Projects Manager (Protection and Education)
Olive Branch Organization
Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months
Managed six projects remotely in Education and Protection in Southern Syria, the projects were funded by the following donor organizations: UNICEF (protection and education, IKEA Foundation (protection), DANIDA (protection and education, Save the Children Italy (education), SDC (protection), and Hands-Up Foundation (education) in partnership with Save the Children - Syria Response Office (SRO) in Amman.
Program Management and implementation:
- Development of project proposals, including budget design, work plan, and procurement plan.
- Preparation and monitoring of implementation plans, logical frameworks, and MEAL plans.
- Overseeing the implementation of programs and management of budgets in accordance with the donors’ regulations.
- Monitoring the performance of field coordinators through regular meetings and providing them with the needed technical support and mentoring.
- Support the projects’ teams in their everyday work working though problems, coaching. and advising on achieving effective project results.
- Compilation with donors’ policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, duty of care, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Monitoring and Reporting:
- Supervising the evaluation of new situation or of the existing program to guarantee high quality intervention.
- Ensure a correct data collection and analysis by the M&E officer to better report on activities and to ensure quality services for beneficiaries.
- Developing narrative and numerical monthly and final reports, incidental reports, and success stories according to the templates and requirements of the donor.
- Developing narrative progress reports and other reports internally to the Programmes Director when required.
Team Management and Capacity Building
- Managing around 400 staff members and line managed 13 field coordinators under 6 different projects.
- Managing two project coordinators in Amman’s office.
- Identifying the needs for building the capacity of the field teams based on gaps on the ground and report it to the donors to conduct the needed trainings.
- Following-up on the outcomes of the trainings and conduct rapid needs assessments.
- Direct follow-up on the Core Training Team (CTT) to ensure better technical skills in order to train other staff members with OB or with other partner organizations.
Coordination and Representation
- Coordination of the internal educational meeting with other projects within organization, sharing the updates, discussing contextual changes, challenges and mitigations, and best practices.
- Representation in the Education Sector Working Group (ESWG) meetings led by UNICEF.
- Representation in the Protection Sector Working Group (PSWG) led by UNHCR.
- Representation in the GBV Working Group (GBVWG) led by UNFPA.
- Representing OB in different meetings and activities when required.
- Leading the technical oversight of implementation and training delivery to The Child Protection project for all Structured Psychosocial and Educational Activities including Life Skills, 123 Move, Learning Support Services LSS, Comfort for Kids C4K, Drop-in Activities, and Parenting Sessions; working with Community Committees, wider community, parents, youth, etc.
- Assess the knowledge gaps and training needs and develop a training plan for project team and volunteers to ensure quality project implementation of all components.
- Develop and deliver tailored training and coaching based on the training needs and performance monitoring of project team.
- Developing the work plan for all the Structured Activities of the project.
- Developing donor reports and training reports on regular basis.
- Leading the integration of Structured Activities into CFS and AFSs in the camps.
- Leading the development of community mobilization and referral plans to strengthen the link between the MAKANI Structured Activities and other services within the camp.
- Emphasize opportunities for girls and boys to equally benefit from Structured Activities in culturally appropriate ways.
- Lead the learning and best practice sharing among the project team.
- Provide support for organizing visits, meetings, events, training and workshops.
- Produce training reports and support overall project M&E efforts.
- Monitor and support Facilitators to improve overall impact of work.
- Development new and upgrading current manuals according to the project needs
- Representing MC in meetings and working groups with donor and partner organizations
Certified trainer from the International College in London ICL in building the capacity of aid workers in addition to fresh graduates whom are interested in joining the humanitarian field.
Lead on implementing programmes in a culturally complex environment. Supporting with hiring and administering key staff, managing Jordan team, and remotely managing the team in Syria.
Coordinating with local partner organisations to deliver programme goals. Contribute in management of the project’s budget and to the strategic development of the Jordan office.
- Programme implementation
Managing the day-to-day implementation of the Programmes in close partnership with donors to ensure achieving all objectives, raising any potential areas of concern with the Programme Director, and writing reports according to the needs of the donor partners.
