Program Manager

at Mercy Corps
Location Khartoum, Sudan
Date Posted June 2, 2021
Category Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency SDG

Description

The program manager position will lead the overall management and is accountable for South Kordofan field office project implementation and coordination in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements and Mercy Corps' Program Management Minimum Standards (PM@MC) guidelines to ensure timely and quality implementantioof FSL, WASH and protection component including resilience building efforts as part of early recovery approach. Duty station will be South Kordofan office, with 30% travel to all project intervention areas where Mercy Corps is operational. Ensure appropriate representation of field office (SKS) and good relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders especially local gov't authorities/representatives, FSL clusters and technical working groups, UN agencies and other partners. Manage the project activities throughout the project cycle, directly lead in preparing and developing high-quality project plan, procurement plan, budget management (expenditure planning and expenditure monitoring) and periodic progress reports including Monitoring, Evaluaiotn, and Learning(MEL) while building team and partners' staffs capacity to integrate gender and protection aspects into project activities

 Duties and responsibilities:

Program and Technical Oversight

  • Ensure conducive and supporting environment for filed team leaders/officersfor effective and efficient delivery of program, including high quality capacity bulidingsupport to partners on program standards and technical issues
  • Ensure that program implemention is responsive to communities and partners and consistent with Mercy Corps' relevant program guidelines, principles,values, quality standards and strategic plan
  • Budget management: manage project budget and submit regular spending plans, develop work plans for thefield teams and follow up with progresson a daily basis, developprocurement plans and ensure all procurements are done in time, contribute to budget development;
  • Donor compliance: ensure donor rules and regulationsare followed and all necessary documentation is in place and backed up as needed. This includes effective management and quality control support to local partners.
  • Ensure delivery of high-quality field office monthly/quarterlyreports which provide analysis of contract and financia/lasset management issues, ensuring that all risks are reported timely manner
  • Ensure all interventions adhere to Mercy Corps' Gender Policy, Do No Harm principesl, and beneficiary accountability standards.

Security management

•          Ensure security managements, assessing, monitoring, and analyizngsecurity situations and timely report

•          Ensure that all team members have a clear understanindg of their roles in security management plan and Field Office Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Team management                                                                                           (/    /

•          Recruitment of localstaffs, and ensure necessary induction, training, and suppor\Lasreq i ed.. .

•          Ensure clarity of internal and partner team/staff roles and responsibilities includin'g way  of working with p, a ners and other

 

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POSITION DESCRIPTION

•          Ensure apositive working environment, modelling and encouraging appropriatebehavior and ways of working, while resolving staff concerns and/or correcting negative attitudes

•          Develop the capacity of the team, deepen understanding of their roles and assist with career development

•                     Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence

•                  Promote accountability, communicate expecttaion,sand provide constructive feedback informlaly and formally via regular one on ones and performance review.s

•          In collaboration with country/national techniclateam, Gende,rWASH, FSL and MEL facilities acapacity development initiative

for project team through training,smentoring and coaching to ensure there is acohesive understanindgof project implementation approaches.

•          Maintain a focus on achieving resultsand meeting the agreed objectives, and proactively solve problems

 

Knowledge and Experience

•         MAIS university degree or equivalent experience in business managemen, tSociolog,yeconomics, development studies, or related fields to WASH, food security and livelihoo.d

•         Minimum 5 to 6 years of solid practical experience from senior or middle levelmanagement position in integrated emergency and early recovery project interventions (design, implementat,ioand monitoring)focus on WASH, Food Security and

LiveilhoodN, utrition, gende,rand protection components.

•         A proven record of effective and complex management in ahumaintarianresponse including managing budge,t staff, and funding of the program. This is to includeexcellent people management skills, with a good understanding of team

development and proven financial management skills.

•         Proven track record experience or specialist on any of the following: wate,r sanitation and hygiene promotion, cash and voucher program, Nutrition and Early recovery activitiesin humanitian/ recovery context.

•         Demonstrable understanding of the gender dynamics of proteciot nwork, and ability to capture this in the analysis and design of protection activities, with a strong emphasis on the gendered aspects of conflict, violence,and abuse

•                    Leadership qualitiesand people managemetnexpertise to provide direciton and effective support to a multidiscilpinary and multiculturatleam.

•         Ability to work well under pressure and in response to changing needs.

•         Diplomacy, tact, and negotiation skills

•         Fluent in Arabic and English language

 

Organizational Learning:   As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our undertsandingthat learning organizations are more effecitve, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve - we expect all teammembers to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

 

Accountability to Beneficiarie:sMercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specificallyto our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international  humanitarianand development  work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoringand evaluation of our field projects.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: Senior WASH officer and Senior FSL officer

 

REPORTS DIRECTYL TO: The HoO/programmanager (south Kordofan state)

 

WORKS DIRECTLY WITH: Monitorin,g Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and WASH officers, FSL officers, Field hygiene promote/rcommuntyi Mobilizer,sMEL officers, operation and finance teams as well as other progracmstaffs. ,_..

 Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

SUCCESS FACTORS:                                                                                                                                        f/1/     ,,-

The successful program manager  demonstrated  ability to communicate effectively with team m,embers(international and national personnel) of varied work styles, follow proceduesr, and meet deadline.sShow ability in writterfL       oral communiac,ltQTu skills for regular updates and internal reports in both English and Arabic languages. Demonstrate flexibility r:id eativtiy in planning prepairng work plan, detail implementation and procurement plan and problem solving. Proven ability to le  n q ickly, take toifiati   , and be 

 

POSITION DESCRIPTION

about work assignments and processes is necessary in a dynamic and fast-paced work environmen,t coupled with the ability to respond to many new and unpredictable challenges in a demanding program.

 

LIVING/ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

The position is based in South Kordofan, with frequent travel (30% of time) to specific targeted localities and villages. This position requires of travel by vehicle to localitiesand villages with partner agencies in secure environments. Mercy Corps Team members represent the agency both during and outside of work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit to a field posting. Staff are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in allin-country venues.

at least five years experince  in same level.

 

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