Economic Recovery Team Leader
DRC Danish Refugee Counci
Total des années d'expérience :8 years, 0 Mois
Economic Recovery Team Leader responsible for co-coordinating the set-up, kick off and continued implementation of a large funded cash for work project in the Mafraq and Irbid in the north of Jordan, centered on Mafraq. Under the supervision of the TL will provide project technical support, and facilitate coordination between national and local institutions, community stakeholders, and project partners in order to meet the overall project goals. Primary responsibilities will be leading LLH outreach officers and Assistants in their roles and responsibilities of organizing and managing sites for beneficiaries, insuring worker attendance, safety, tools and materials, drinking water, and overall safety and security of the Cash for Worker and that the CfW programming is being implemented in a manner that complies with international standards of operation for CfW activities, so that proper reporting of attendance and payment can be made for finance and to the donor for timely payroll
Responsibilities:
Provide technical input and supervision of project team works on AICS program site/s in both bases.
Facilitate continuous dialogue and communication between the technical partners, national partners, and project staff;
Assist the Base Managers and Area Managers with preparation of the AICS project start up meeting, monthly follow up and exit meeting;
Coordinate all processes related to hiring and supervising of the data collectors.
Preparing all project related procurements with support from base managers and north supply
chain team leader
Engage with local communities and governments in the work site areas and Serves as DRC field
focal point with the contractors and municipalities.
Assist the work with the municipality to create advertisement for the start of the CfW activities
and ensure the transparency of interested BNFs’ access to applications
Liaise closely with the DRC Economic Recovery Technical Unit at the coordination office and other
DRC Jordan departments when necessary;
Assist in the regular data and info collection of information to feed in project assessments and
reports;
Assist in attendance checks and payroll completion, including proper distribution and
maintenance of payments
Adhere to all work plans created by the Area and Bases Manager, ensuring deadlines are met and
deliverables are achieved on time;
Assist in ensuring Accountability, legal, protection, payment, safety information provided to the beneficiaries, and follow up with reminders so that workers know their rights
Managing all DRC operations in Mafraq base. Experience in managing livelihoods and protection interventions, and working with several Donors (UNHCR -GIZ - DANIDA - BPRM -AICS) Responsibilities;
Oversee interventions throughout the project cycle, ensure timely and quality implementation of the outputs as per agreement signed with the donor. Including budgets, staff and activities.
o Contribute to and develop internal and external reports.
o Develop clear work plans, conduct, revisions and provide managerial and technical guidance and
support to staff.
o Through strong planning and monitoring, identify potential obstacles to programmatic success in a
timely fashion, and propose corrective actions as needed; this includes needs assessment, planning,
resources allocation, beneficiary selection, monand itoring, reporting in Mafraq.
o Monitor monthly budget consumption for Mafraq base and highlight any under/over spending in a
timely manner;
o Contribute to the development of interventions in the Mafraq base, including identification of
needs, opportunities, and area’s of collaboration with local and international actors.
o Represent Mafraq base and DRC through different internal and external meetings.
o Coordinate closely with technical specialists to plan and manage activities in line with overall project
objectives.
o Ensure that safety and security standards established by DRC are adhered to within the teams; o Oversee MEAL team and practices, ensuring DRC applies MEAL practices in all projects, in
coordination with M&E Field Coordinator.
o Manage all aspects of the projects (human resources, finance, logistics, security, reporting, etc.) in
the most efficient and effective manner to ensure full application of policies in Mafraq in coordination with the Area Manager and Amman-based technical leads (Head of Support Services, Logs Coordinator and Safety Officer).
o Monitor staff performance and conduct to ensure compliance with job requirements and DRC
General Secondary School Certificate, Princess Raya bent AL Hussain School. Scientific
policies and values (including Code of Conduct and global standards).
Team Management and Internal Coordination:
o Provideallnecessarysupport, technicalassistanceandoversighttotheMafraqteam;
o Mentor and support the teams through regular one-to-one supervision and performance appraisals; o Arrangeweeklystaffmeetings;
o Take part in monthly program meeting in Amman;
o Coordinate closely with technical specialists to plan and manage activities in line with overall project
objectives.
o Ensure that safety and security standards established by DRC are adhered to within the teams; o Engage to respect the DRC Code of Conduct and established complaint mechanisms;
o Ensure to proper reporting of all incidents in the field.
Livelihood Team Leader
responsible for coordinating, overseeing and directly implementing DRC’s
livelihood activities under current GIZ and UNHCR funding in Mafraq, also support the livelihood
technical unit in the field roll out of tools and standard operating procedures (SOPs) as well as quality
assurance monitoring of technical programs.
