Cameroon Program – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Job announcement

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The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of 148 churches in the Lutheran
tradition, representing over 77 million Christians in 99 countries. The Department for World
Service is responsible for LWF’s humanitarian and development work whose actions are
defined around three key programmatic areas: Livelihoods, Quality Services and Protection &
Social Cohesion, including cross-cutting themes such as Climate Justice, Gender Justice and
Advocacy for fundamental Rights .

The LWF’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It has been present in Cameroon since 2014
and intervenes mainly in the areas of Livelihoods, Education, Peace and Social Cohesion,
Environment/Energy and Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH); in four regions namely: East,
Adamaoua, North and Far North with a representation office in Yaoundé in the Center region.
As part of its activities in Cameroon, LWF is recruiting:
Job title: One (01) Program Coordinator
Line manager: Country Representative.
Place of assignment: Yaoundé.
Contract duration: One year renewable according to performance with a 3-month trial period.
Main objective of the position:

The Program Coordinator (PC) is based in Yaoundé with frequent missions to LWF field offices:
Bertoua, Batouri, Maroua and Kousseri. He/she is responsible for coordinating LW’s response
in Cameroon and reports to the LWF Country Representative or to the person designated by
him/her to carry out his/her duties.
This is a leadership position, requiring effective diplomacy, critical, analytical, facilitative and
inter/intra-personal skills, advocacy and reporting skills. Fluency in French and English is a
strong asset for this position.
He/she will always be guided by the Memoranda of Understanding signed between the LWF
and the Cameroon government and other UN system organizations which provide strategic
guidance and operational parameters, the purpose of this position is to provide leadership and
overall management and coordination of the program .
More specifically, duties and responsibilities will include the following:
A. Leadership:

