# Project Manager - Haiti > ARK Group · Port-au-Prince, Haiti · Contract · Posted 2026-06-12 **Workplace:** on_site ## Description Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Role Type: Consultancy Duration: July 2026 - March 2028 / Full Time CLOSING DATE: 26th June 2026 ** About ARK** ARK is a social enterprise, empowering local communities through the provision of agile and sustainable interventions to create greater stability, opportunity and hope for the future.  We believe that strong, resilient communities are the foundation of local, national, regional and international development and stability – and ultimately a safer, peaceful and more prosperous world. At ARK, we have delivered research and programmatic interventions validating this approach in over twenty countries since 2008. As a social enterprise, we work in partnership with communities, our donors, and other implementers to build local capacities, generate opportunity and bring about sustainable change.  Learn more about our impact here:  [https://www.ark.international/impact](https://www.ark.international/impact) **About the role** The Project Manager is responsible for the overall planning, co-ordination, and delivery of the Project (LUPUS) in Haiti, ensuring that objectives are achieved on time, within scope, and within budget. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, managing stakeholders (including local partners, donors, and representatives), and ensuring alignment with ARK’s organisational goals and providing coherence for Project needs.    **What you'll be doing** - **Strategic Oversight and Direction:** Provide leadership and strategic guidance for Haiti Project, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and long-term impact goals, reporting into the ARK Operations Director and updating the ARK CEO on a weekly basis.  Regular engagement with the Project Donor and Stakeholders, set priorities, guide decision-making, and adapt strategy in response to evolving Project needs and local Security situation in Haiti.  Provide mentoring support, as required, to the Haitian National Police (HNP) Polygraph Unit.  - **Financial Management and Oversight:**  Supported by the ARK Finance and ARK Operations Support departments, monitor the project’s financial performance, including tracking the glidepath, expenditure against budget, and ensuring cost efficiency with Finance colleagues. Act as the primary point of contact for the Finance Department, supporting forecasting, reporting, and financial compliance.  - **Donor, Partner and Stakeholder Engagement Lead and focal point for all Project external communications:**  Develop and maintain close relationship with the Project Donor, the Canadian Government’s “Global Affairs Canada (GAC)”.  Develop and maintain relationships with Project Stakeholders, including, but not limited to; HNP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).  Be prepared to conduct further engagement as required during Project Lifecycle.  Provide regular updates, manage expectations, and ensure transparency and accountability in all engagements.     - **Security:** Monitor the Security situation in Haiti, particularly focussing on Port-au-Prince, and utilise local partners and Stakeholder knowledge to enhance situational understanding.  Ensure that all Project activities adhere to Project Risk Management Plan and that Security threats are understood, avoided, or mitigated, where possible.    - **Managing Project Deliverables:** Oversee the planning, execution, and timely delivery of all project outputs. Ensure deliverables meet agreed standards, milestones are achieved, and any risks or delays are proactively addressed and mitigated.  - **Lead Weekly and Internal Meetings:** Chair weekly Project meetings and other internal sessions, setting agendas, facilitating discussions, and ensuring clear actions and follow-ups. Promote effective communication and alignment across all team members.  - **Resource Allocation and Team Co-ordination:** Lead for co-ordinating Project resources, including personnel and materials, to ensure efficient and effective delivery. Support team members, clarify roles and responsibilities, and foster collaboration across functions and locations.  Act as focal point to manage and support Project Construction company and Polygraph SME training delivery team.  - **On-Site Visits and In-Country Engagement:** Conduct regular visits to Project locations at HQ Director-General HNP, and the current Polygraph Unit location in Port-au-Prince, to monitor progress, assess and mitigate risk and challenges, and ensure quality of implementation. Build and maintain strong relationships with in-country staff, local partners, and community stakeholders.  - **Reporting and Documentation:** Prepare and deliver high-quality weekly, quarterly, and ad hoc Project reports. Ensure accurate documentation of progress, risks, financials, and impact, tailored to both internal and external audiences.  Produce and deliver Project weekly Meeting written summary of points and action plan.  Act as Secretariat for GAC chaired Project Monthly Polygraph co-ordination Meeting, and produce and deliver summary of points and action plan.  - **Approvals:** Where appropriate, and agreed with ARK HQ, sign off consultants’ invoices, L&P approvals and other associated documentation.  - **Business Development Support:** Contribute to business development activities, including proposal preparation, documentation, and coordination of inputs. Support the identification of new opportunities and strengthening of donor relationships.  - **Safeguarding:** Be aware of and compliant with all the standards following Safeguarding procedures and policies. Promote ARK’s speak up culture in order to protect the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. ## Requirements **Qualifications and experience**  - Minimum 10 years of professional experience in project and programme management. - Background in Law Enforcement or security operations. **Essential** - Proven experience supporting either US or Canadian Government donor-funded police capacity building projects. - Strong understanding of conflict sensitivity and safeguarding. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. - Proven ability to work independently and objectively. - Strong communication skills – verbal and written. Full fluency in English.   - Familiarity with security procedures when operating in a high-risk, complex threat environment. - Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills. - Proven integrity, discretion, and ability to manage sensitive information. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. - Knowledge of donor regulations (e.g., GAC, US, UN). - Strong skills in budget monitoring, reporting, and compliance. - Ability to deploy to Haiti for extended periods of time on a rotational basis. **Desirable** - Minimum 5 years experience of working in Law Enforcement Polygraphy.  - Experience of Mentoring and advising Police Leadership on Polygraph Unit capabilities.  - Awareness of Basic Polygraph Examiners Courses and content.  - Basic Level/Professional Level standard in spoken French. ## Benefits **Why join ARK?**   - **Impactful Work:** Your expertise will directly impact the lives of those in need.   - **Global Reach:** Collaborate with international experts and local stakeholders.   - **Innovation:** Engage in pioneering solutions for sustainable change.   - **Career Growth:** Expand your horizons with varied projects and challenges.   **Our People** Our team covers a diverse range of professional backgrounds, from diplomacy, humanitarian, development and the military, to the UN, civil society groups, multilateral organizations, journalism and the private sector.   Smart: We think deeply about things. We’re proud of our institutional knowledge and our grounding in rigorous research, which we use to make informed decisions.    Humble: Our work leaves little room for pride or arrogance. Our operating environment is constantly evolving, and we recognize out limitations. We believe in and rely on the education and experiences of others while remaining quick to read, invite feedback, and ask sensible questions.    Accountable: Each of us want ARK, its partners, and beneficiaries to succeed. This means taking initiative, assuming ownership when necessary and never giving up on our beneficiaries. We are committed and accountable, to both our donors and the communities we serve.    Collegiate: We know we are stronger together and that every contribution counts. We trust each other and always support each other.    Outspoken: We tackle diverse challenges, and we always want to find the best solution to a problem. We aren’t afraid to share our opinions, and we want to hear those of others too.    _ARK Group is an equal opportunity employer. We actively seek a diverse applicant pool and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. ARK Group does not discriminate on the basis of ability, age, gender identity or expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. We welcome all kinds of diversity. ARK Group places human dignity at the center of its development and stabilization work and is this committed to the protection from sexual exploitation and abuse of children and adults. All ARK Group employees and related personnel are expected to share this commitment and only those who also uphold these values will be recruited as part of our team. This vacancy is therefore subject to a range of due diligence checks._ ## Apply [Apply at ARK Group](https://apply.workable.com/arkgroup/j/9D318D3AF3/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)