RECRUITMENT NOTICE: 01 DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER

RECRUITMENT NOTICE: 01 DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER
IDENTIFICATION
Job Title: Deputy Project Manager
Reports to: Project Manager
Duty station Buea
Type of contract Fixed Term
Availability: June 2025
Main objective
and Tasks
➢ Implementing program activities: setting up, revitalizing and building the capacity
of community protection networks, monitoring and responding to protection cases.
➢ Ensure and monitor the day-to-day management of the team and programmatic
activities as planned and propose changes where necessary.
➢ Ensure quality work in accordance with INTERSOS values and humanitarian
principles.
➢ To ensure the availability of working resources (finance, equipment, logistics) for
the team.
➢ Ensure regular reporting on field activities and maintain a good level of
communication with partners.
.
Tasks:
1. Coordination and external representation
➢ Ensures good acceptance of INTERSOS activities and establishes positive
relations with all project stakeholders at operational level (Prefecture, sub-
prefecture, arrondissements, communes and villages) in the intervention zones.
➢ Represents and ensures a regular and active presence of the project and the
organization at all operational technical meetings, in the intervention zones and
coordination centers where the project is implemented.
➢ Ensures external coordination of the project’s overall activities, where necessary.
➢ Ensures regular and active attendance at sectoral, ad hoc and general humanitarian
coordination forums.
➢ Ensures the quality of the information obtained and obtains the Project Manager’s
validation before external submission.
2. Implementation of programme activities and supervision
Assist the project manager in implementing programme activities:
➢ Organize, with the support of the field team:
➢ Setting up and/or revitalizing community protection networks in the 05 areas
targeted by the project.
➢ Capacity-building (training and awareness-raising) for community protection
networks, youth leaders, women’s leaders, local authorities and leaders,
government officials, health workers and technical and social service workers
(health, education, social centers, etc.) in human rights protection, GBV prevention
and response and child protection.
➢ Raising awareness of human rights, GBV and child protection among different
social and community groups through various channels (FGD, focus groups, door-
to-door and outreach awareness-raising, etc.).
➢ coaching/supervising, leading and monitoring community networks.
➢ Supervising the field team (CBPOs and community workers) and specialists
(GBV/CP/PSS team leaders, psychologists, database managers, etc.) in the
implementation of monitoring activities and responses to survivors of
GBV/CP/PSS:
➢ Monitoring cases of human rights violations and vulnerability: SGBV, UASCs,
etc. in the project’s target localities in order to ensure identification,
recording/documentation (in accordance with GBVIMS methodology), referral and
follow-up.
➢ Responses to identified cases so that survivors and victims have access to
appropriate services and assistance: medical (health centre), psycho-social
(counselling centre) and legal (police) care for SGBV cases, UASCs, referral to
protection actors including the ICRC/appropriate state structures, family care,
facilitating access to justice, etc.);
➢ Setting up and running child-, women- and girl-friendly spaces in order to gather
information/alerts on cases of SVBG, UASCs, etc. from the local population.
➢ Help set up and run GBV/CP AoRs.
➢ With the support of the teams in the field and specialists, map the players and
responses to cases of SGBV and UASCs.
➢ Assisting the project manager in the design, development and implementation of
SOPs (standard operating procedures) relating to GBV UASCs.
➢ Supervise teams and activities in the field to ensure that activities are carried out
according to plan.
➢ Anticipate and plan the needs required for the proper execution of field activities.
➢ Assist the project manager in building the team’s capacity (training, coaching) in
human rights protection, SGBV prevention and response, child protection,
psychosocial support, counselling, communication and information management,
GBVIMS, humanitarian principles, training, facilitation and awareness-raising
techniques and reporting techniques.
3. Support resources management
➢ Ensure compliance with INTERSOS’ financial, logistical and security procedures.
➢ Ensure production (TOR, budget, request for funds, contracts….) as well as their
compliance with procedures before committing funds for the implementation of
activities.
