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POSITION: TEAM LEADER

DEPARTMENT: PROGRAMS

REPORTS TO: PROJECT MANAGER

LOCATION: HARGEISA

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Development and Management

  • Line management for senior project staff and support functions in the area
  • Supervise sector coordinators/officers (Health & Nutrition) and provide assistance to successfully implement current programs, ensure consistency with SOPs, and further develop and integrate these sectors where appropriate.
  • Compliance with and adherence to Mercy-USA policies, guidelines and procedures
  • Provide area specific input on organizational strategies, Country Strategy and Plan of Action
  • Organize grants opening and closure meetings at area level
  • Implementation of projects (including master support budget and coordinating input for donor proposals and reports) in the area, in compliance with contractual commitments (i.e. quality, synergies, timeliness, use of resources).
  • Assess needs, develop emergency and recovery response and implement response plans
  • Represent Mercy-USA and networking on area level both with donors/potential donors, coordination forums and other implementing partners
  • Ensure that capacity building is provided to all staff in the area
  • Ensure overall security and safety of staff in the area
  • Liaise with the government of Somaliland and officials from the line ministries.

Finance and Administration

  • In coordination with Programmes Coordinator, review and provide operational feedback to sector and program managers on implementation issues, and develop strategies for improving and enhancing program support services.
  • Enforcing all Mercy USA policies at the field office
  • Approve as required, authorized levels of project related expenditures.
  • Provide constant advice to both field staff and the regional on security situation

Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Supervise M&E Team and provide required support and guidance to meet the program M&E needs, including execution of baseline, periodic, and final evaluations as necessary.
  • Review program/project narrative and related financial reports submitted by sector coordinators and officers, share feedback with programmes coordinator and concerned sectors managers, and initiate appropriate/necessary follow up action recommended or warranted by monitoring reports.
  • In coordination with your team present quarterly program, implementation status reports to programmes coordinator and sector managers and highlight any areas that may require special management attention.
  • Ensure measurement of achievement and progress toward project goals through timely submission of well-prepared annual plans and budgets.
  • Conduct regular field visits to field program sites and activities on a regular basis to review overall status of program implementation.

JOB SPECIFICATIONAcademic**

· Degree in Health Sciences/Public Health/ Project Management/ Social Sciences/ International relations/Community Development or another relevant technical discipline

· Professional qualification will be an added advantage

Master’s Degree in the specified field will be an added advantage

Experience

· 4 years minimum in similar position

· 3 Years’ experience working as a Senior Project Manager in a humanitarian emergency and recovery context

· Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.

· Experience of implementing USAID,UN,EAC,DFID, ECHO funded projects

· Experience working with budgets, including managing financial outlays and expenditures

Previous work experience managing remote field teams

Work related skills

· Strong knowledge of the programme management cycle, and related process and structures for quality programme management

· Good organizational skills

· Experience with scaling up of humanitarian programs in strictly controlled context is an asset

· Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and negotiation

· Good time management skills

· Strong communication skills, including ability to lead and manage remote

· Ability to work in harsh conditions

· Strategic thinking

· Aggressive and Result Oriented

· Able to meet set own targets and meet own targets on a monthly basis and follow up targets of reporting colleagues

· Able to meet deadlines

· Able to identify programme challenges and plan and communicate alternatives for smooth programme implementation

Personal attributes

· Ability to work under pressure

· Trustworthy

· Team player

· Responsiveness

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Strong customer relation skills

· Integrity

Due to the nature of Mercy USA Operations, flexibility is indispensable and unavoidable.

How to apply:

About Mercy USA

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient. Incorporated in the State of Michigan in 1988, Mercy-USA’s projects focus on improving health, nutrition and access to safe water, as well as promoting economic and educational growth around the world.

Any interested candidate can send a CV and cover letter to the following email address: [email protected]

This position is only open to Somalilander’s and will close on 20th August 2019

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Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient. Incorporated in the State of Michigan in 1988, Mercy-USA’s projects focus on improving health, nutrition and access to safe water, as well as promoting economic and educational growth around the world.

