Job Opportunity in Lebanon
HEKS/EPER is looking for a program manager !
Intervention Sector(s):
Coordination & Information management, Development, Labor & Livelihoods, Refugees, Relief Services
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Contract Type:
Full Time
Period of Employment
N/A
Governorate/District:
Job Location
Beirut
Working Area
Beirut with field visits to other areas in Lebanon
Salary
N/A
Salary Range:
2000 to 2500 (USD)
Education Degree:
Masters Degree
Experience Requirements:
5 to 10 years
Arabic Language:
Fluent
English Language:
Fluent
French Language:
None
Requires a Cover Letter?:
yes
Application Submissions Guideline:
Please
send your complete application in one pdf only (essentials: motivation
letter, CV, availability to start working, salary expectations and 3
references) to nicolas.karadjian@heks-eper.org
no later than July 18th, 2018. Motivation letter should reflect
experience with the most relevant proposals development you contributed
to, programme monitoring experience of partners, capacity building with
national partners.
Contact Person Name:
Nicolas Karadjian
Contact Person Position:
Country Delegate
Contact Person Email:
Description:
Key areas of responsibility:
As a member of the Senior Management Team, contribute to:
- Leadership of HEKS/EPER Lebanon
- Support the development of an organisational culture of quality that reflects our mandate, values, promotes accountability and high performance, creativity and innovation
- Help establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships with key actors such as: host government authorities, partner agencies including humanitarian and development donors, local and international NGOs
- Play an important role in identifying potential needs and in providing relevant and accurate information/data so to support business development initiatives and fundraising
- Ensure that program monitoring and evaluation systems are in place and adequate to the task
- Provide a leadership and coordinating role on crosscutting programmatic issues
- With the current set-up of HEKS/EPER Lebanon, She/he will also support the CD for any administrative and financial tasks of the Country Office
Strategic Planning
- Provide overall strategic and operational leadership to the CO
- Contribute to HEKS/EPER Lebanon Country Strategic Plan, Regional Strategic Plan, Country Annual Reports, Partnering Strategy, and other key strategic planning documents as required
- Ensure strong communication with staff members and partners
- Ensure clear process in place for tracking and reporting on progress against deliverables
- Lead on internal and external project/programme evaluations as necessary and ensure the execution of baseline, periodic, and final evaluations as necessary in coordination with the Country Delegate
Coordination, advocacy and representation
- Lead external representation with all relevant donors and the Lebanese government
- Share operational and technical learnings with Working Groups
- Identify key opportunities
Programme delivery and technical harmonisation
- Lead operational planning for the delivery of activities
- With the Country Delegate, ensure the design and development of emergency and development programmes of a high quality that contribute the Country Office’s strategies and plans
- Ensure that programme implementation is managed closely through the rigorous use of structured, updated workplans, indicator tracking sheets and approved monitoring & evaluation plans
- Ensure regular progress monitoring is taking place at different levels in coordination with other agencies
- Oversee knowledge sharing between partners (including Activity Info), and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are understood and used to programme implementation
- Maintain clear overview of technical assistance requirements for all consortiums and ensure appropriate levels of technical support are provided to consortium partners
- Manage relationship with any contracted service providers
- Conduct regular field monitoring of activities
Budget Management and compliance
- Ensure that all projects progress in accordance with donor and HEKS/EPER compliance requirements, within time and on budget
- Oversee budget for all projects/consortium, ensuring partner expenditures are in line with agreed budget. Work closely with the Financial consultant in this regard
- Monitor expenditure, forecasting and financial performance
- Ensure timely preparation and submission of reports to donors, ensuring full review by internal stakeholders and partners as required
- Identify and effectively manage all key risks related to the programme in coordination with consortium partners
Staff Development
- Assist in developing job descriptions and recruiting staff
- Work with the Country Delegate to ensure the appropriate training of current staff and the comprehensive orientation of new staff
- Ensure that regular, high quality staff performance monitoring and evaluations are conducted for all staff
Emergency Response Management
- In coordination with the Country Delegate, maintain consistent and coherent engagement in key inter-agency emergency preparedness and response coordination mechanisms including the Working Group system
- Provide support in the development of funding proposal for the Middle East region (e.g. Iraq, Syria) after the approval of Lebanon Country Delegate
- Extensive experience of working within a management role within a complex country programme in Lebanon
- Significant experience leading strategic planning and in programme design and proposal development
- Previous experience of managing programme teams (including local partner’s teams)
- Education to MSc/MA level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an NGO environment, including experience directing and implementing programs in both emergency and development contexts
- Experience in sectors such as livelihoods, Shelter, food security and WASH
- Specific experience of designing and managing consortia projects is desirable
- Experience of managing multi-donor, multi-site programmes (including OCHA, ECHO, DFID)
- Commitment to, thorough understanding of, and able to train staff in participation and accountability approaches
- Demonstrated ability to set up learning and development processes for local partner
- Proven ability of mentoring and coaching
- Experience of senior level representation
- Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic level
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English and Arabic
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible Do not forget to follow our blog and
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