Project Manager

ICON-INSTITUT GmbH & Co. KG Consulting Gruppe

ICON-INSTITUT GmbH is a private company designing, managing, and implementing international projects in development cooperation. During more than 45 years of experience, we have established ourselves as a recognised actor in the development and cooperation sector. We support our partners and clients with expertise, knowledge and capacities and have developed solid cooperation and working relations with international and national development organisations as well as national and local governmental institutions and civil society organisations. We value interdisciplinary and integrated approaches through our core services: capacity development and training, technical assistance, consultancy, and research.

ICON-INSTITUT GmbH currently seeks to expand its dynamic head office team in Cologne/Germany with one or more Project Manager positions.

Sector: Education

Begin: November/December 2021

Position: Project Manager, Fulltime

Location: ICON head office in Cologne

Job Description:

With this job offer we are seeking an ambitious colleague who is eager to join our business area ‘Education’ at our head office in Cologne as a project manager working in project acquisitions and management.

Project Acquisition:

• Networking with partner companies, formation of consortia
• Expert search, negotiation and recruitment of experts
• Tender coordination / preparation of technical and financial proposals for international financing institutions such as GIZ, KfW, EU and World Bank
• Fact finding missions and business intelligence

Project Management:

• Contract management with donors and partners
• Project planning and supervision (technical and administrative backstopping, budget management and control)
• Project monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance of deliverables
• Recruiting of experts and supervision of project teams