➢ Carry out strict control of the financial documents before and after the activities:
ensure that the supporting documents are properly completed, signed and comply
with the financial procedures.
➢ Participate in the day-to-day management of the project’s finances and budget
monitoring.
➢ Organize and supervise logistical activities related to the project.
➢ Submitting weekly vehicle release schedules.
➢ Ensure the availability of logistical resources.
➢ Organize the transparent and correct management of materials and work
equipment.
➢ Regularly monitoring purchases (tracking orders, monitoring the quality and
quantity of deliveries and delivery times);
➢ Participate in drawing up the purchasing plan and ensure that it is regularly
updated.
➢ Play an active role in staff recruitment.
➢ Provide orientation for new staff.
➢ Ensure that security and protection incidents in the field are regularly reported to
the project manager.
4. Data management
➢ In collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, supports the
collection of performance data.
➢ Ensures the quality and timeliness of the data collected.
➢ organizes the project’s archiving system and ensures that data confidentiality is
respected at all levels of data collection and archiving.
5. Reporting
➢ Participate in programme meetings at the request of his/her line manager.
➢ Collect reports from field teams and specialists, compile them and pass them on to
the project manager.
➢ Write and pass on activity reports (weekly, monthly).
➢ Ensure that documentation relating to activities is provided and archived correctly.
➢ Participate in writing the monthly programme pack (chronogram, monthly report,
etc.).
➢ Guarantee the confidentiality of information gathered from interlocutors.
➢ Ensure that conflicts between staff or with partners are addressed constructively
and resolved cooperatively. He/she will do this in collaboration with the Project
Manager.
➢ Ensure the quality of interventions in the field and the active participation of
grassroots communities.
➢ Establish and maintain good relations with local, administrative, political, military
and community authorities, as well as managers and agents of technical and
specialized state services and humanitarian partners in the intervention zone.
➢ Remain attentive to the population and field actors and report to his/her line
manager any non-technical or security problem that could have consequences for
the security of INTERSOS teams.
➢ Inform and consult the Project Manager of any situation or circumstances that may
affect the smooth running of the project.
6. Analysis and strategy
➢ Analyses the strengths and weaknesses of activities through monitoring visits,
active participation in field activities and closer links with project stakeholders
➢ Participate in the development of new proposals
7. Accountability
➢ In collaboration with the Accountability Focal Point, ensures that all accountability
tools are implemented at all stages of the project and ensures that they are working
optimally.
➢ Engage teams and actively report cases of fraud or abuse, including cases of SEA
identified by teams or partners, in liaison with the SEAH Focal Point.
Educational and Professional experience required
• BAC+5 in Law, Social Sciences, or related fields
• 03 years of professional experience in the field of GBV/CP and/or project
management, including two years in a supervisory position,
• 0 3 years of management or work experience within an international
humanitarian non-governmental organization
• Recognized for the value of its organizational systems.
Technical and
behavioral
competencies
required
Work Experience:
• Proven experience in writing protection analyses, periodic reports, including
activity implementation reports and in monitoring project indicators.
Experience in supervising GBV, CP, PSS and/or in the reception and care of
vulnerable people, including internally displaced persons and refugees.
IT: Advanced Knowledge of
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, outlook),
• Basic humanitarian GIS tools (OpenStreetMaps, Google Earth and Google
Custom maps)
• Mainstream web browsers (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla
Firefox)
• Web-based mainstream chat and conferencing tools/platforms (Skype, Teams,
Zoom and WebEx)
• Web 2.0 tools (cloud storage, webmail and others)
Languages and
Communication • Fluency in both written and oral formal English.
French is an asset
Send your CV and Cover letter by following this link: https://urlr.me/jX96aZ
Only CVs and Cover letters sent through the link mentioned will be received.
NB: Only Shortlisted candidates will be invited for the written and technical tests.
Please apply no later than May 31, 2025, at 5 PM

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