1. Be responsible for the proper coordination of the operations of the various regular LWF
projects in Cameroon, ensuring that implementation is managed in a professional and
competent manner.
2. Be a member of the LWF Country Management Team (CMT) in Cameroon and, as
such, responsible for ensuring that the LWF Country Representative receives timely
and professional advice on all matters related to the program.
3. Take advice on program matters from the LWF Regional Program Coordinator in
Geneva and, as appropriate, any Thematic Program Officer or Program & Monitoring
Evaluation covering Cameroon.
4. Be the supervisor of program staff (regular projects), providing leadership and support
to other team members. This includes reviewing work plans, appraisals and consulting
with Human Resources to contribute to a staff development plan.
B. Project coordination:
1. Be responsible for the overall coordination of LWF regular project operations in
Cameroon, including the field offices mentioned above.
2. Be responsible for the professional implementation of activities, in accordance with
relevant project agreements (and memoranda of understanding, where applicable) with
relevant agencies and donors, and in accordance with current policies, codes of
conduct, PSEA codes and strategies.
3. Assess and identify additional staffing needs in the LWF/DWS Cameroon program,
provide advice to field project management for new recruitment (replacement or new
position) and participate in the development of job descriptions for international
recruitment.
4. Serve on the interview panel for the recruitment of senior project and program staff.
5. Organize comprehensive and clear orientation, information and induction courses for
newly recruited staff and/or existing staff employed in new positions within the program,
with particular emphasis on briefings, safety tips, codes of conduct and PSEA.
6. Participate in the preparation of the project proposal, report and other documents
related to program issues, ensuring staff participation, in accordance with donor
requirements/formats and deadlines, and in line with LWF/DWS policies and
guidelines.
7. Ensure that planning, monitoring and evaluation of projects and project components
are conducted in accordance with donor requirements/formats and in a timely manner,
with a view to standardizing M&E practices and approaches across the program.
8. Ensure that all activities and implementation comply with all established guidelines and
policies in accordance with any agreement between LWF and its partners. This implies
that there is a cordial relationship and coordinated approach developed and
established with identified (local) partners, project coordinators as well as program level
area managers (ie finance, logistics/procurement and human
resources/administration).
9. Liaise and collaborate closely with the government (GoC), UN agencies (WFP,
UNHCR, OCHA, etc), in-country donors and international NGOs, related agencies and
others regarding all program activities to ensure and promote a coordinated approach
to program development (including participation in relevant workshops and meetings)
and to keep various staff members informed and updated.
10. Coordinate and participate in regular staff coordination meetings and develop the
agenda in liaison with other senior staff.
11. Be responsible for updating the security plan of the LWF-Cameroon program in
collaboration with the security officer based on the latest information available and
security briefings of all local staff and briefings of visitors to the program.
12. Effectively manage and supervise regular project activities in the field, spending most
of his/her time in the field (and as needed) providing project management support,
monitoring and discussing important program issues with project management, and
reporting to the Country Representative.
C. Planning/Monitoring/Evaluation and Reporting:
1. Act as focal point for uploading and data entry on the Activityinfo system.
2. Act as the main focal point for LWF Cameroon’s Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of
project activities and develop, implement and monitor an M&E plan in accordance with
donor requirements and internal LWF guidelines.
3. Coordinate with PMER officers and project coordinators in the development of project
or project component implementation plans, outlining key actions, milestones and
timelines to ensure that project objectives are achieved.
4. Provide the Country Representative with regular updates on project monitoring, with
key results and challenges, project status and project components, identifying areas
for improvement and recommending improvements.
5. Supervises the collection of baseline and M&E data.
6. Review and adapt data collection forms and procedures, and propose them to teams
and train teams in their use.
7. Promote and explain the importance of M&E, compile lessons learned along the way,
and present them in a usable format.
8. Ensure that the M&E system in place allows for easy project evaluation.
9. Create and/or correctly use the existing data base.
10. Prepare Monitoring Review sessions.
11. Ensure that accountability aspects are integrated into the program, good governance,
and that beneficiaries take ownership of the project.
12. Ensure the quality and consistency of the data collected (including the system), and
discuss this with the Program Coordinator.
13. Organize sessions to share lessons learned in the program.
Qualifications required:
1. A higher education degree recognized as Bac + 5 University years such as in
Agricultural Engineering, Project Management, Development Studies, Humanitarian
Studies, Social Sciences or other field studies directly relevant to the position.
2. Strong writing and communication skills in French and English.
3. Experience required: At least 8 years’ proven experience in managing and leading
program teams in humanitarian and development contexts, with development contexts,
with proven experience in project procurement as well as experience in project
management and support to program staff throughout the project cycle , assessment.
Previous experience in climate change programs would be an asset.
4. Good knowledge and experience in partnering with major international donors engaged
in humanitarian and development programs.
5. Strong fundraising skills to broaden and diversify funding sources, supported by quality
program delivery and operational excellence.
Recruitment procedures:
– Recruitment will follow the following procedures:
o Screening of applications
o Pre-selection of candidates
o Written test and/or oral interview (shortlisted candidates only).
– Applications must include:
o A Curriculum Vitae with three (03) reference persons mentioning their e-mails and
telephone contacts,
o An application letter addressed to the LWF Cameroon Country Representative.
o A motivation letter addressed to the LWF Cameroon Country Representative,
o A Criminal record extract, bulletin number 3, less than three months old,
– Diplomas copies/work certificates.
How to apply:
– Applications must mention the position title in the email subject, and be sent by e-mail
only to: procurement.cameroon@lutheranworld.org
– All application documents will be scanned in PDF format and transferred to a single
file. Applications from candidates whose files do not comply with this instruction, and
whose position title is not mentioned in the email subject will not be processed.
– Shortlisted candidates will present the originals of their application documents to the
recruitment panel before interviews.
– Appointee candidate will present the originals of his diplomas before signing the
employment contract.
The deadline for applications is 29
th September, 2023 at 5pm.
Yaoundé, 12th September, 2023
 Country Representative – LWF Cameroon
 Philbert HABONIMANA

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