- Line management
Managing a team of almost 20 Capoeira Trainers and Assistant Trainers in Jordan and Syria by evaluating performance, ensuring safe conduct, and highlighting potential issues to the Programme Director. In addition to volunteers’ management.
- Monitoring and evaluation
Ensuring the programme team carry out all the necessary data collection, ensuring its quality and helping to produce the relevant programme reports. Contributing to the strategic development of monitoring and evaluation process.
- Financial management
Managing all aspects of office administration, bills, office items and inventories of all C4R supplies. Supervising Project finances, making sure that all expenditure is reconciled with the budget, highlight any areas of concerns and ensure bookkeeping is accurate and up to date.
- Training and Capacity Building
Managing and Facilitation the Asfari funded Capacity Building training for the Team in Syria, making sure the team have all the needed skills to work with children in the conflict zone such as: Administrative skills, M&E concepts and tools, Gender Based Violence GBV, Child Protection, Psychological Firs Aid PFA, and many other life skills.
The Technical Assistance in Support to Employment and TVET Reform, is a 30 months EU funded project that was implemented by a consortium consisting of Ecorys (Netherlands), SQA (UK), Dajani Consulting (Jordan), and GOPA Consultants (Germany) as the lead firm.
http://etvetreform.gov.jo/
Job Role:
- Organizing, facilitation, and reporting on conferences and workshops, and share the information sets with involved stakeholders and participants of other project activities.
- Maintain a critical view of the project’s progress and logistics; share it with the Team Leader on a regular basis.
- Translation of different types of documents, and consecutive translation during workshops.
- Supporting with project deliverables to meet the related objectives to the Inception Report.
- Facilitate assignments of international and local short-term experts.
- Carry out any other tasks defined in consultation with the Team Leader and key experts.
- Administration of the project website, and coordination with EUD concerned Department.
- Communicating with various parties involved in the project.
- Setting up and maintaining the administration of the project, and office infrastructure.
- Managing HR related tasks advertisements, CV screening and short-listing, interviews, contracting, and termination. Update current manuals to address business needs.
- Developed a new HR Department and related forms and documents.
- Organizing, facilitation and representation of the company in meetings and special events.
- Manage items on the website and supervise the process among other departments.
- Enhancing old/current items within the company's ERP system and website.
- Managing Customer Relations and Vendor Relations.
- Manage and marketing Jordan and MENA Region targeted items.
- Managing sales orders, following up back orders.
- In-charge of tendering and quotations' offers from other companies.
- Managing HR related tasks such as recruitment, contracts, and staff manuals.
- Maintaining the HR database (staff records, leaves, social security, and health insurance).
- Developed H.R. related Memos and Reports, according to the company’s internal policies.
- Preparation of different documentations, reports, and slide show presentations.
- Maintaining company’s filing system and records.
- Annual Administrative Reports.
- Facilitation of meetings and other events.
- Led the organization’s activities related to empowering women in the local communities.
- Supported in organizing awareness campaigns for women’s representation in The Parliament which was approved in 2003 and promoted 6 seats for women’s representation (Quota).
- Supported in conducting Awareness Workshops and Campaigns on GBV related topics such as Honor Crimes and Early Marriage.
- Managed the Micro-Credits Project funded by the Japanese Embassy that aimed to support women in rural areas to establish a home-based project and promote financial independency.
- Developed different organizational documentations such as: the annual report and annual magazine.
- Developed feasibility studies and concept notes for different donors.
- Managed a team of 5 staff members, maintaining HR related database.
- In charger of translation of various types of documents.
- Facilitation and reporting of meetings and special events.
Development of project proposals, including budget design, work plan, and procurement plan.
- Preparation and monitoring of implementation plans, logical frameworks, and MEAL plans.
- Overseeing the implementation of programs and management of budgets in accordance with
the donors’ regulations.
- Monitoring the performance of field coordinators through regular meetings and providing them
with the needed technical support and mentoring.
- Support the projects’ teams in their everyday work working though problems, coaching. and
advising on achieving effective project results.
- Compilation with donors’ policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of
conduct, duty of care, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Monitoring and Reporting:
- Supervising the evaluation of new situation or of the existing program to guarantee high quality
intervention.
