Project Manager- National Role

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PROJECT MANAGER

Programmes

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our team The Oxfam team in Lebanon implements integrated humanitarian, development and policy interventions in line with Oxfam’s country strategy for Lebanon as relevant to the Bekaa and north Lebanon areas, including protection & governance; cash safety net/social protection and economic development/livelihoods; WASH/water governance with a focus on partnerships. The humanitarian pillar, in particular, ensures that marginalised women and men, particularly refugees from Syria, are able to have safe access to WASH, attain their rights to life, security, protection and assistance, and that they are enabled to support their own basic needs, develop their livelihoods, all in a manner that respects and maintains their dignity.job purpose

The Project Manager position will lead and is accountable for all the programmatic, management and partnership aspects of Oxfam’s humanitarian interventions in north Bekaa. As a key role within the Oxfam Lebanon Country programme, the position will be based in Zahle, with regular travel to programme sites in the Bekaa region. He/she will oversee effective management and relationships with relevant external stakeholders, manage interventions throughout the project cycle, including budget management, lead in preparing and developing high quality programme plans, including MEAL and procurement plans, progress and donor reports, ensure appropriate monitoring and project quality, and enhance internal and external learning and representation. In addition, the Project Manager will also support in identifying scaling up opportunities and new project ideas in line with humanitarian needs on the ground.

core details

Location:

Zahle

Internal Grade:

C2

Job Family:

Programme

Contract type:

Fixed Term

This role reports to:

Humanitarian Programme Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post:

3 direct reports (Senior Protection Officer, Senior Public Health Promotion Officer, Senior Public Health Engineering Officer). The post holder will be responsible to manage partners relations.

Annual budget          for the post:

Up to 3 million USD

Key relationships/interactions:

Humanitarian Programme Coordinator, Senior Protection Officer, Senior Public Health Promotion Officer, Senior Public Health Engineering Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator, Gender Advisor, Protection Advisor, Funding Coordinator, Grants Manager, Policy Lead, Research and Policy Advisor, Deputy Country Director for Programmes.

Screening checks:

All successful candidates will be screened through Refinitiv World-Check One to comply with counter terrorism and financial sanctions regulations.

key responsibilities

Project Cycle Management & Programme Quality

• Develop and oversee programme management instruments such as project workplans, spending plans, procurement plans – with an eye for continuous adaptation and improvement;
• Work closely with the WaSH, Protection and Gender advisors, as well as support staff, to provide appropriate guidance and managerial support to implementing field teams;
• Ensure that all activities mainstream gender justice and protection as appropriate;
• Promote monitoring and evaluation and programme quality, by supporting the design and adaptation of monitoring frameworks, monitoring tools, and review and follow-up on findings, support learning reviews and evaluations, ensuring that learning from monitoring and evaluation informs continuous quality improvement of Oxfam’s humanitarian programme;
• Provide robust monitoring of budgets and project spending trends, and propose budgetary adjustments;
• Lead on initiating relevant procurement processes, with support from Logistics, in line with programme spending and procurement planning;
• Ensure a constant and constructive relationship with municipalities in the areas of intervention, as well as other relevant stakeholders, such as the Bekaa Water Establishment;
• Lead in preparing narrative progress reports for donors in collaboration with partners, project staff, technical advisors, Funding Coordinator and support teams. Ensure narrative reporting meets Oxfam and donor’s requirements;
• Ensure that risk management and contingency planning is included at all stages of the programmes;
• Ensure compliance with the rules and regulations of Oxfam and Oxfam’s donors.
• Ensure Oxfam’s Programme Management system (OPAL) is updated and relevant;

People & Team Management

• Recruit and line manage relevant staff;
• Ensure staff are compliant with key internal procedures including security requirements and code of conduct;
• Solicit appropriate training and learning opportunities for team members in line with their performance objectives and ensure regular coaching of staff;
• Oversee performance management and staff development of team members, and provide necessary and timely feedback to all staff being directly managed;
• Ensure the physical welfare, well-being, and professional development of staff directly assigned to the project.

Partner management

• Lead on relationships with partners, including following up on the quality of the partnership, activity implementation in the field, the quality of implementation, and budget monitoring, while problem-solving any arising issues;
• Oversee the monitoring of progress against project partnership agreements;
• Support Oxfam’s partners with relevant capacity building in line with mutually agreed capacity building plans.

Programme Design and Strategy of Humanitarian Program

• Support humanitarian proposal development including supporting on the design and implementation of any needs assessments exercises as relevant;

• Support in the identification of new humanitarian partners in Oxfam’s areas of implementation;
• Support the further elaboration of a comprehensive Humanitarian Programme and Resilience Strategy for Oxfam in Lebanon;
• Support the improvement of the emergency response plan and its implementation, and ensure appropriate contingency plans and related preparedness and mitigation strategies, to ensure Oxfam’s humanitarian mandate continues to be met;
• Participate in the refinement of and update to the Oxfam Country Strategy in Lebanon, development of sector and project strategies, and learning reviews.

External representation

• Attend relevant sector coordination meetings (WaSH, protection, SGBV etc) as appropriate and/or ensure that technical staff attend those meetings regularly and feed information for continuous programme adaptation and compliance with sector standards;
• Serve as project representative to external stakeholders, such as donors, municipalities, and water establishments;
• Assist with the coordination of visits of donors, and/or partners related to the project.

Your commitment to Oxfam

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles

Essential - Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications & Competencies

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as development studies or equivalent experience

• 3-5 years’ experience within the humanitarian sector in a senior role in conflict environments, or displacement and refugee crisis.

• Project cycle management experience, including work planning, budgeting, reporting, and monitoring & evaluation

• Demonstrable understanding of the gendered dynamics of protection and WaSH work with a strong emphasis on the gendered aspects of conflict, violence and abuse.

• Ability to work in partnership with civil society organizations in Lebanon, and local authorities.

• Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills.

• Good interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.

• Proven team leadership and ability to work independently as required.

• Excellent English and Arabic language skills are essential.