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.
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
More Information
- Job City Hargeisa