Project Manager – RE-LAUNCH, Save the Children Mali | Permanent Opportunity
Save the Children is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the Mali component of the RE-LAUNCH programme. The position is based in Mopti, Mali, with regular travel to implementation sites subject to security clearances and operational conditions.
The role is a full-time, permanent national contract running until March 2028. Applications are strongly encouraged from women.
About the RE-LAUNCH Project
RE-LAUNCH is a regional project funded by the Sahel Regional Fund and implemented across Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
The programme combines humanitarian response and resilience-building interventions in the Liptako-Gourma region. Its areas of work include:
- Health and nutrition
- Child protection
- Food security
- Cash transfers
- Livelihoods
- Community participation
- Climate-sensitive programming
- Gender- and disability-sensitive approaches
The Project Manager will coordinate and monitor implementation of the Mali component, ensuring that programme activities meet approved results, budgets, contractual commitments and quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
The Project Manager will work closely with national partners, technical teams and Save the Children staff to develop and implement a costed Mali implementation plan.
Responsibilities include establishing targets, deadlines, responsibilities and resource requirements, then breaking the plan into quarterly and monthly implementation sequences.
The successful candidate will monitor progress, identify delays and implement corrective actions within their authority.
The role also involves coordinating national operations, maintaining decision and commitment registers, organising follow-up visits and adapting supervision approaches according to security and access constraints.
Programme Quality
The Project Manager will ensure that approved approaches are implemented effectively and that different sectors work together.
The role includes integrating child and community participation, gender equality, disability inclusion, conflict sensitivity and the principle of do no harm into programme activities.
The Project Manager will also identify emerging needs following new shocks and prepare response options for senior management.
Budget and Supply Management
The position carries budgetary responsibility and requires strong financial management skills.
The Project Manager will prepare expenditure and cash-flow forecasts, conduct monthly budget-versus-actual reviews, analyse discrepancies and monitor corrective action plans.
They will also maintain supply plans and anticipate procurement requirements, specifications, delivery timelines and distribution needs.
Partnerships and Accountability
A major component of the position is working with Malian partners while respecting their autonomy and leadership within communities.
The Project Manager will identify partner support needs, coordinate capacity-building activities and help resolve implementation challenges through documented dialogue.
The role also includes implementing MEAL processes, monitoring indicators and data quality, maintaining feedback and complaints mechanisms, contributing to programme reports and documenting lessons learned.
Team Leadership and Security
The successful candidate will supervise an MEAL Officer and Finance Officer and will be responsible for setting objectives, providing feedback, supporting professional development and evaluating staff performance.
Security is also a major responsibility. The Project Manager will maintain operational risk assessments, monitor mitigation measures and organise missions according to established security procedures.
The role requires strict compliance with child safeguarding, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, anti-fraud and data-protection policies.
Requirements
Applicants should have an advanced degree in project management, development, social sciences, public health or a related discipline. Equivalent demonstrated professional experience may also be considered.
Candidates must have at least five years of relevant humanitarian or resilience-programme experience, including at least three years in project management with responsibility for planning, budgets, teams and results monitoring.
Experience with international and national NGOs, multi-sector coordination and institutional funding management is required. Experience in fragile or restricted-access environments is also important. Knowledge of the Malian context is desirable.
Strong knowledge of project-cycle management, budget monitoring, expenditure forecasting, MEAL, safeguarding and partnership approaches is essential.
Excellent written and spoken French is required, while English and knowledge of languages spoken in intervention areas are desirable. Regular travel within Mali is also required.
Key Details
Job Title: Project Manager – RE-LAUNCH
Organisation: Save the Children
Location: Mopti, Mali
Contract: Permanent, until March 2028
Employment: Full time
Team: Operations
Travel: Regular travel within Mali
Application deadline: 18 November 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Applications: Women are strongly encouraged to apply
This opportunity is suited to an experienced humanitarian programme professional with strong project-management, financial, partnership and leadership experience who is prepared to work in a complex and security-sensitive environment in Mali.
