Economic Recovery and Development “ERD” Coordinator - Head of Program
International Rescue Committee
Total years of experience :15 years, 0 Months
Program Management, Technical Quality and strategy:
• Manage the ERD Northwest Syria “NWS” team in Jordan, Turkey, and Syria.
• Provide technical and management oversight to all ERD (Cash, Cash for work, & livelihoods) programming in NWS in accordance with best practices and IRC policies, adapted to the context of Syria, with strong remote management mechanisms.
• Liaise with program leads, supply chain and finance staff to ensure timely payments, distribution and compliance for ERD activities.
• Ensure smooth management and integration of project work-plans and budgets (budget forecasting, development of spending plans and budget follow up), timely recruitment, and accurate reporting in accordance with IRC and donor regulations with average annual budget around USD 4.5M that funded from several donors (e.g., ECHO, DFID, BHA, SV, Danish MoFA, Multi-donors fund, GFFO, & SIDA)
• Ensure interventions are informed by data collected from Syria, especially market data or beneficiaries purchasing power parity, and aligned with humanitarian standards coordinated with other actors.
• Contributing to programme design, including theory of change, activity design, M&E frameworks, resources plans and financial plans
Program development
• Anticipate, plan and manage programmatic and structural transitions.
• Collaborate with MEAL team, support ERD staff to develop relevant monitoring tools and adapt them to context.
• Collaborate with Syrian partners on the identification of business development opportunities, and design of new interventions.
Staff performance management, learning & development
• Hire, supervise, and build the capacity of ERD team members (more than 40 members) in relevant technical and management competencies.
• Coach, train, supervise and mentor direct report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting annual performance objectives, provide regular and timely positive and constructive performance feedback, and providing documented semi-annual performance review.
• Approve and manage all time, attendance and leave requests to ensure adequate departmental coverage; ensure monthly, accurate timesheet submission and carry out probationary reviews.
• Hold high quality meetings with direct report on a regular and predictable basis.
• Develop and implement remote management capacity building approaches to build the strengths of the team in Syrian and Jordan.
Research, Learning and Analysis
• Lead ERD assessments and context-appropriate research aimed at generating a strong evidence base for IRC protection programming, as well as informing IRC advocacy.
• Identify, monitor and report unmet needs. Explore potential of the IRC to address those needs within the parameters of the country strategy and sector priorities.
Coordination and representation
• As needed and in coordination with other sector leads and country program management, represent IRC in inter-agency forum and discussions.
• Regularly coordinate with internal program and operational stakeholder, especially technical units.
• Participate in relevant working groups both within and outside of the UN cluster system.
• Attend relevant donor meetings and present on ERD activities.
• Lead responsibility for the strategic development and maintenance of partner relationship with Syrian organizations.
Resilience Youth Social and Economic empowerment project “RYSE”, JOD 13 Million- and 3-years project.
Duties:
• Manage the portfolio of JOD 7.3 Million, and manage component with 4 consortium partners, to train more than 7500 household and youth, and help them to graduate from poverty;
• Supervise component designing for Economic Empowerment “EE” component, and oversee the development of an implementation plan and evaluation, and assessments, leading to a well-implemented Graduation and Livelihoods program;
• In close coordination and collaboration with the Consortium Partners facilitate and lead the development of tools, manuals, including Standard Operating Procedures, graduation implementation design, outlining clear objectives, responsibilities and accountability for partners and the Consortium Management Unit “CMU” ensuring efficient level of effort of consortium partner technical staff is used in the development of tool, etc;
• Develop appropriate and effective communication pathways to ensure collaboration and understanding between the consortium partners as well as the consortium partners and CMU;
• Lead facilitation of RYSE EE technical working group “TWG”, which will provide additional technical expertise and leadership for graduation and livelihoods activities, and developing the EE component module that will be implemented by consortium partners and support compliance with agreed standards among consortium partners;
• Oversee implementation of EE component’s activities and ensure that planned activities are delivered on time, on budget, and in compliance with donor regulations support the consortium partners to achieve objectives by developing and communicating clear prioritized actions and providing resources that contribute to overall goal of project;
• Help execute RYSE Coalition’s overall vision and strategy to meet short and long-term goals, in partnership with the private sector partners;
• Lead overall coordination of the graduation model component and give the strategic directions and management of the core implementation;
• Ensure all interventions adhere to DRCs’ Gender Policy, Do No Harm principles, and beneficiary accountability standards
• Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with consortium partners, local governments and other stakeholders;
• Support consortium partners in the identification and development of private sector partners
• Lead budgeting process for Economic Empowerment component consortium budget, and provide ongoing oversight, management, and status reporting of the program budgets to the Consortium Chief of Party.
• Lead on cost-effective financial management of economic empowerment component, including development, approval, and regular monthly expenditure tracking, accounting, and reporting
• Collaborate with the MEAL Technical Working Group to develop monitoring mechanisms to ensure high-quality levels of implementation for economic empowerment component;
• Monitor program progress against both programmatic and budgetary targets, making adjustments to program design;
• Coordinate with external consultant(s) to conduct a thorough assessment of opportunities and un-met needs in the labor market which are applicable for the youth participating in the program
• Prepare, review, and/or approve timely, accurate and high-quality program and donor reports on project activities in compliance with donor requirements with partners as necessary ensuring a high quality of program implementation, reflecting achievements made, challenges and solutions; and
• Establish and maintain effective reporting, evaluation, and communication systems for economic empowerment component.
