Project Manager
CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY: PROJECT MANAGER – ST LUCIA
Salary: £1,833 (GBP) gross per month
Contract type: 2.5-year fixed-term full-time contract (with the possibility of extension)
Based: Castries (with regular travel across St Lucia and some travel in the OECS region)
Responsible to: Destinations Programme Officer (UK)
Overview: Project manage the delivery of the ‘Transforming Tourism Value Chains’ project in St Lucia on behalf of the Travel Foundation.
THE TRAVEL FOUNDATION
If we do tourism right, destinations won't just survive, they'll thrive. Anyone who is involved in tourism can be part of this. We believe that tourism can and should shape a better future for destinations. Done well, it can bring new jobs and livelihoods for local people; as well as resources for the conservation of cultural heritage and the natural environment.
The Travel Foundation is a registered charity in the UK, founded in 2003. We are a charity that works in partnership with leading tourism organisations in popular holiday destinations around the world. We design and deliver sustainable tourism initiatives and research programmes to enable businesses, governments and communities to maximise the benefits and minimise the negative impacts of tourism. For more information please visit: thetravelfoundation.org.uk
THE TRANSFORMING TOURISM VALUE CHAINS PROJECT
The Travel Foundation is collaborating with UN Environment, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and national partners to deliver the Transforming Tourism Value Chains Project on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety.
The project aims at reducing GHG emissions and improving resource efficiency in key tourism sector value chains with high resource use i.e. accommodation, food & beverage, and meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE). Transforming the sector to low carbon, resource efficient operations, requires an increase in sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices by businesses and tourists through more coherent actions in countries. The project will help the Philippines and the Dominican Republic to: 1) establish and analyse the sector’s inventory of GHG emissions and sustainable products and services in the tourism value chains; 2) establish an integrated emissions reduction and resource efficiency action framework based on life cycle approaches, with specific indicators for mitigation/adaptation priorities; 3) build local institutional and networking capacities; 4) support national implementation and results reporting; and 5) enhance regional tourism networking, lessons and learning. Participating SIDS countries will benefit from policy recommendations for and capacity building in low carbon tourism operations.
The Travel Foundation is the main implementing partner for the small island developing states (SIDS) target countries, Mauritius and St Lucia, and is responsible for organising, facilitating and conducting value chain mapping and training workshops, communicating and disseminating project results and assisting the project in developing policy recommendations and action plan priorities for SIDS. In St Lucia, the project will focus on the accommodation value chain only but will also require the establishment and facilitation of an OECS regional stakeholder advisory group to encourage the wider replication of project actions. The Travel Foundation is recruiting for an additional person who would be responsible for the implementation of the OECS stakeholder advisory group. This person would, however, be managed by the Project Manager.
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR WORK
We are currently seeking to contract a Project Manager to join our project implementation team. The successful candidate will be required to work closely with the UK Executive and in-destination colleagues and implementation partners to deliver the project in St Lucia.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful applicant will be responsible for the effective delivery of all project activities in St Lucia. This includes:
• Developing a project implementation plan in liaison with the Travel Foundation
• Identifying and engaging hotels for value chain mapping and associated value chain businesses
• Preparing, organising and facilitating large events, workshops and training for local tourism sector stakeholders
• Supporting hotels to collect data, and using this data to conduct value chain mapping / life-cycle analysis using a methodology established by project partners
• Engaging and liaising directly with operational hotel staff to monitor progress
• Providing line management of the Regional Stakeholder Coordinator to establish and facilitate the delivery of a OECS regional multi-stakeholder group for the project
• Conducting a review of the enabling policy environment and national and international sustainability commitments
• Development and implementation of policy recommendations and action plans
• Maintaining regular communication with all project stakeholders
• Producing high quality project progress reports for funders and project communications documents for local stakeholders
• Collecting project monitoring and evaluation data and using this data to track progress
• Support in the implementation of other project activities as required by project partners
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
• At least 5 years’ experience working in hotels at middle/senior management level, preferably within the Caribbean
• At least 3 years’ experience of programme/project management including planning and implementation
• Ability to be self-directed and autonomous, as well as working as part of team
• Proven experience of facilitating workshops and providing training
• A charismatic and confident person with excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to engage hotel operational staff in the project, motivating them to provide project data
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including ability to speak confidently to large groups of people
• Broad knowledge and understanding of local development issues and policies
• Computer literacy (including: Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Fluent (spoken and written) in English
• Flexibility to travel regularly nationally and, occasionally, internationally.
Desirable
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
• Familiarity with resource efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reductions projects
• Experience of value chain mapping and life cycle analysis or similar activity
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please submit your CV with a 300 word (max) covering letter, highlighting your experience and skills relevant to this vacancy and how this role suits you.
(Please note: shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a written pre-interview assessment)
Closing date: Thursday 11th May at 23:00 (GMT).
Candidates will be informed by Wednesday 17th May if they have been selected for interview.
Interviews will take place between 26 – 30th May in Castries, St Lucia.
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