- Ensure a correct data collection and analysis by the M&E officer to better report on activities
and to ensure quality services for beneficiaries.
- Developing narrative and numerical monthly and final reports, incidental reports, and success
stories according to the templates and requirements of the donor.
- Developing narrative progress reports and other reports internally to the Programmes Director
when required.
Team Management and Capacity Building
- Managing around 400 staff members and line managed 13 field coordinators under 6 different
projects.
- Managing two project coordinators in Amman’s office.
- Identifying the needs for building the capacity of the field teams based on gaps on the ground
and report it to the donors to conduct the needed trainings.
- Following-up on the outcomes of the trainings and conduct rapid needs assessments.
- Direct follow-up on the Core Training Team (CTT) to ensure better technical skills in order to
train other staff members with OB or with other partner organizations.
Coordination and Representation
- Coordination of the internal educational meeting with other projects within organization,
sharing the updates, discussing contextual changes, challenges and mitigations, and best
practices.
- Representation in the Education Sector Working Group (ESWG) meetings led by UNICEF.
- Representation in the Protection Sector Working Group (PSWG) led by UNHCR.
- Representation in the GBV Working Group (GBVWG) led by UNFPA.
- Representing OB in different meetings and activities when required.
MC aims to Alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure,
productive and just communities. https://www.mercycorps.org/
Job Role:
- Leading the technical oversight of implementation and training delivery to The Child Protection
project for all Structured Psychosocial and Educational Activities including Life Skills, 123
Move, Learning Support Services LSS, Comfort for Kids C4K, Drop-in Activities, and Parenting
Sessions; working with Community Committees, wider community, parents, youth, etc.
- Assess the knowledge gaps and training needs and develop a training plan for project team
and volunteers to ensure quality project implementation of all components.
- Develop and deliver tailored training and coaching based on the training needs and
performance monitoring of project team.
- Developing the work plan for all the Structured Activities of the project.
- Developing donor reports and training reports on regular basis.
- Leading the integration of Structured Activities into CFS and AFSs in the camps.
- Leading the development of community mobilization and referral plans to strengthen the link
between the MAKANI Structured Activities and other services within the camp.
- Emphasize opportunities for girls and boys to equally benefit from Structured Activities in
culturally appropriate ways.
- Lead the learning and best practice sharing among the project team.
- Provide support for organizing visits, meetings, events, training and workshops.
- Produce training reports and support overall project M&E efforts.
- Monitor and support Facilitators to improve overall impact of work.
- Development new and upgrading current manuals according to the project needs
- Representing MC in meetings and working groups with donor and partner organizations
Capoeira4Refugees a British registered charity works with refugee communities using the
Brazilian art form of Capoeira. http://capoeira4refugees.org/
Job Role:
Lead on implementing programmes in a culturally complex environment. Supporting with hiring
and administering key staff, managing Jordan team, and remotely managing the team in Syria.
Coordinating with local partner organisations to deliver programme goals. Contribute in
management of the project’s budget and to the strategic development of the Jordan office.
- Programme implementation
Managing the day-to-day implementation of the Programmes in close partnership with donors to
ensure achieving all objectives, raising any potential areas of concern with the Programme
Director, and writing reports according to the needs of the donor partners.
- Line management
Managing a team of almost 20 Capoeira Trainers and Assistant Trainers in Jordan and Syria by
evaluating performance, ensuring safe conduct, and highlighting potential issues to the
Programme Director. In addition to volunteers’ management.
- Monitoring and evaluation
Ensuring the programme team carry out all the necessary data collection, ensuring its quality
and helping to produce the relevant programme reports. Contributing to the strategic
development of monitoring and evaluation process.
- Financial management
Managing all aspects of office administration, bills, office items and inventories of all C4R
supplies. Supervising Project finances, making sure that all expenditure is reconciled with the
budget, highlight any areas of concerns and ensure bookkeeping is accurate and up to date.
- Training and Capacity Building
Managing and Facilitation the Asfari funded Capacity Building training for the Team in Syria,
Managing HR related tasks advertisements, CV
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