Company Overview Mercy-USA has a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, is certified as one of the Best in America with the Independent Charities Seal of Excellence, and complies with the InterAction PVO Standards.General Information Dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient, Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is a registered PVO (Private Voluntary Organization) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and is a member of the American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction).Products Health care and nutrition for vulnerable children and women, well digging and safe water, economic development, education, food and shelter, disaster relief and reconstruction

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0 USD Hargeisa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Mercy-USA for Aid and Development

POSITION: TEAM LEADER

DEPARTMENT: PROGRAMS

REPORTS TO: PROJECT MANAGER

LOCATION: HARGEISA

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Development and Management

  • Line management for senior project staff and support functions in the area
  • Supervise sector coordinators/officers (Health & Nutrition) and provide assistance to successfully implement current programs, ensure consistency with SOPs, and further develop and integrate these sectors where appropriate.
  • Compliance with and adherence to Mercy-USA policies, guidelines and procedures
  • Provide area specific input on organizational strategies, Country Strategy and Plan of Action
  • Organize grants opening and closure meetings at area level
  • Implementation of projects (including master support budget and coordinating input for donor proposals and reports) in the area, in compliance with contractual commitments (i.e. quality, synergies, timeliness, use of resources).
  • Assess needs, develop emergency and recovery response and implement response plans
  • Represent Mercy-USA and networking on area level both with donors/potential donors, coordination forums and other implementing partners
  • Ensure that capacity building is provided to all staff in the area
  • Ensure overall security and safety of staff in the area
  • Liaise with the government of Somaliland and officials from the line ministries.

Finance and Administration

  • In coordination with Programmes Coordinator, review and provide operational feedback to sector and program managers on implementation issues, and develop strategies for improving and enhancing program support services.
  • Enforcing all Mercy USA policies at the field office
  • Approve as required, authorized levels of project related expenditures.
  • Provide constant advice to both field staff and the regional on security situation

Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Supervise M&E Team and provide required support and guidance to meet the program M&E needs, including execution of baseline, periodic, and final evaluations as necessary.
  • Review program/project narrative and related financial reports submitted by sector coordinators and officers, share feedback with programmes coordinator and concerned sectors managers, and initiate appropriate/necessary follow up action recommended or warranted by monitoring reports.
  • In coordination with your team present quarterly program, implementation status reports to programmes coordinator and sector managers and highlight any areas that may require special management attention.
  • Ensure measurement of achievement and progress toward project goals through timely submission of well-prepared annual plans and budgets.
  • Conduct regular field visits to field program sites and activities on a regular basis to review overall status of program implementation.

JOB SPECIFICATIONAcademic**

· Degree in Health Sciences/Public Health/ Project Management/ Social Sciences/ International relations/Community Development or another relevant technical discipline

· Professional qualification will be an added advantage

Master’s Degree in the specified field will be an added advantage

Experience

· 4 years minimum in similar position

· 3 Years’ experience working as a Senior Project Manager in a humanitarian emergency and recovery context

· Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.

· Experience of implementing USAID,UN,EAC,DFID, ECHO funded projects

· Experience working with budgets, including managing financial outlays and expenditures

Previous work experience managing remote field teams

Work related skills

· Strong knowledge of the programme management cycle, and related process and structures for quality programme management

· Good organizational skills

· Experience with scaling up of humanitarian programs in strictly controlled context is an asset

· Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and negotiation

· Good time management skills

· Strong communication skills, including ability to lead and manage remote

· Ability to work in harsh conditions

· Strategic thinking

· Aggressive and Result Oriented

· Able to meet set own targets and meet own targets on a monthly basis and follow up targets of reporting colleagues

· Able to meet deadlines

· Able to identify programme challenges and plan and communicate alternatives for smooth programme implementation

Personal attributes

· Ability to work under pressure

· Trustworthy

· Team player

· Responsiveness

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Strong customer relation skills

· Integrity

Due to the nature of Mercy USA Operations, flexibility is indispensable and unavoidable.

How to apply:

About Mercy USA

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient. Incorporated in the State of Michigan in 1988, Mercy-USA’s projects focus on improving health, nutrition and access to safe water, as well as promoting economic and educational growth around the world.

Any interested candidate can send a CV and cover letter to the following email address: [email protected]

This position is only open to Somalilander’s and will close on 20th August 2019

2019-08-21

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