JOB: Food Security Project Manager, INTERSOS
Identification
Job title: Food security project manager
Reports to: Program coordinator
Duty station: Maroua
Type of contract: CDD
Duration of contract: 5.5 months
Availability: July 03, 2023
Missions and Responsibilities
General objective
The security project manager food ensures the overall management of the food security project
by ensuring the delivery of the food security project. This position will be fully
responsible for the project under the direct supervision of the Program and Technical Coordinators.
Responsibilities
1. External representation and coordination
– Ensures good acceptance of INTERSOS activities and establishes positive relationships with
all project stakeholders in the areas of intervention
– Ensure a regular and active presence at all technical and general assemblies in
all localities and poles of coordination where the project is implemented.
– Ensures the collection and quality of shared information
– Builds and maintains good relationships with all project stakeholders
– Ensures effective, smooth and timely communication with WFP staff on
field operations
2. Supervision and Monitoring
– Develop activity work plans and program updates and reports.
– Ensure the proper implementation of project activities, approaches and strategies.
– Ensure activities are consistent with relevant
organizational and donor policies, approaches and practices.
– Ensures full administrative compliance of project activities with authorities and organizes
appropriate follow-up on any pending or ongoing issues
– Ensure proper use and reporting of all project monitoring
and management tools organization, including procurement plan,
financial plans and PAT.
– Propose, distribute and ensure the proper use of validated technical tools and, if the context
requires it, suggests their modification or the implementation of new tools.
– Timely monitoring and reporting on any operational constraints
3. Human Resource Management
– Monitors, empowers and evaluates the performance of all project team under his
direct supervision.
– Ensures that the performance of the entire team is properly monitored and developed,
in accordance with the organization’s policy
– Clarifies roles, assigns clear tasks/responsibilities and develops roadmaps for
each team member under his/her supervision
– Ensures clear delegation of responsibilities and holds accountable team members
under his/her supervision
– Identifies technical gaps in reporting, implementation and
accountability and, in collaboration with relevant coordinators, develops a
training curriculum to address relevant issues.
– Relays the operational questions raised by the teams to the Mission Management
4. Data management
– In collaboration with the MEAL officer, supports the collection of data on the indicators of
his project
– Ensure the quality of the data reported
– Ensure that the program archiving system is functional and accessible, that it
complies with internal and donor regulations and that the archive is regularly maintained
5. Reports
– Contribute to the effectiveness of program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for
internal and external use, in coordination with other program staff
.
– Provide weekly updates on the project, capturing activity progress,
lessons learned, program success stories
– Ensure quality of donor reports within internal deadlines
– Ensure timely feedback of information validated from each
relevant humanitarian coordination body
6. Analysis and Strategy
– Analyze project weaknesses and strengths through
team impact surveys and follow-up surveys.
– Analyze the operational context, identify funding opportunities and the various
risks for the project and the organization.
– Support any internal evaluation initiative in the areas covered by the project.
– Participates in the preparation of new proposals, as well as in the modification of the project under
his responsibility
7. Accountability
– Ensure that all accountability tools are implemented at all stages of the
project and ensure their optimal functioning.
– Ensure the proper training of the teams and actively report cases of fraud or abuse, including
SEA cases observed by the teams or partners, in collaboration with the
PSEA focal point.
– Ensures proper implementation of CFM and internal feedback mechanism for
project activities.
Job requirements
Education
– Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, management, agronomy and/
rural development and any related scientific field
Experience
– Minimum of 3 years of experience in a humanitarian context,
in an association, NGO or INGO, with at least 2
years of field work experience in crisis context
– Consistent work experience of
WFP food assistance modalities in a similar context
– Team management experience of at least 2 years; any
consistent experience at a similar level of responsibility
would be an asset
Language and
Communication
– Proficiency in written and spoken formal French and English
– Strong writing skills
– Proficiency in local languages of the Far North would be a
considerable asset
Knowledge
Skills /
Attitudes
– Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
– Basic humanitarian GIS tools (OpenStreetMaps, Google
Earth and Google Custom maps)
– Consumer web browsers (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge,
Mozilla Firefox) – Consumer web-based
chat and conferencing tools/platforms (
Skype, Teams, Zoom and WebEx)
– Web 2.0 tools (cloud storage, webmail and others)
– Reporting experience with different donors
– Leadership, people management and development,
teamwork and cooperation
– Strategic vision
– Results and quality orientation
– Flexibility
– Commitment to INTERSOS principles
– Understanding of principles, standards and best practices
in humanitarian operations
Send your CV and cover letter in PDF by following and completing the
questionnaire at the link below: https://cutt.ly/ewtMaE3s
The deadline for submitting applications is Friday June 30, 2023 at 5 p.m.
NB: Only pre-selected candidates will be contacted for the interview.
HR Department – INTERSOS
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