Project Manager

Manages a five-year nature-based solutions project that links biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use and resilient livelihoods in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The role coordinates delivery, staff, budgets, partners and policy support while embedding gender equality, quality assurance and results-based management.

Department: Energy and Environment Sector

• Coordinate project activities and deliver outputs under the annual work plan
• Manage the project team, consultants, contractors, budgets and delegated expenditures
• Monitor progress, risks and results using evaluation and risk-management tools
• Provide policy advice and technical guidance on biodiversity and natural-resource management
• Convene the Project Board and coordinate government, donor, UN and civil-society partners
• Guide technical assistance, strategic documents and resource-mobilisation efforts
• Ensure financial, procurement and administrative quality assurance
• Mainstream gender equality through activities, budgets, reporting and stakeholder support

• Advanced university degree in natural resource management or environmental sciences, or a bachelor's degree in those fields with two additional years of qualifying experience
• Minimum five years of relevant experience with a master's degree or seven years with a bachelor's degree implementing projects related to natural-resource or environmental management
• Experience directly managing a programme or project of similar size and scope
• Experience partnering with government institutions on natural-resource or environmental management
• Fluency in English and one official language of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Open to eligible Tier 1 and Tier 2 applicants
• Project is financed by the Global Environment Facility for implementation from 2026 to 2031
• Reports to the Energy and Environment Sector Leader