Food Security and Livelihoods Program Manager
Action Contre la Faim
Total years of experience :7 years, 4 Months
Acting PM January 2020-June 2020
Contribute to the planning, execution, monitoring and controlling of the program components (Livelihoods, local cooperative and Azraq municipality capacity building).
Budget forecast and follow-up (budget management up to1, 000, 000 Euro).
Cost, schedule and procurement management.
Team management and development.
participate in strategy development and proposal writings.
Internal and donor reporting and stakeholder coordination.
Humanity and Inclusion- Syria mission
As part of the grants team, my roles and responsibilities includes-but not restricted to- the following:
▪ Contribute to high quality donor reports on a timely basis and in accordance to HI and donors’ regulations.
▪ Update and maintain grants management tools including grants follow up tool and the grant overview tool of all grants.
▪ Maintain and keep record of the monthly reports of the North-west, Northeast and Center Syria hubs.
▪ Keep close communication with all hubs, PMs and support units to ensure accurate and timely submission of reports with the required level of details.
▪ Provide the different hubs with capacity building activities especially in relevance to reporting.
▪ Contribute to proposal development activities including the calculation of targets and development of logframe.
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Managing DRC's Amman station for the ECHO funded consortium protection monitoring project
(Reinforcing the protection of displacement-affected populations living in host Communities in
Jordan).
The project focuses on helping the Syrian refugees in Jordan issue their legal documentation and
regularize their status.
Main activities and responsibilities included:
1. Oversee Project Activities and Staff in Amman
▪ Provide direction, assign tasks and give support to project staff in-line with SOPs, strategies and
project objectives.
▪ Plan outreach activities with the Field Officers and in close communication with other
departments at base level.
▪ Support, follow-up and oversee Field Officers daily activities including home visits, VAFing, data
entry and verify that all reporting activities are accurate and monitor progress towards
achieving targets.
▪ Supervise implementation of cash for protection programming; working closely with other
departments on cash distribution strictly following all standard SoPs.
▪ Participate in the development or modification of the tools, databases, referral sheets and
materials for the project (i.e. SOPs, Information, Education and Communication materials etc.).
▪ Support the Case Managers in referrals to other services' providers when needed in complete
transparency with the Senior Legal Officer based in Amman.
▪ Identify, analyse and evaluate challenges and gaps in the implementation of the activities and
make recommendations for improvement.
▪ Build staff capacity and identify training needs related to protection challenges of both
documented and undocumented refugees.
▪ Establish good communication with staff by implementing weekly meetings and exchange of
knowledge between field officers, case managers and relevant staff.
▪ Follow up with the support of the project support assistant on coordination with the bank and
finance on ATM cards, available balances for all beneficiaries as well as regular cash monthly
reloads.
▪ Keep track of all assessed cases and services provided to each case by making sure all feedback
is added to the consortium database and the JHCO reports and that all data is clean.
2. Monitor and Evaluate Project Activities
▪ Regularly monitor and evaluate project activities (reporting, field spot-checks, data cleaning)
▪ Provide periodic quantitative and qualitative progress reports on operational issues and
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emerging protection trends on agreed timeline to project manager.
3. Coordination with DRC projects, partners and external stakeholders
▪ Maintain close coordination with DRC's department at base level; livelihood, protection, M&E,
logistics and finance.
▪ Maintain close coordination with CBOs and partner NGOs on different activities including
distribution of cash assistance, holding awareness sessions and focus group discussions.
▪ Maintain close coordination with 5 consortium partners (IMPACT/REACH, Mercy Corps,
INTERSOS, PUI, and ICMC) as well as the consortium's information management unit to
harmonize operations and services and eliminate possibilities of duplication of assistance
provision to beneficiaries.
▪ Regularly represent DRC at meetings as assigned by project manager.
Managing four programs under IRD's community engagement sport and recreation department in Zaatari camp funded by UNHCR.
1- TIGER program aiming at empowering adolescent girls and providing them with academic support to complete their secondary education to reduce dropout rates and child marriage in the camp.
2- Art from Zaatari community committee; providing support for artists in Zaatari camp in order to come up with initiatives that serve their community and improve their living conditions.
3- Post basic education program PBE; providing educational courses on English, Arabic (including literacy for elderly), French and Computer skills for different age groups in Zaatari camp to help beneficiaries advance their academic education and/or their employment opportunities.
4- Cash for work CFW program; managing all recruitment, time sheets, scopes of work and contracts for beneficiaries enrolled in the cash for work program in IRD with coordination with cash for work working group and UNHCR.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
Recruitment of volunteers and coaches for programs implementation (announcing, shortlisting interviewing, composing contracts, scopes of work and time sheets, crosschecking eligible candidates to avoid duplication with other partners working in the camp).
Ensuring stipend distribution on a timely basis and in accordance with SOPs and guidelines.
Responsible for preparing monthly CFW fact-sheet based on the volunteers time-sheets and submitting it to finance.
Handle all complaints with regards to recruitment.
Develop programs' log-frames including goals, outcomes and indicators in coordination with UNHCR and partner NGOs.
Conduct baseline and end-line surveys to measure programs' impact.
Develop detailed annual work plans to follow up with programs' activities, targets and progress.
Develop plans for activities, events, sessions and curriculum as needed.
Facilitate regular meetings with members of the community to ensure open channels of communication and feedback in order to improve programs response to emerging needs.
Arrange and facilitate capacity building activities for coaches and volunteers engaged in the programs.
Identify needed materials and equipment for the programs, develop procurement plans and coordinate with procurement department on attaining necessary items.
Support the art from zaatari committee by managing the art gallery in the camp and arranging for galleries out of camp in and out of Jordan.
Keep track of the programs' progress and challenges through daily field spot checks, weekly meetings with program staff, assessments and questionnaires.
Maintain close coordination with UNHCR, IRD's management and partner NGOs.
Represent IRD in donor visits, delegations and working groups.
Working as a member of the Community Mobilization department in IRD, Zaatari camp (Community-based protection for Syrian refugees) project funded by UNHCR.
Work closely with refugees including community leaders and community based networks to increase community capacity and maximize participation, collaboration and ownership in IRD and UNHCR programs/projects.
Organize, facilitate and participate in community gatherings and FGDs.
Encourage and stimulate community participation with special attention to those who are often marginalized in community decision making (women, elderly, minorities and persons with disability).
Follow upon issues raised in community gatherings and cooperate with responsible NGOs and the community on developing solutions.
Assist UNHCR in field verification, caravan distribution and various awareness and mass information dissemination campaigns.
Monitor camp development and serve as a line of communication between UNHCR/IRD and refugees.
Participate in district meetings and report updates and trends in the camp.
Assist other IRD components in arranging for events and activities.
Assist UNHCR in mapping capacities and gaps in the refugee community within Zaatari camp.
Perform regular field visits to different districts in order to identify and report gaps in the mobilization team performance of daily activities and provide recommendations to help the team meet program indicators.
