Country: Turkey
Closing date: 15 Aug 2017
Scope of Work:
The Program Manager will be responsible for supporting Mayday’s remotely-managed gender and community protection program in Syria and gender mainstreaming within existing programs.
They will provide strategic leadership in the development, planning and implementation of the programme, ensuring a high quality, multi-sectoral approach, aiming at reaching Sphere standards, with a strong focus on accountability.
They will work with, support and manage partner’s staff to design, implement, monitor and report on program work, according to agreed program priorities and objectives. They will develop needs-based concept notes and proposals for new programme activities identified for implementation, making sure that gender is mainstreamed and integrated in programme designs and plans. They will also support and build capacity of partner organisations to deliver project activities according to agreements. The Syria context is ever changing. Ideal candidate will be required to adapt strategies and program activities to ensure effective and efficient implementation and achievement of all program goals. Mayday's community protection program is relatively new and growth is expected due to the needs in the country and the few actors in the sector .
Tasks and Activities
- 1. Advice, design and implement appropriate community protection programming, with special focus on interventions that can build upon existing programming.
- Provide programmatic and technical leadership on community protection activities, ensuring strategic direction of project operations.
- Design and implement appropriate community protection programs by ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.
- Establish detailed implementation plans, including phased budgets, M&E and indicator tracking plans.
- Integrate M&E systems to support beneficiary accountability, donor reporting, performance metrics and organizational learning.
- Develop project proposals and long term funding strategies.
- Manage program budget lines and ensure proper and effective use of program resources.
- Prepare timely program and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal Mayday requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
- Provide technical advice to senior management as required.
- Develop and support an excellent working relationship between implementing and non-implementing partners based on effective and timely communication
- Liaise with local partners, NGOs, and other relevant entities for coordination and implementation, including with relevant clusters.
- Provide briefings to the SMT and other staff as appropriate on the progress of project implementation
- In collaboration with the partnerships manager, develop a capacity building plan for partners that is focused on program management, protection mainstreaming and best practices
Organize learning events around gender and ensure program integration and mainstreaming
Required qualifications
Education / Training
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Development studies or other related fields or combination of relevant education and experience relevant to the job.
• Certification/training in gender and protection mainstreaming
Experience/Technical Skills
• Strong experience in project management, capacity building and training
• Understanding of the key strategies and principles of gender, protection programming and the varying needs of women, men, boys and girls living in areas of conflict.
• Experience working with and supporting implementing partners
• Fluency in English and Arabic
• Experience in Emergency Response-specific activities in a humanitarian context, preferably in Syrian context
• Experience in donor and stakeholder coordination
Competencies
· Functional/ Technical Skills
· Integrity and Trust
· Building Effective Teams
· Managing Through Systems
· Developing Direct Reports and Others
· Innovation Management **
How to apply:
Mayday Rescue is committed to diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities within its workforce, regardless to race, colour, gender, nationality, age, religious and political believes, or sexual orientation.
Mayday Rescue encourages qualified female and male candidates, to apply to become a part of our team.
If you find your self a good match for this position, and if your are interested in joining a highly dynamic team and having a direct positive impact on Mayday’s programmes, please send us your CV by clicking the below link:
