Project Manager

• Resource Type National Recruited Staff (NRS)
• Region HQ
• Date Opened 09/20/2026
• Job Type Full time
• Industry Research and Development
• City Lima
• State/Province Lima

Job Description

The International Potato Center (CIP), on behalf of theLandscape Alliance (CIFOR & ICRAF in Action), is looking for a proactiveProject Manager who will ensure the overall work planning, day-to-daymanagement, delivery and reporting of the IKI projects CAP4BIO (Brazil, Peru,Colombia) and Transformar para Conservar (Peru, Colombia).

About Landscape Alliance: Landscape Alliance (LA) is the operatingname of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and theInternational Centre for Research on Agroforestry (ICRAF). It transformsscience into action, unlocking the power of trees, forests and agroforestrylandscapes to advance planetary health and human well-being.

CIFOR and ICRAF are independentInternational Organizations and CGIAR Research Centers.

About the position: Reportingto the Latin America Director, the Project Manager bridges strategy andexecution. This includes coordinating consortium members' activities in linewith the project documents and objectives, organizing consortium meetings,contracting consultants and external services, and ensuring donor reporting,environmental and social safeguards reporting, MEL, and output/outcomeindicator reporting in compliance with donor guidelines and Landscape Alliancepolicies.

Given the twoprojects' complementary geographic and thematic scope, the position alsofosters synergies and learning between them and across Landscape Alliance teamsand partners, applying a programmatic approach. The position will be based inLima, Peru.

Key responsibilities:

Purpose

• Lead annual project planning, supporting the projectconsortiums in translating project strategies into Annual Operational Workplansand Budgets (and their updates), based on partner inputs, for review by the PIsand Project Steering Committees (PSCs).
• Own and maintain the overall operating framework forproject execution, covering planning, MEL learning loops, partner contractingstandards, and risk & assurance approaches, under the oversight andguidance of the PIs.
• Ensure activities across both IKI projects are carriedout in accordance with the logical framework, workplan, budget, calendar,indicator matrix and project annexes approved by the donor.
• Foster synergies and cross-learning between the CAP4BIOand Transformar para Conservar projects and across Landscape Alliance teams andpartners, applying a programmatic approach.
  
• Oversee the development and implementation of theprojects' MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) plans, including lessonslearned, under the overall supervision of the PIs.
• Support adaptive learning across the programme,including internal reflection, after-action reviews and documentation oflessons learned, in collaboration with the Quality 4 Impact (Q4I) team.

Engagement

• Coordinate joint efforts with consortium partners andCIFOR/ICRAF technical teams to align internal planning cycles with donorreporting timelines and strategic programme milestones.
• Support the PIs in facilitating workstream integrationand run regular internal team meetings to track progress and foster ownershipof deliverables.
• Support the governance and management bodies of theprojects — in particular the Steering Committees and Management teams — andorganize the project task forces.
• Organize consortium-level virtual and face-to-facemeetings (core groups, task forces, technical meetings) under the oversight ofthe PI (core groups/SC meetings) or of responsible staff (technical groups).
• Lead preparation of documentation for SteeringCommittee meetings and serve as secretary of the projects' core groups,preparing meeting minutes.
• Manage effective coordination among consortiumpartners, including through online tools such as virtual document repositories(e.g., SharePoint).
• Coordinate with consortium partners on compliance withco-financing commitments, and monitor their implementation and reporting.
• Coordinate with the Financial Support Unit (FSU) atCIFOR and ICRAF, and with the Program Management Unit (PMU), on financialmanagement, sub-grant/subcontract compliance, and required documentation.
• Liaise with the PIs and PMU to prepare and organizedonor meetings, and to ensure compliance of project activities with theagreements between CIFOR, ICRAF and the project donors.
• Coordinate with the communication specialist toperiodically update project information on IKI and internal project portals,and liaise with relevant officers/coordination committees on knowledgeproducts, strategic briefs and high-level reports.
• Be a member of the Landscape All