Job ID
18380

Job Title
Programme Manager

To work for
Dorcas

Country
Syria

City
Damascus

Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters

Job Type
Full time

Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)

Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree

Responsibilities
The Programme Manager (PM) is responsible for developing, expanding, coordinating, managing and monitoring DORCAS programmes in Syria. He/ she will work closely together and coordinate with partners and will support the capacity building of local partner organizations.
The PM will report to the Country Director (CD) and liaises closely with the DORCAS HA team in Syria and relevant technical officers of the DORCAS Office.


Qualifications
•Relevant education in Development and or Humanitarian Aid;
•At least 5 years proven experience with analysing, developing, managing and monitoring programmes and participatory needs assessments;
•Proven experience with developing, establishing, managing and monitoring development programmes.
•Strong proposal writing skills
•Experience in assessing capacity of partners and or delivering training
•Experience in building capacity and backstopping local partners in conflict-affected states, preferably in Syria;
•Strong (financial) project management, analytical and problem-solving skills;
•Experience of working with internationally-funded programmes, including coordination, reporting and monitoring according to different donor templates
•Be diplomatic, culturally sensitive and result-oriented;
•Excellent English language writing and communication skills.


Specific Vacancy Requirements
•Ensure quality implementation and develop and establish strong oversight in every project including specific quality indicators;
•Develop and establish new programmes and support programme development and strategic position of Dorcas.
•Support capacity development of selected local partner organizations;
•Assist in the development of consortia and identify, develop and support new projects;
•Acquisition, networking, representation and coordination within the Syria and International network, International NGO community, UN agencies and UN clusters, and potential back donors.
•Any other responsibilities that can reasonably be asked from the position.
Specific objectives
Programme development and strategic positioning:
•Explore opportunities and threats for the Dorcas programme in Syria as well as the strengths and weaknesses of Dorcas herein;
•Explore potential local and international partner organization to cooperate with;
•Actively contribute towards the design and updating of Country Strategic Plans and Annual Work Plans.
Identify, Develop and Support Proposals and Projects:
•Lead and carry out assessments, conduct proper needs analysis and prepare quality assessment reports;
•Develop consortia;
•Identify local implementing partners;
•Support the development project proposals (narrative, logframe, budget, workplan)
•Develop MEAL and other quality tools, and implement them in current programmes;
•Support and cooperate with local and international partners in developing their proposals (narrative, work plan, budget, logframe) and implementation of Dorcas funded projects;
•Responsible for planning, evaluation and audits (with support of financial experts) as foreseen per grant contract in close collaboration with partners;
•Regular visits to project sites to monitor progress of projects funded by Dorcas and back donors;
•Responsible for reporting on programmes to Dorcas Country Director and others based on partner reports and visits.
•Support documentation of human interest stories, lessons learned, best practices and strategic opportunities related to Dorcas and partners’ programmes and projects.
Networking, Representation and Acquisition:
•Establish excellent working relations and network in country.
•Identify and establish contacts with relevant organizations and stakeholders as strategic to Dorcas interventions in Syria;
•Explore added value of Dorcas and promote Dorcas interests within relevant clusters;
•Explore potential areas for collaboration and mobilize opportunities and resources;
•Represent Dorcas in relevant UN and other humanitarian coordination / thematic cluster meetings.


Salary and Benefits
The program manager will be based in the Dorcas Office in Damascus, Syria with regular travel to the project areas.

About us
We are Dorcas and we desire justice, both for people and their communities, so that they flourish. We strive for lasting change for those who live in poverty, are excluded, or are caught in a crisis.

We are a Christian organization and we work prayerfully. We value entrepreneurship and are ready to go off the beaten track. We desire to partner with everyone who shares our mission.


Required employees number
1

Posted On
Mar 14, 2019

Expiry Date
Apr 13, 2019

CV Language
English




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