Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 31 Jan 2015
Introduction
People in Need (PIN) helps people in emergencies, both in crises of war as well as in areas affected by natural disasters, and in places where it is hard for people to break out of the vicious circle of poverty without support. PIN is a Czech NGO working on independent and neutral bases with no political or religious agenda.
In South Sudan, PIN has been operational since end 2012 with reintegration / resilience focused programs in Central Equatoria and Northern Bahr el Ghazal. Since 2013 PIN has focused on interventions seeking to ensure sustainable livelihoods among vulnerable populations in Northern Barh el Ghazal. Since the spark of the current conflict related emergency, PIN is supporting IDPs camps in Juba outside the UNMISS compound. The programs are focusing particularly on the IDPs camp management, health and WASH services for IDPs. PIN has also been responding to the cholera epidemic since June 2014 in Juba in the IDP sites as well as in other highly populated areas of Juba town.
Starting: asap / according to availability
Duration:21 months with possible extension
Job overview:
The Field Program Manager (FPM) will ensure the timely and effective management and implementation of PIN’s livelihoods and nutrition programmes, ensuring efficiency, quality, impact and accountability, while upholding the core values of PIN.
The FPM must manage the programmes (full project cycle approach), manage the team of national staff with the project, and maintain excellent coordination with all partners and authorities in order to ensure the smooth implementation of activities.
The FPM will work under the supervision of the Head of Mission. The position is based in Nyamlel, with travel to Juba.
Overview of responsibilities:
Program management
- Responsible for all activities related to the full project cycle management including proper financial management to ensure the achievement of program results;
- Responsible for proper monitoring to ensure quality of actions and accountability to beneficiaries
- Responsible for the compliance with all relevant rules and regulations (PIN, donor, governmental)
- Responsible for relevant internal (PIN) and external (donor) reporting, documentation and archiving of program information, documentation and experience
- Participate in the strategic design of PIN’s programming in South Sudan and in proposal writing
Human resources
- Responsible for the management of the national staff on the base (project team, base admin, logistician) including contracts, holidays, performance evaluation and daily management.
- Responsible to ensure proper training and capacity building of national staff
External coordination:
- Participate in stakeholder and humanitarian coordination meetings, and represent PIN in the humanitarian sector and with governmental authorities,
- Work closely with other partners to ensure effective, coordinated and accountable response to needs,
Security
- Responsible for the security on the base, and as such responsible to ensure all base employees are aware of PIN‘s Security Framework, and adhere to it at all times,
- Remain in close communication with the Security Officer and report any information, feeding in experience and knowledge, including from the team.
Requirements and qualifications
Education and experience
REQUIRED
- Experience in FSL projects with rural communities (modern farming practices, farmer field school methodology, livestock management, basic veterinary & vaccination, value chain, marketing, nutrition, resilience in FSL...) and participatory approach
- Strong experience with program management cycle, including budgets and finance management Projects proposal writing experience
- Good management and coordination skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
DESIRABLE
- Previous experience in South Sudan
Personal requirements:
- Ability and willingness to work in difficult conditions in remote areas.
- Good understanding of, and experience with insecure environments
- Ability to motivate and develop skills of others
- Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines
- Methodical, analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to work both as part of a team & independently
- Empathy with the organisations humanitarian values and its approach
- Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity (esp. gender and ethnicity)
How to apply:
Applications with CVs and cover letters to be delivered ASAP to HR@peopleinneed.cz. Kindly note only preselected candidates will be contacted.