Responsibilities
* Oversee and supervise all livelihood activities and teams in Mafraq base.
* Work closely with the Project Manager, DRC program team and support departments to
implement the project in line with the objectives laid out in the proposal and in collaboration with
local implementing partner/s.
* Organize recurring financial literacy training sessions and the distribution of micro business
grants to participants;
* Co-coordinate the launch of assessments, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions
on livelihoods and market ecosystems in each base;
* Launch a private sector and labour market service mapping exercise within Irbid;
* Manage and distribute the daily tasks and create a weekly plan for the team.
* Field visits to multiple locations to follow up on the project activities.
* Follow up on the livelihood activities such as (job referral, labor formalization, self-employment
and micro grants …etc).
* Supervise ATM and cash distribution.
* Support the project manager to modify the livelihood activities to fit with the context of the north.
* Work closely with the logistic and finance departments to implements the projects activities in
Irbid.
* Support the project manager to manage the financial aspects of the project (forecast and spending
tracking).
* Support the project manager in submitting monthly reports.
* Ensure livelihood activities are implemented in a way that meets or exceeds standards set by
DRC;
* Support in data collection, monitoring, and evaluation efforts with DRC’s Monitoring and
Evaluation assistants as needed;
* Support continual improvement of DRC’s livelihood activities by capturing and sharing key
challenges, articulating obstacles and proposed solutions, and identifying success stories to
highlight.
* Participate as part of the DRC Selection Committee, during the review process of business plans,
and selection of business grant recipients
* Ensure regular, proper project documentation and contribute to reporting and internal information
sharing with relevant program and support teams.
responsible for implementing referral systems, holding regular
communication with private sector actors and other agencies providing livelihood services in Mafraq, and
providing follow-up on referred cases.
Responsibilities
• Assist in the development and roll out of a livelihood in-take form to assess beneficiary profile, needs,
and employment eligibility;
• Provide one-on-one support to community center beneficiaries to identify appropriate referral pathway;
• Input all profile and referral data into DRC’s database
• Contribute to the development of a livelihood referral system in coordination with the Livelihood
Officer, including the identification of various job opportunities and training services available to
Syrian refugees and Jordanians.
• Track referrals made to and from the DRC community center to measure impact.
• Provide support to beneficiaries so that they are able to maximize use of resources.
• Follow-up internally and externally on referrals made
• In coordination with the Livelihoods Officer, develop, maintain and update a network with identified
livelihood service providers, employers, and civil society organizations.
• Represent DRC at meetings and other events in East Amman whenever needed
• Communicate with referral partners in a professional and timely way so as to enhance DRC’s
reputation among other humanitarian actors as a responsive NGO.
• Communicate with beneficiaries in a professional, patient and respectful way, so as to enhance DRC’s
reputation as a high-quality humanitarian actor in the community.
• Monitor the response time for different referral pathways to evaluate the response and success of
referral.
• Assist in the collection of information regarding beneficiary and community needs.
• Identify gaps in service provision.
• Communicate information on beneficiary needs, service gaps, feedback on quality of services to
managers, as assigned.
• Support the planning and design of future interventions.
• Assist in the enforcement of HAP Principles of Accountability.
• Ensure the application of DRC Code of Conduct and DRC Policies and Procedures.
responsible for coordinating, overseeing and directly implementing DRC’s livelihood
activities under current GIZ and UNHCR funding in Mafraq.
Responsibilities:
* Oversee and supervise all livelihood activities in Mafraq.
* Organize recurring financial literacy training sessions and the distribution of micro business
grants to participants.
* Meet with key stakeholders and potential private sector sponsors to facilitate potential work
permit opportunities for Syrian refugees.
* Facilitate the work permit allocation process in coordination with private sector sponsors and the
Directorate of Labor.
* Co-coordinate the launch of assessments, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions
on livelihoods and market ecosystems in each base.
* Manage the roll out and operations of a tool library in Mafraq in coordination with program and
technical staff.
* Launch a private sector and labor market service mapping exercise within Mafraq.
* Oversee the mapping of beneficiary skills in the community center.
* Assist in the design and translation of informative materials as needed, including presentations,
handouts, and exercises.
* Ensure livelihood activities are implemented in a way that meets or exceeds standards set by
DRC.
* Support in data collection, monitoring, and evaluation efforts with DRC’s Monitoring and
Evaluation assistants as needed.
* Support continual improvement of DRC’s livelihood activities by capturing and sharing key
challenges, articulating obstacles and proposed solutions, and identifying success stories to
highlight.
April2017-June 2017 ACTED Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
Project Assistant - Validation (for E-cards Validation)-Food assistance Program in Host
Communities-Managing validation process in three sites in Irbid.
