Position: Programme Coordinator (National Position) (Recent Job)
- No. of Openings 1
- Category NGO/INGO/Social/Develop.Projects
- Job Location 1
- Job Level Top Level
- Job Type Contract
- Salary Negotiable
- Education Level Master
- Experience Four year or above
- Expiry date Apr 25, 2019 (Expired)
Job Description
- To provide leadership and expertise to the programme (Humanitarian Response and Development) in Nepal.
- To liaise, support and work closely with Islamic Relief’s implementing partners in country.
- To ensure the programme are implemented within the time and budget while meeting Islamic Relief Quality Standards.
- To provide timely and high-quality proposals and reports to donors (Institutional/IR Partners).
- To ensure the development and utilization of best practice for technical interventions.
- To ensure effective coordination with Government, donors, UN agencies, Red Cross and I/NGOs, Resource institutions.
PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
- As part of the programme team, design programmes and projects based on the Country Strategy Plan in Nepal.
- Identify new partnerships to expand the work in line with the country strategy.
- Provide guidance and support to implementing partners in areas of planning, design and implementation, monitoring & evaluation, visibility and communications.
- Support on setting up and institutionalizing robust M&E systems and meet the IR Worldwide requirements to inform programme learning, development, reporting and advocacy.
- To ensure programmes are implemented, reviewed, regularly monitored and evaluated in consultative and participatory manner.
- Support HOM to develop and formulate briefing, position/strategy papers.
- Produce high quality donor reports according to the donor and HQ requirements.
- Conduct/Facilitate needs assessment post emergencies. Setting up emergency response programmes.
- Working with program department to develop sectoral strategy, emergency response plans and master budgets and contribute to Islamic Relief Nepal’s overall country strategy.
- Working closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation team to strengthen multi sectoral M&E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity building of technical field staff in carrying out the work.
- Put in place community complaint Response mechanism in coordination with relevant stakeholders in all IR Nepal programmes.
- To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian support are maintained in accordance with CHS, Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.
- Support HOM in coordination with Social Welfare Council and related Ministries for necessary programmatic compliances.
- Ensure various headquarter level compliances relate to risk register, assurance register, online project management and CHS portals.
Fundraising, Networking, Communication and Advocacy
- Work in coordination with HOM and Fund-Raising team to raise resources from diverse source for furthering Islamic Relief’s work in Nepal
- Identify funding opportunities through producing high quality concept papers/project proposals.
- Working closely with Programme Officer, technical experts to support fundraising activities, including development of high-quality concept notes and proposals, and engagement with donors’ technical advisers.
- Support HOM in identifying funding opportunities and building partnership and linkages with institutional donors, foundations, UN, multilaterals government and corporates
- To support HOM in maintaining effective relations with donors, UN, INGO’s, International Affiliate Partners and government departments.
- Support in development of advocacy strategy for IR Nepal.
- To pro-actively identify opportunities of networking with key stake holders including government and donors.
Staff Management
- Working in harmony with partner project staff and Islamic Relief other team members for the effective and efficient day-to- day management and monitoring of the programme activities.
- Coordinate and liaise with relevant team members to ensure all objectives of the program are met.
Communication and Coordination
- Represent Islamic Relief at relevant various level coordination meetings involving authorities, and other I/NGOs.
- Facilitate the process of capturing, documenting and disseminating project experiences, achievements, good practice as lesson learnt, case studies, human interest stories and progress reports related to various programmes.
- Setting up and managing organisation social media platform in coordination with HOM (Facebook, Twitter etc)
General:
- Ensure various periodic reporting’s to the HQ
- Deliver high quality results in line with the terms of reference agreed in advance.
- Comply with Islamic Relief Nepal policies and practice with respect to its values, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
- Conduct/facilitate staff trainings from time to time.
Job Specification
- Master degree required in a relevant field such as Development Studies, Sociology, International Development or Social Science.
- Highly proficient in English (written and verbal) and Nepali.
- The contract duration will be for a 1 year fixed terms.
- More than 6 years of relevant work experience, preferably in NGO/INGO setting, including at least 1-2 years’ experience in rural areas.
- Strong writing skills (proposals and reports)
- Experience with major donors (proposal writing, reporting, networking) including DFID, EC/ECHO, USAID, DFAT etc.
- Proven track record of directly managing a team of people and collaborating effectively at all levels of an organization, especially in a cross-cultural environment
- Strong time management and task prioritization skills
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft office. Experience in research software’s will be an added advantage.
- Direct Monitoring and Evaluation experience and/or experience collaborating with M&E staff desired.
- Good knowledge and preferred experience on participatory development/research approaches, Protection, WASH, livelihood, Education, DP/DRR sectors.
- Willingness and enthusiasm for working with rural and vulnerable communities living in remote areas of the country.
This job has been expired
on 2019-04-25
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