GiveWell Project Manager – ALIMA
ALIMA is seeking a dynamic and experienced GiveWell Project Manager to strengthen cross-functional coordination and ensure high-quality implementation of all GiveWell-funded initiatives.
Reporting to the Director of Operations and working closely with operational desks, finance, and technical teams, the Project Manager plays a central role in aligning strategic, financial, and medical priorities to maximize programme impact and reinforce ALIMA’s partnership with GiveWell.
Role Purpose
The GiveWell Project Manager ensures the proactive and coherent management of GiveWell resources across ALIMA’s operations.
This includes ensuring the full integration of GiveWell’s requirements into project planning, monitoring, and reporting; improving communication across internal teams; and supporting high-quality project delivery.
The role enhances visibility, performance, and cost-effectiveness of GiveWell-supported interventions while strengthening ALIMA’s credibility and donor relationships.
Key Responsibilities
1. Project Oversight and Cross-Functional Coordination
The Project Manager acts as the organisational focal point for all GiveWell-related activities, ensuring alignment across technical, operational, and financial workstreams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serving as the primary internal liaison for GiveWell-funded projects.
- Ensuring proposals and concept notes meet GiveWell expectations, including cost-effectiveness and evidence requirements.
- Monitoring project progress, key indicators, and deliverables in collaboration with medical, technical, and operational teams.
- Identifying bottlenecks or delays and proposing practical solutions to support timely decision-making.
- Establishing follow-up systems to guarantee quality, reliability, and timeliness of outputs.
- Overseeing the submission of new ALIMA projects for GiveWell consideration.
2. Coordination with the Finance Team
The Project Manager supports financial clarity and alignment across teams while the Finance Department retains responsibility for direct financial reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
- Contributing to strategic financial steering and planning with the Finance team.
- Ensuring financial data is accurately reflected in consolidated project reports.
- Facilitating shared understanding between finance, operations, and technical teams to ensure coherence in planning and reporting.
- Helping to integrate financial constraints and cost-effectiveness considerations into project design and implementation.
3. Reporting and Communication with GiveWell
Clear, consistent, high-quality communication with GiveWell is a central function of the role.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and standardising templates, tools, and procedures for GiveWell submissions.
- Coordinating internal contributions and drafting reports for GiveWell.
- Synthesising complex technical, financial, and operational information into clear and accessible donor-facing materials.
- Providing routine updates to GiveWell and ensuring coherence, accuracy, and reliability of all shared information.
- Acting as the guardian of communication quality, tone, and consistency across all GiveWell-related exchanges.
4. Strategic Contribution and Continuous Improvement
Beyond project management, the Project Manager contributes to strategic thinking and organisational learning around GiveWell-funded programming.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting strategic planning and prioritisation of GiveWell-supported initiatives.
- Fostering dialogue between operational, financial, and administrative logics to strengthen project performance and relevance.
- Proposing improvements based on field realities, lessons learned, and donor feedback.
- Helping optimise impact, efficiency, and value for money across GiveWell investments.
Experience and Skills
The ideal candidate brings strong project management capabilities, proven coordination skills, and the ability to navigate complex operational environments.
Required qualifications and competencies include:
- Proven experience in project and financial management within humanitarian or development settings.
- Strong understanding of field operations and cross-functional programme delivery.
- Demonstrated expertise in grant management, donor compliance, and reporting.
- Solid analytical, problem-solving, and synthesis skills.
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly to varied audiences.
- Excellent written and spoken French and English.
- Strong interpersonal and diplomatic abilities, with experience working across diverse professional cultures.
- Experience with GiveWell processes or cost-effectiveness analysis is a significant asset.
Conditions
If recruited internationally:
- Salary according to ALIMA’s international salary grid.
- Medical insurance coverage for the employee and dependents.
- Round-trip airfare between the country of residence and Dakar at the beginning and end of the contract.
If based in France:
- Salary aligned with ALIMA’s international salary grid.
- Health insurance coverage for the employee and dependents.
- RTT (reduction of working time) days according to French legislation and ALIMA policies.
Application Process
Candidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (PDF format) online before 17 December 2025. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and ALIMA reserves the right to close the vacancy early upon successful recruitment. Only complete applications will be considered.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