Responsibilities:
Respond to inquiries of the validation operators
* Respondstoreceivedphonecallsfromsurveyoronvalidationand/ortoqueriesraisedwhileconductingfie
ldvisitsandprovidesthemwithrequiredinformationintermsofvalidationexercise;
* Referrelevantcasesduringfieldvisittohotlineoperatorinordertofollow-upwiththecase.
* Conduct field visits to the designated governorate on a daily basis for all the halls operating in
this governorate.
* Make sure that the validation operators start working on time and leave on time;
* Provide needed support for surveyors on validation (IT support, logistical support, knowledge
support)
* Monitor the validation exercise in the designated governorate in all rented halls.
* Monitor achieved numbers of validated cases on a daily basis via the online website provided by
WFP and follow up accordingly with each validation operator.
* Report to the project manager the daily update of the verified cases. Each report should
contain data for the previous day.
* Report to the project manager the challenges faced in each day; verbally and through a
written report.
* Any other relevant task considered necessary by the line manager (Project Manager)
Site engineer for a first grade contracting company on construction of three concrete storage tanks
(1500, 400, 300 m3 capacity and their pumping stations)..
* Coordination between camp infrastructure projects. Wastewater network and water supply
network contamination risk mitigation.
* Coordination and working with CM team to convey messages of water network to the
beneficiaries.
* Developing messages with the CM/HP team to convey the importance of the water supply
network.
* Participating with CM team in conducting focus group discussions, group sessions and individual
sessions for phase II project and Compiling the collected data.
* Responsible of reviewing and validating Zaatari phase II water supply network(242 km of
secondary and tertiary HDPE, ID pipelines and installation of valves and pumps ) design
drawings, technical specification, tender conditions, and hydraulic models.
* Responsible of review, approve, validate and modify the construction drawings.
* Responsible of review, approve, and modify the interim payments.
* Quantity surveying for the project.
* Responsible of site inspections, approval of executed works.
* Involving in the tendering process, prequalification tender evaluation and contractor’s validation.
* Quality insurance of the supplied materials and Safety insurance in the site.
* Review the project computerized hydraulic models.
* Take care of updating the general and detailed time schedule of the work.
* Ensures all CfW for construction documentation (agreements and attendance sheets) is correctly
compiled and submitted to the DPM according to schedule.
* Preparation of financial payments documents (Template and Expenditure reports) and assist in
Cash payments.
* Adequate training of the volunteers, defines schedules and works with the DPM and PM to
monitor attendance.
* Ensure UNICEF code of conduct is applied on acted recruited CFW as well as the hired third
party contractors.
* Identify needs for training and capacity building of the CFW related to Safety and Operation
Maintenance
* Follows up on the collection and response to complaints submitted through the field CM’s and
coordination with AME to assist stats faction of the solved issues.
* Interaction with other WASH agencies in the camp for CFW recruitment and design of WSN and
start up .
* Participating in camp Wash coordination and infrastructure meetings.
* Report the daily progress of all activities.
* Supporting other programs like WWN in finalizing of hand over.
* Supervision of Asphalted Water Truck Parking.
* Reporting He/she is responsible to ensure adequate and timely data collection and
compilation. He/she provides all the necessary data and information for all reports to
his/her PM/DPM.
* Is the main ACTED focal point in his/her site as regards liaison with all external stakeholders
* Communicates with the DPM and relevant staff for any difficulty linked to his/ her tasks, to
ACTED intervention or to security situation and proposes possible solutions.
Supervise the water tracking, distribution and records.
* Provide daily report of water distribution to beneficiaries.
* Ensure that water supply system is function properly and beneficiary receive water regularly as
per their requirements.
* Do regular monitoring of the project to ensure Water trackers (contractor) delivery water equally
and as per project requirements to beneficiaries.
* Control and check the quality and quantity of water delivery - ensure clean and standard
chlorinated water provided to beneficiaries.
* Cross check water tracking vouchers, coupons vs water supply monitoring sheets to ensure both
documents correspond.
* Develop messages with HP/CM team about water safe storage and water consumption.
Ministry of Public Works and Housing Trainee as Supervisor engineer in Government Buildings
Directorate/Al Mafraq Mar 2013 - Mar 2014
Projects Description:-
Project Name: Al Zbidea primary school Al Zumlah primary school Description: Construction of two
layer building consist of class rooms, Science laboratory, Storage tank, fire alarm system, septic tank
(Transformative and absorptive units), basketball court and theater. Type of Structure: Concrete Buildings,
Infrastructure, Concrete and mason, Piping, Paving. Project Cost: 400, 000 JODs .
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