o Provide expert advice and build core capacities of local implementing partners in developing innovative business services, new business partnerships, market-oriented business responses and effective market information systems;
o Lead ongoing value chain constraints analysis, assessing threats, strengths, opportunities and threats to the value chain, and participating value chain clients;
o Conduct specific product and market analyses for the food processing sector;
o Develop or revise annual and monthly work plans for the food processing value chain in close collaboration and consultation with the team;
o Include and mainstream the project’s gender and environmental sustainability strategies, and monitor these throughout the value chain;
o Develop new contacts with stakeholders, businesses, and institutions willing to partner and establish opportunities to leverage their activities to enhance the food processing value chain;
o Assist in sourcing and developing a database of available business development services, including consultants, niche business organizations, and non-profit business support institutions in the food processing sector;
o Identify innovative uses for matching grants and innovation funds to show demonstrated impact on value chain upgrading;
o Work with public institutions and research institutions, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, business community to build sector-wide, mutual benefits on the value chain, including reduction of transaction costs, reduced waste, reduction in risk, and to increase market opportunities, i.e., volume and/or profit.
o Build and develop a value chain analysis for the potential sectors in the assigned governorate.
o Identify the stakeholders and sorting them to determine their involvement and manage the relationship with them.
o Providing workshops, technical assistant, need assessment, guiding for MSEs.
o Conduct and develop an economy size studies for fished ideas in the assigned areas.
o Adapt the LENS’ tools to be able to use for the project interventions in the field.
o Manage the community and stakeholders’ expectation and control the variation.
o Coordinate and support in organizing events related to strengthen the MSEs economically.
o Conduct, compile and organize economic and research documents relevant to local economic development in the assigned areas; and
o Provide technical support to MSEs Lead.
o Build and develop a value chain analysis for the potential sectors in the assigned governorate.
o Identify the stakeholders and sorting them to determine their involvement and manage the relationship with them.
o Conduct and develop an economy size studies for fished ideas in the assigned areas.
o Adapt the LENS’ tools to be able to use for the project interventions in the field.
o Manage the community and stakeholders’ expectation and control the variation.
o Coordinate and support in organizing events related to strengthen the MSEs economically.
o Conduct, compile and organize economic and research documents relevant to local economic development in the assigned areas; and
o Provide technical support to MSEs Lead.
Duties
o Supporting the Project Manager in planning and scheduling the implementation of the project.
o Representing NRC when necessary in coordination meetings where the subject is WASH.
o Preparing all documentation and paperwork needed by the Project Manager to ensure smooth running of the work (attendance sheets, daily monitoring sheets, incident reports etc...)
o Preparing weekly and monthly reports analyzing trends.
o Liaising with counterparts from other organizations involved in WASH and to ensure coordinated procedures.
o Responding to any security incidents by following strict NRC internal Security Management procedures and ensuring the safety of staff on site.
Achievements
o Managed the baggiest unit in NRC "Onboarding" in Azraq, operated by more than 60 employees under my supervision.
o Helped the HR department to set the Key Performance Indicators "KPIs" for all Shelter project employees in the field, by authorization from the Shelter Program Manager.
o Led more than one project in shelter program like (Non-Food Items for new arrival, camp set-up, onboarding and rodent control project).
o Got the WASH project ready to implement when the UNHCR decides to start the project.
o Leading one of the highest risky projects in Zaatari camp, WASH project.
Duties
o Marketing the PBYRC and get outreach people to attend our training project.
o Regular Reporting for Donors about every project.
o Building the capacity of the program team.
o Searching for new funding opportunities for new projects.
o Proposal writing and budgeting.
o Developing the training materials related to the PBYRC, especially the Open for business "OFB" training material.
o Supervising 5 team members.
o Hired new team members, if needed.
o Representing the PBYRC and the youth economic empowerment unit at meetings, official visits and national and international forums.
Achievements
o Managed 3 youth economically development projects, and 1 civic engagement project.
o One of two trainers in the center certified.
o Trainer, and one of the three trainers in PBYRC who can implement Training Of Trainers "TOT".
o Train more than 140 youth on TOT.
o Conducted 3 job fairs.
o Gave 4 grants for 5 youth projects, and following another 4 youth project.
o The only Trainer in PBYRC to implement training for people with disabilities (PWDs).
o Modified and developed the Open for Business curricula that the PBYRC trains on, and director of the center approved these modifications.
o Marketed the projects of program I am working on by publishing many articles in the most read newspapers, like Al-Rai and Pertra news agency.
o Established new direction in the center for how we give certificates for the trainees.
Duties
o Review all of the training material.
o Develop any training material needs to develop.
o Interview the instructors and trainers to select the best of them.
o Monthly training plan for youth.
o Attend the training, and write reports with recommendation.
Achievements
o Increase the revenue by around of 30% using new techniques in marketing.
o Increase the number of trainers and training material that we provide them.
o Create new techniques of how we should choose the trainers and training material.
Training Achievements
o Review all the training material the S3M’s trainers train on.
o Set a training plan for one year, which make a profit that never achieved before.
Marketing Achievements
o Conducted need assessment for Sohag governorate, to implement the training plan and to know more about the training material contenct.
Managerial Achievements
o Restructure for the company structure to make the work more flexible.
o Set up strategic plans for the company.
o Worked to set strategic plans for other companies in Egypt.
Duties
o Review all of the training material and develop it, I needed.
o Set the training plans quarterly.
o Analyze the training environment in Cairo to set the organization strategies.
Achievements
o Created and developed more than 3 main training materials.
o Showed the Nady100's and trainer's achievements in too many national and international TVs.
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