A leader in development consultancy, GOPA Worldwide Consultants implements projects in developing and transition economies on behalf of national and international development partners, national authorities, industry representatives and civil society organisations. We work in six core sectors – Education and Employment Promotion, Governance and Economic Development, Rural Development and Environment, Health and Social Development, Statistics, and Monitoring & Evaluation.

For our Health and Social Development department, we are looking for a

Project Manager (m/f/d) Health and Social Development– maternity cover with the possibility of extension

to start as soon as possible in our headquarters in Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt am Main), with travel to project countries.

The department Health and Social Development was created after the merger of EPOS Health Management and GOPA Worldwide Consultants in September 2020. Our core areas of expertise include inclusive policy and financing, health infrastructure, health service delivery, and pandemic preparedness and response. Our main clients are Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the European Union (EU), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank (WB) and the Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB).

As Project Manager, you will be responsible for the acquisition of new projects, particularly with GIZ, KfW, EU, ADB, and also for the financial and technical backstopping of ongoing projects. Besides working in our headquarters, and once the Covid-19 travel restrictions are lifted, you travel abroad regularly for fact finding and backstopping missions, as well as for short-term expert assignments with our clients.