Turkey: Child Protection Project Manager

Job Title: Child Protection Project Manager

Position Code: : MWL 00 719

Sector: Programme - Protection

Location: Gaziantep, Turkey.

Employee Type: Regular

Employee Category: Full Time

Report to: Education & Protection Programme Coordinator.

Deadline: 10/11/2019

About Mercy Without Limits:

MWL is a humanitarian, advocacy, non-profit organization dedicated to work with communities in order to overcome poverty. ’s main priorities are aimed at empowering women, youth, people with disabilities and children by enabling them to participate in economic, social, and civil spheres. We aim to protecting women, youth, people with disabilities and children rights by the constitution and legislation systems.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Mercy Without Limits is seeking an Project Manager to oversee CP project to be implemented in the North of Syria. The position will be based in MWL’s Gaziantep office and will include the remote management of a team in Syria on the ground.

Functional and hierarchical reporting lines: The Project Manager directly reports to the Education & Protection Programme Coordinator (PC) and is under the overall supervision of Head of Programmes. The Project Manager is expected to coordinate closely with other departments within MWL, including Food Security and Livelihoods as well as supporting departments such as Procurement, Finance, HR and M&E.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Project Implementation

· Responsible for the management and implementation of child protection project implemented in northern Syria including the supervision of case management activities in the project. This includes all phases of the project cycle, from planning project activities, monitoring progress, ensuring accurate budget monitoring/spend as well as timely achievement of the project’s milestones and reporting on project results.

· Recruitment, training and development of the capacities of project staff;

· Managing activities in line with MWL’s projects, Syria strategy and sectorial guidelines;

· Developing and maintaining a database of project outputs, activity tracking, training evaluation and achieved results to provide information for both internal and external reporting;

· Ensure timely procurement and smooth operational support in the field through close coordination with the Logistics Department, and provision of necessary program inputs (including regular updates of the project procurement plan, technical inputs for procurement, purchase requests, etc.).

· Plan relevant activities and related BoQs/procurement (according to MWL’s SOPs), coordinate with the field team for feedback and planning, supervise and monitor the activities and report on the outputs and implementation details.

· Calculate regular cash needs related to coordination/capacity building activities. Ensure any needs are coordinated with the PC on a regular basis/as requested.

· Supervise field teams to ensure progress against plans, timely reporting of outputs, challenges, liaison with local partners and communities. Ensure that main programmatic decisions and plans are being communicated to the field teams in a timely manner.

· Oversee timely preparation of relevant programme documentation for approval from Gaziantep programme and finance teams, including payment planning documents, beneficiary signature lists, Payment Approval Forms, etc.

· In coordination with the PC, lead development and implementation of rigorous control mechanisms to ensure compliance with internal and donors requirements (procurement, approvals, and accountability and anti-fraud mechanisms).

· Review and approve key project documentations.

· Strive for continuous improvement of quality of the implemented programme by collecting, strengthening and sharing know-how and good practice internally.

· Through close monitoring of the context, developing approaches and activities ensuring promotion of the “Do No Harm” principles.

1. Human Resource Management

· Provide day-to-day support, coordination and mentoring to field teams.

· Manage the team, allocate tasks, monitor the completion, mentor and support their development (relevant skills and knowledge).

· Support the recruitment of new staff through contribution to the development of TORs, testing and interviewing of candidates.

1. Coordination

· Contribute to the planning of, and participate in, regular planning and activity status meetings with the field team and Gaziantep based assistants (in cooperation with line mangers).

· Coordination with all other MWL Programme and M&E department on assessments, analysis, procedures and implementation;

1. Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

· Lead M&E activities in coordination with the PC, M&E Team and field teams including: a) design and implementation of relevant needs assessments, baseline surveys, PDM surveys, end-line surveys, and other monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure M&E data that is consistent with internal and donor requirements; b) ensure monitoring and control over the remotely managed activities under this positions’ authority in Syria.

· Ensure data collection related to activities are collected, analyzed and reported to PC, M&E officer and, where relevant.

1. Grant Development / Reporting

· Ensure timely reporting from the field, check reporting from field level for quality, accuracy, and consistency with internal and donor reporting requirements, and provide feedback to field teams for improvements as necessary.

· In cooperation with line managers, ensure that expected project results, outputs and outcomes under this positions’ authority are monitored and met within the project timeframes.

· Coordinate with the field team for accurate data collection, compile and develop reports/ reporting inputs for key donors related to the activities under this position’s authority, as described within this ToR.

· Summarize and share weekly updates regarding the activities allocated with the PC.

· Cooperate and support any other tasks related to coordination and capacity building as requested by the PC.

· Provide input for grant/donor and programme milestone and reports to Programmes

· Establish and implement internal reporting system.

· Update monthly situation report and Grant performance Tracker.

Other

· Other tasks assigned by employee’s Line Manager corresponding to actual needs of the mission, programs, and projects.

· Substitute relevant colleagues (fully or partially) during their absence when assigned by employee’s Line Manager.

· Understand and adhere to the mission’s National Staff Handbook, MWL Code of Conduct, MWL Key Policies and relevant guidelines.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

· Bachelor’s in social and human sciences or Economics Field Essential.

· Education University Education completed.

· Experience in Protection especially child protection and GBV

· Good contextual knowledge of local community and social/cultural constraints, realities and organizational relationships.

· Experience in management of multicultural teams in complex settings.

· The position requires technical expertise in case management supervision.

· The position requires ability and willingness to travel to field sites within Syria.

Essential / Preferred:

· Knowledge & Skills Logical and analytical abilities Essential.

· Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge through informal and formal training Essential.

· Excellent M&E and tool development skills, linked to the education sector and self-learning;

· Familiarity with the humanitarian context in the north of Syria (preferable);

· Proposal writing (preferable);

· Experience of working in complex and volatile contexts (preferable);

· Experience in budget management, reporting, and donor relations;

· Experience of managing staff, preferably through remote management;

· Strong critical analysis and problem-solving skills;

· Fluency in English – both written and verbal.

· Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team Essential.

· Good organizational and time management skills Essential.

· Excellent written and oral communication skills in English Essential.

· Computer proficiency in word processing, Power Point, Outlook and Excel.

· Notes and other internet applications Essential.

MWL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MWL considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

As required by law, the MWL will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with a known disability.

If you interested applicant for the position, please fill the application and attach CV and cover letter as a single document including explaining your salary expectations to as soon as possible via the followinglink:

https://forms.gle/Pho1T2ZigNH3jZA27

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on the following email:

Recruitment@mercywithoutlimits.org

Please kindly be informed that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.