCDVai7
Given the urgency of the request, ACTED reserves the right to close the recruitment process before the deadline if the candidate was selected.