Project Management

• Providing overall leadership, management and strategic direction for the UNHCR Kassala project;
• Responsible for ensuring the project achieves agreed outputs, outcomes and targets
• Oversee the project administration, implementation and financial management to ensure that activities aligns with programmatic approach, budget allocations, ARC’s policies, and UNHCR’s regulations and procedures;
• Provide direction and guidance to the Kassala project staff on compliance issues, procurement
• Standards/requirements, and other administrative questions related to the project.
• Ensure consistency in understanding of the project log frame, monitoring, funding and reporting requirements for the Project.
• Lead the implementation of the work plans and ensure project responds to changing conditions and operating environments;
• Work closely with the Health and WASH officers to ensure a comprehensive integrated approach to meet the program objectives
• Responsible for monthly and quarterly project reporting, including progress on indicators and objectives
• Represent the Kassala project at conferences, working groups, and meetings and maintain positive relationships with implementing partners, local authorities, and the various office teams;
• Identify technical assistance needs and training resources among project staff, partners, government counterparts and beneficiaries and coordinate the provision of technical assistance;

Financial Management

• Ensure conformity with agreed project budget
• Responsible for reviewing monthly management accounts including transactions, providing monthly feedback by the deadline on any corrections, missing transactions and justification for over/under spends and preparing monthly forecasts.
• Responsible for quarterly analysis of the project budget, target settings and reviewing spends with programme staff, especially on burn rate and variances.
• Assist in the preparation of the consolidated financial report as per the contractual obligations.
• When necessary, take the initiative in leading the proposal/budget revision processes with local partners

Human Resources

• Manage project team members and oversee the running of the Kassala Office
• Identify technical assistance needs and training resources among project staff, partners, government counterparts and beneficiaries and coordinate the provision of technical assistance;

Liaison and Coordination

• Serve as overall communications/liaison with the UNHCR Kassala Field Office, and key stakeholders including government representatives in the project area.
• Liaise with other NGOs/INGOs, relevant government agencies in Kassla State.
• Be responsible for the representation of ARC to donors, government, UN agencies and other NGOs in relation to the project within Kassala State

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or advanced degree in Public health, Nutrition, Agriculture, Economics, Business Management, International Development, or other relevant subjects;
• At least five years’ experience and at least 2 years in similar coordination/programme management position
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
• Fluency in English and Arabic oral and written is required.
• Willingness and ability to work in unstable environments and adhere to ARC’s security policies
• Excellent computer skills

KEY BEHAVIORS & ABILITIES

• Extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations
• Willingness to frequently travel and live in remote and challenging security contexts
• Ability to work under pressure and able to operate creatively under difficult circumstances
• Meticulous, detailed, well-organized and able to work independently to meet deadlines
• Demonstrate commitment to ARC’s core values and policies

IMPORTANT

• All interested candidates are requested to submit their application letters, updated CV, educational qualifications certificates, training, experience certificates and birth certificates/ national ID documents. to sudanjob.net, no later than the above-mentioned date.
• Only short – listed candidates will be contacted for the written test and interview.