Under the responsibility of the Resident Representative, the Program Manager contributes to define areas and means of intervention and designs project strategies. He/she is responsible for the conceptual planning, content, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of activities related to the projects assigned to him/her.

As part of these responsibilities, the Program Manager:

• Provides profound analysis of current affairs and developments, prepares reports, and provides policy advice;
• Identifies topics for research, training and debate, proposes activities and elaborates programs;
• Prepares, writes, edits and disseminates articles, presentations, training and advocacy material and publications for print and digital media;
• Opens and maintains the dialogue with potential partners of the Foundation, and identifies multipliers, trainers and experts that could contribute to FES activities;
• Moderates meetings, conference panels and debates, and facilitates workshops and training sessions of both, physical and virtual nature, in English, French or Arabic, in Lebanon and – occasionally – abroad;
• Manages the implementation of project activities in terms of elaboration of contents, budget monitoring, coordination of the assigned project staff, follow-up of the logistic modalities of implementation and the assessment of results and impact, and prepares activity reports;
• Establishes working relationships with government departments and other official bodies and individuals at national and local level and represents FES at events and meetings with key stakeholders and partner organizations.