Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager
Action Against Hunger
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :15 years, 4 أشهر
Mission 1: Contribute to deliberations on strategy and the positioning of the FSL Department
Mission 2: Identify needs and contribute to project design and development processes
Mission 3: Set up, implement, and report on FSL projects
Mission 5: Participate in the coordination, representation, and partnerships of Action Against Hunger
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Mission 6: Supervise and manage the team
Initiate and lead as recruiting manager
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Mission 7: Contribute to cultivating institutional knowledge, capturing lessons learned, and technical development in FSL
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Solid waste Management programs funded by GIZ in Irbid and Azraq :
- Staff Management
- Solid Waste Management documents revision and development
- Lease with Municipality, MoLA, and other stakeholders to perform the job
- Develop the team capacity
- Professional input and revision for the proposals, reports, and other related donor documents.
Staff Management:
Effectively motivate, direct & enhance the performance of staff through regular meetings, one-to- one meeting and on job trainings.
Project Implementation:
- Ensures the proper implementation of the activities .in addition to the continuous monitoring for the projects at the field level.
- Feed in the donors reports through reporting the targets and projects progress ensuring that its implemented as outlined in the project agreement and in accordance with CARE principles
Liaison & Coordination
Ensure the level of accuracy and proficiency with which the employee completes assigned work planning, implementing, reporting on one or more components of different projects through continuous follow up with the team in addition to field visits when needed.
Manage CARE’s field hub / center:
liaises directly with key partners including implementing partners (e.g. CBOs), contractors, experts to implement the project component or components. also liaises with other interested parties like UN agencies, NGOs or governmental agencies and community organizations to ensure coordination of activities, promote CARE’s work and create synergies. Through conducting field visits to CBOs in addition to the effective participation in coordination meetings and facilitation the donors visit.
• Program strategy, development and planning:
o Work with Livelihoods Coordinator on the continuous development and improvement of the IRC livelihoods program strategy for southern Syria.
o Support in the development of new project proposals and budgets alongside the Livelihoods Coordinator.
• Market assessments:
o In collaboration with the Information Management team, lead in the development and implementation of markets assessments including labor market assessments and value chain assessments.
• Project implementation:
o Oversee implementation of all IRC livelihoods program activities implemented in southern Syria, which is planned to include business and life skills training, literacy training, apprenticeships, vocational training, and entrepreneurship activities.
o Conduct regular monitoring of training and outreach activities to ensure programs are delivered in line with IRC’s Livelihoods Guidance Note and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), maintaining program records as per activity guidelines, to ensure transparency and compliance with internal and external protocols.
o Ensure translation of documents from English to Arabic and Arabic to English as needed, including market assessments, assessment reports, training materials, registration forms, advertisements.
o Ensure proper documentation of all activities, including documentation of beneficiary eligibility and cross-checking, project studies, attendance records, etc.
o Work closely with the Supply Chain department and the Livelihoods Coordinator in the development of the program procurement plan.
• Monitoring and Evaluation:
o Ensure programmatic target indicators are being met within the pre-established deadline.
o Ensure project tracking tools feed into the ERD databases in close coordination with the Information Management unit.
o Analyze and review project assessments and suggest modifications to the project design as needed.
• Grants management:
o Responsible for specific budget lines allocated to the Livelihoods Manager and for producing monthly spending plans and bi-weekly cash projections that are linked to program activity work plans.
o Prepare first technical draft of donor reports as required for the project working with ERD M&E staff to provide up to date monitoring data
• Team management:
o Directly manage Livelihoods Center Senior Officers; provide ongoing support, coaching and capacity development opportunities. Identify issues, problems and/or concerns affecting the program with the Livelihoods project team and, as needed, present recommendations to the Livelihoods Coordinator.
o Ensuring performance management of direct and indirect reports are in line with IRC standards.
o Respond to any questions from the field teams regarding implementation, strategy, operations, security approvals, movement plans, etc. Escalate issues as needed to the Livelihoods Coordinator.
Sep 2016 - present: Cash and Livelihood project Manager :
- Ongoing, systematic and thorough analysis of the humanitarian situation in respect of FSL and of the context of intervention in the field of activity, in addition to the overall supervision for the needed data collection and analysis.
- Run a livelihood activities for vocational training and microfinance project.
- Assist in identifying, reporting and responding to existing and potential child/Adult protection threats affecting the Beneficiaries.
- Taking part in the determination of the organization’s strategies and setting up the projects based on the needs and the conducted analysis taking in consideration the humanitarian’s standards (SPHERE and WHO, etc.).
- Assist in identifying, reporting and responding to existing and potential child/Adult protection threats affecting the Beneficiaries.
- Ensure effective coordination and networking with local authorities and other agencies working for at the same activities.
- Develop a livelihood plan, in addition to the proper implementation for the planned activities.
- Conduct reviews, learning events, surveys at project locations.
