Project Manager, Operations Management, Project & Program Management

Project Manager | The Hague, the Netherlands | Full-time

By 2030, 150 million people are able to prevent or resolve their most pressing justice problems. Do you want to join us on our mission?

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is a social enterprise that works internationally to enhance access to justice through innovation. We are committed to closing the justice gap (SDG 16.3). We do this by helping to develop and implement people-centred justice. That means justice that is affordable, accessible and easy to understand.

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is looking for a Project Manager based in The Hague. As a Project Manager, you will develop, manage, and report on the implementation of HiiL’s projects, working closely with country teams to achieve project goals within time, budget, and quality constraints. HiiL operates primarily across Africa and the Middle East.

This is a role for a technical practitioner who excels at turning high-level goals into high-performing project realities. As Project Manager, you are the operational engine of HiiL’s projects across the MENA region and Africa . Reporting to the Programme Director MENA, you hold end-to-end accountability for project implementation, ensuring that every deliverable meets HiiL’s quality standards while staying strictly within time and budget constraints.

This is not a role for a "coordinator" or a "strategist"; we need a project manager who owns the capacity planning, the Google Sheets trackers, and the financial burn rates.

How will you contribute to HiiL’s mission?

Project Lifecycle & Operational Execution

• Manage projects within scope, time, and budget, ensuring quality implementation in line with project plans, contracts, and donor requirements;
• Develop and manage project budgets/forecasts; support internal/external workforce and financial resource planning in close coordination with senior project manager;
• Facilitate financial transactions and oversee project expenditure to ensure accurate, efficient use of funds and donor compliance in coordination with finance and the senior project manager.
• Develop new project proposals and work plans, collaborating with senior project manager, Finance, donors, and project team members.

Monitoring and reporting:
Provide timely and high-quality narrative and financial reporting to management and donors;
Monitor risks and proactively manage changes to scope, budget, and timelines; ensure all changes are documented and compliant.

Contract Management :
Manage contracts with external stakeholders, ensure procurement policy is adhered to, and contracts are in line with applicable legislation;
Ensure project documentation is accurate, complete, and audit-ready at all stages of implementation.

Knowledge sharing and learning:
Actively contribute to the Project Management Practice Group to share tools, lessons learned, and best practices and share knowledge to nurture project management expertise in HiiL;
Work closely with the Senior Project Manager to enhance organisation-wide project management capabilities.

What we look for in our new colleague

• 5+ years of direct work experience in end-to-end project management. You must have a proven track record of taking a project from the initiation phase through to closing, with full accountability for results. Experience in the international development sector is preferred.
• Bachelor's / Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience with standard project management methodologies, tools and software.
• Project Management Certification is an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to manage team workloads and capacity planning. You should be skilled at identifying resource gaps and optimizing team output to meet deadlines.
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