PROJECT LEAD -RESEARCH
ABOUT FARSIGHT GROUP:
Farsight Africa Group is a Pan-African advisory and implementation company working across fragile and complex contexts in Africa. We provide high-quality research, stabilization support, and strategic advisory services to partners such as the UN, governments, and development donors. We deliver results that are informed, inclusive, and locally grounded.
ROLE SUMMARY:
Farsight is seeking an experienced Project Manager & Team Leader to coordinate all technical and operational aspects of a long-term, multi-sectoral research engagement under UN Client in Somalia. The role involves managing multi-phase research activities (baseline, thematic, ad hoc), ensuring consistent delivery of outputs such as dashboards, policy briefs, and field reports, and coordinating diverse stakeholders across Somalia and Kenya.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
This role’s core responsibility will be to steer strategic outcomes, proactively manage risks, and cultivate strong alignment across stakeholders to ensure project success and long-term impact at Farsight Africa Group covering the countries of operation.
1. Project Management
- Mange the execution of work plans, budgets, and team assignments under the client Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Farsight Africa Group
- Own implementation of client-requested research tasks across Somalia’s federal member states
- Ensure compliance with donor reporting cycles, contracting, and deliverables.
2. Team Leadership
- Lead cross-functional technical and field teams, including both internal and consultant staff
- Conduct onboarding, mentoring, and periodic performance assessments • Create a collaborative, high-performance work culture
3. Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as secondary liaison with client focal points and stabilization partners
- Lead coordination operations calls, ad-hoc donor briefings, and engagement with national counterparts
- Translate Farsight’s fieldwork into insights that inform client stabilization programming
4. Learning & Strategic Delivery
- Lead integration of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) insights into project design and strategic pivots
- Own and ensure the quality, timeliness, and relevance of all project deliverables
- Direct adaptive management processes in response to evolving field conditions and shifting partner priorities, driving agile and responsive program execution
REQUIREMENTS:
- Master’s degree in Project Management, Development Studies, or related field
- Minimum 7 – 10 years of experience in managing complex projects and leading teams
- Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines, and multi-stakeholder environments
- Strong leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills
- Demonstrated ability in writing Research and M& E Proposals
- Extensive national and international (Somalia) experience in project management
- Familiarity with the socio-cultural context of East Africa
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
- Excellent client-facing and internal verbal and written communication skills
- Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail and multi-tasking
- Ability to predict challenges and proactively head-off obstacles
- Excellent problem-solving skills, innovative and solutions-oriented
How to apply
Kindly send your application letter and CV to jobs@farsightafrica.com before 5th September 2025.