- Conduct MEAL activity in the field with the community and support M&E team.
- ongoing, systematic and thorough analysis of the humanitarian situation in respect of FSL/WASH and of the context of intervention in the field of activity, in addition to the overall supervision for the needed data collection and analysis.
- Taking part in the determination of the organization’s strategies and setting up the projects based on the needs and the conducted analysis taking in consideration the humanitarian’s standards (SPHERE and WHO, etc.).
- Assist in identifying, reporting and responding to existing and potential child/Adult protection threats affecting the Beneficiaries.
- Ensure effective coordination and networking with local authorities and other agencies working for at the same activities.
- participating, as and when necessary, in the development of the FSL section of the emergency response plan in the area of activity in addition to promoting transversal integration of the FSL sector with other sectors, in collaboration with the Field Coordinator.
- Taking cognizance of transversal problems associated with Basic needs initiatives (HIV, Gender issues, Disaster Management, Environment, Handicap, etc.).
- Ensure effective implementation of the Project Work Plan. Ensure that project activities are carried out in the target area according to the project’s agreement requirements.
- Communicate directly with donor and other stakeholders & represent ACF in coordination meetings with UNHCR.
- Insure that the gender and protection aspects and concepts are implemented and mainstreamed by the team, this needs to build the capacity of the team on these concepts and report any incidence when needed.
- Insure the deliveries of health and hygiene promotion messages to the community through building the capacity of the team and conducting regular field visits.
- Insure the proper reporting for the indicators and targets through a clear well-implemented M&E process and plan.
- ongoing, systematic and thorough analysis of the humanitarian situation in respect of FSL/WASH and of the context of intervention in the field of activity, in addition to the overall supervision for the needed data collection and analysis.
- Assist in identifying, reporting and responding to existing and potential child/Adult protection threats affecting the Beneficiaries.
- Ensure effective coordination and networking with local authorities and other agencies working for at the same activities.
- Taking part in the determination of the organization’s strategies and setting up the projects based on the needs and the conducted analysis taking in consideration the humanitarian’s standards (SPHERE and WHO, etc.).
- participating, as and when necessary, in the development of the FSL section of the emergency response plan in the area of activity in addition to promoting transversal integration of the FSL sector with other sectors, in collaboration with the Field Coordinator.
- Lead FSL activities for vulnerable people in Irbid and Ajloun Governorate.
- Identify the needed selection criteria according to the community situation and the project specifications.
- Manage the team efficiently to implement the assigned tasks and report to the management.
- Capacity building for the team through conducting relevant training when needed.
- Working with cash needs high commitment in the implementation of the gender and protection in order not to harm any family ( NO HARM principle).
- Develop and follow a clear reporting and M&E plans, in addition to insuring the presence of the needed tools in the place.
- Plan and design trainings for the targeted groups of youth, kids and adult to promote the alternatives of the violence concepts.
- Develop a plan with the trainee to deliver the concept to the community insuring to integrate different gender groups.
- Dissemination of peace concepts to the community through the trained groups, in addition to the continuos follow up for the progress of their work.
- Plan projects’ activities based on the context and monitor project’s budget.
- Facilitate community meetings to share information about basic and specialist protection services and other important issues such as refugee registration procedures.
- Assist in identifying, reporting and responding to existing and potential child/Adult protection threats affecting the Beneficiaries.
- Ensure effective coordination and networking with local authorities and other agencies working for at the same activities.
- Develop and deliver training for project’s staff and community groups (adult and children) on context relevant and culturally appropriate IEC material (Information, Education, Communication) promoting key public health practices.
- Conduct reviews, learning events, surveys at project locations.
- Conduct MEAL activity in the field with the community and support M&E team.
- Represent the organisation in inter-sectorial meetings and/or trainings
- Delivered training on Citizenship, Advocacy and Play it Fair project ( a project to educate children on human rights by playing) in cooperation with schools.
- Managed, plan and lead Advocacy campaigns on early child hood in poverty buckets and combating violence among youth in Balqaa Jordanian University.
- Design ad deliver customized training materials for Early Childhood initiative’s participants.
- Coordination of the training process at all level, this needs to develop a good-quality training materials and prepare all the needed training tools.
- Prepare the needed logistics arrangement for the venue, team and trainees.
- Deliver training to the trainees based on a clear training plan with the other trainers.
- Conducting the needs analysis with for the targeted organization in order to tackle the needs.
- Worked with Iraqi refugees through facilitating focus group to asses their needs and develop work plans that meet their needs and project’s objectives.
- Assist in identifying, reporting and responding to existing and potential child/Adult protection threats affecting the Beneficiaries.
- Ensure effective coordination and networking with local authorities and other agencies working for at the same activities.
- Facilitated community training sessions to empower the Iraqi refugees through customized trainings
- Supervise and implement youth initiatives and community initiatives with different categories (youth, kids and adults) to empower the community to run such activities in the future.
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