PNS Project Coordinator
Coordinate and manage PNS-funded projects for children's well-being.
Overview
Coordinate and manage PNS-funded projects for children's well-being.
You have:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
- 3 years of experience in project management or related field is required.
- Knowledge of child well-being and community development is essential.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are mandatory.
- Ability to work with diverse teams and stakeholders is important.
- Flexibility to work in challenging environments is slightly important.
- Experience in fundraising is slightly important.
- Fluency in Mongolian and English is essential.
With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:
Job Title: PNS Project Coordinator
Contract type: Fixed term
Location: Ulaanbaatar
Reports to: Interim Strategy and Evidence Lead
The PNS (Private Non-Sponsorship) Project Coordinator plays a key role in the successful implementation of internally funded projects that contribute to the sustained well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable. This position is responsible for coordinating and managing diverse project interventions funded through World Vision Mongolia’s internal fundraising efforts, ensuring alignment with the organization’s child well-being objectives and community development priorities.
The Coordinator will lead the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of PNS-funded projects in collaboration with local government, civil society, and community stakeholders. The role requires strong project management skills, the ability to adapt to various thematic areas (e.g., education, health, child protection, livelihoods, WASH), and a commitment to community empowerment and child-focused development.
50%
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- Facilitate consultative planning, reflection, and feedback with project stakeholders.
- Facilitate the project planned activities cooperating with key stakeholders and project beneficiaries
- Spend project budgets efficiently in consultation with management team and key partners and donor approvals, ensure funds are spent in alignment with budgets on time.
- Ensure program expenditures, to ensure that they are within the project budget and under World Vision’s financial policies and donor’s requirements
- Ensure program accountability and sustainability drivers throughout program implementation
- Prepare the project documentation and reporting to ensure all required reports are submitted on time, accurate, and complete. This is including the provision of information for the monthly report, quarterly report, monitoring checklist, along with updated indicator tracking table and project documentation.
- Ensure timely completion of project visibility plan following a Support office requirements, prepare all necessary data and information in required formats.
30%
PROJECT PLANNING, MONITORING AND REPORTING
- Prepare monthly plan in accordance with design document and submit to the project leader, share approved document with field staff to help better planning of their field activity
- Lead effective monitoring at project target areas and collates & supply monitoring data to DME manager, Operations Director, Strategy and Evidence Lead and World Vision technical programs staff
- Lead project baseline, end-line and monitoring studies and provide technical support to project field staff ensuring monitoring process held properly.
- Ensures monitoring information is used to improve project performance and made available for technical program reports
- Contribute to Donor visibility plan is developed and implemented in line with donor requirements
- Prepare the project documentation to ensure all required reports are submitted on time, accurate, and complete. This is including the provision of information for the monthly report, quarterly report, monitoring checklist, along with updated indicator tracking table and project documentation
- Provide monthly, semi and annual reports based on activities undertaken and results
- Support to develop the grant project proposal & design as required
- Coordinate the implementation, and monitoring of the project at the project target areas with local government units and other stakeholders.
15%
NETWORKING AND COORDINATION
- Work closely and develop a professional relationship with partner agencies, including local Governor Offices and relevant agencies.
- Engage in community, as well as national level policy dialogues, deliver project impact and lessons learnt to respective authorities, donor agency, and the representative support office
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with community leaders, FBO’s and local NGO’s to enhance program effectiveness.
- Ensures program priorities and approaches are aligned with community, partners & donor’s requirement and standards
- Coordinate donors & partners visits in the project fields
- Regular information sharing with partners on project implementation and document best practices
5%
GENERAL
- Contribute to the common goal and aspirations of the WVI Mongolia,
- Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisors
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only
Potential interview questions
| Describe a time when you successfully managed a project. What were the key elements that contributed to its success? | This question assesses your project management skills and ability to deliver results. | Focus on specific outcomes, collaboration, and the techniques you used to overcome challenges. |
| How do you ensure that project stakeholders remain engaged and informed throughout the project lifecycle? | This question gauges your stakeholder management abilities. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Give an example of a situation where you had to adapt your project plan due to unforeseen circumstances. How did you handle it? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use to monitor and evaluate project progress? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience working with local governance and community stakeholders. How do you approach these relationships? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you give an example of when you had to prepare a detailed project report? What steps did you take? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you handle conflicts that may arise with project team members or stakeholders? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What do you believe are the most critical factors for the sustainability of a project in the non-profit sector? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |