Project Manager

By 2030, 150 million people will be able to prevent or resolve their most pressing justice problems. Do you want to join us on our mission?

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL), a civil society organisation dedicated to people-centred justice and SDG 16.3, is looking for a Project Manager based in The Hague.

As a Project Manager, you will develop, manage, and report on the implementation of HiiL’s projects, working closely with Programme Directors and teams to achieve project goals within time, budget, and quality constraints. HiiL operates primarily across Africa and the Middle East.

Do you have a broad and flexible toolkit of project management techniques? Can you translate complex activities into tasks that can be well-documented, monitored, and managed? Can you shift easily between the "big picture" and small-but-crucial details? Do you enjoy working under pressure, and are you comfortable with change and complexity in a dynamic international environment? And are you familiar with the development sector and social innovation? If the answers to these questions are "yes", then HiiL might just be what you are looking for!

How will you contribute to HiiL’s mission?

Project Planning and Execution:

• Manage projects within scope, time, and budget, ensuring quality implementation in line with project plans, contracts, and donor requirements;
• Coordinate project teams operationally, monitor the deliverables of the various team members, assign tasks, give instructions and involve relevant stakeholders;
• Develop and manage project budgets/forecasts; support internal/external workforce and financial resource planning in close coordination with senior project manager;
• Facilitate financial transactions and oversee project expenditure to ensure accurate, efficient use of funds and donor compliance in coordination with finance and the senior project manager.
• Develop new project proposals and work plans, collaborating with Programme Directors, senior project managers, Finance, donors, and project team members.

Monitoring and reporting: Provide timely and high-quality narrative and financial reporting to management and donors; Monitor risks and proactively manage changes to scope, budget, and timelines; ensure all changes are documented and compliant.

Contract Management: Manage contracts with external stakeholders, ensure procurement policy is adhered to, and contracts are in line with applicable legislation; Ensure project documentation is accurate, complete, and audit-ready at all stages of implementation.

Capacity building: Work closely with the Programme Director on building the capacity of in-country project teams to deliver programmes, including support to registration of local HiiL offices.

Knowledge sharing and learning: Actively contribute to the Project Management Practice Group to share tools, lessons learned, and best practices and share knowledge to nurture project management expertise in HiiL; Work closely with the Senior Project Manager and other PMs to enhance organisation-wide project management capabilities.

What we look for in our new colleague

• 5+ years of relevant work experience as a project manager with international professionals and preferably in the development sector.
• Bachelor's / Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience with standard project management methodologies, tools and software. Project Management Certification is an asset.
• Experience in drafting budgets and forecasts, using spreadsheet software. Strong analytical skills are a requirement.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with people from all levels and strong writing skills.
• A problem-solving mindset, an ability to work under pressure with a proactive and hands-on mentality.
• Strong personal leadership as well as a high level of ethics and integrity. Inspires and motivates project team members.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) is required; Strong preference will be given to candidates with working proficiency in Arabic. Dutch and French language skills would be an asset.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel to the areas where HiiL works, including countries with security risks.
• EU-citizenship or NL working permit.

What else

• An opportunity to be at the forefront of making people-centred justice happen.
• An organisational culture where motivation prevails; the work that we do is meaningful and contributes to changing people’s lives.
• You will become part of a dynamic and international team of 60+ professionals.
• An environment that is bound to improve your professional skills further.

We offer you

• Starting date: in mutual agreement
• A full-time (40 hours p.w.) position for an initial period of 12 months to build a long-term work relationship;
• A monthly gross salary for a full-time working week between €4,200 and €5,600 based on relevant experience and seniority;
• Up to 8 weeks of holidays when working full time;
• Pension coverage by ABP Pension Fund;
• A company laptop and an NS card for commuting.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation. Therefore, people of all gender identities, sexes, sexual orientations, races, colours, religions, cultures and abilities are encouraged to apply for this position.

• Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory reference checks and may be subject to appropriate screening checks. By submitting your application, you accept that HiiL will conduct such pre-employment screening.