Vaga Servisu - Program Manager - Mercy Corps Timor-Leste

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL)

PROGRAM MANAGER

 

Location Dili, Timor-Leste

Position Status: Fixed Term – Possibilities for extension

Grade Level: 8

Salary: US$1,651.00 plus benefits

 

Mercy Corps Timor-Leste is seeking to hire a qualified PROGRAM MANAGER will work closely with the Program Technical Lead and Coordinator to ensure the successful delivery of the project. S/he will ensure Mercy Corps delivers high-quality climate resilience building-related activities on time, on scope, and within budget. The Program Manager is responsible for providing overall leadership, reporting, and communication for the program. The Program Manager will collaborate with external stakeholders to leverage the impacts of Climate Change, with a focus on improved coordination and technical capacity among national government partners.

 

Based in Dili, Degree in Business Administration, or related field required. To succeed in this role, you will need excellent communication and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and process information in support of changing program activities to get important work done.

 

Program Manager Responsibilities:

Essential Job Responsibilities

Strategy & Vision

• Provide overall leadership and vision for the program, including providing technical assistance and leading initiatives to integrate climate-sensitive solutions with improved knowledge to be resilient to the climate impact.
• Lead the team to engage target communities in a participatory manner to identify and adapt durable and sustainable solutions to climate risk preparedness, with a particular focus on sustainable mitigation, and, where appropriate, early warning and contingency planning.
• Leverage DRR and climate change activities to build the resilience of vulnerable coffee farmer populations, including women, girls, and people living with disability

Program Management

• Oversee program implementation according to Mercy Corps’ Program Management Minimum Standards.
• Manage budgetary control of expenditure, manage donor funds, and prepare financial reports in line with donor requirements and Mercy Corps regulations in collaboration with the finance department
• Submit timely high quality donor reports in line with project agreement.
• Oversee the program filing system for all project related activities and ensure that information is organized according to the reporting and auditing needs of the project.
• Advise the Program Technical lLead (PTL), Cluster Coordinator (CC), and field team, setting objectives and priorities, and ensuring teams have the technical and operational support needed to implement assigned activities.
• Work closely with the PTL, CC, and field team to ensure monthly and quarterly work plans are developed, and updated on a regular basis, and activities are delivered on time, on budget, and on the scope.

Team Management

• Assist in the recruitment and training of program staff to ensure staff are of the quality and capacity to ensure the successful implementation of all project activities. Monitor and advise on staffing needs throughout the program.
• Ensure the close coordination and sharing of information between the various sectors of the program staff including engineering, agriculture, community development and program support with regular program meetings and activity plans.
• Provide direct and ongoing supervision and managerial support for all direct reports.

MONITORING, EVALUATION, RESEARCH, AND LEARNING

• Work closely with the country Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) team, field team, and PTL to ensure that key monitoring data is identified, collected, and reported (PMP updated) in a timely and accurate manner using the correct MERL tools and processes, and that monitoring and learning are deeply valued and integrated into all program activities.
• Carry out Quality Assurance by conducting regular and as-needed program quality assurance of both Mercy Corps’ and our partners’ work including frequent field visit spot checks, data verifications, and documenting and reporting these actions and corresponding findings.

PARTNERSHIP / STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Work closely across departments- Program Managers, Technical Support Unit, MERL, to ensure teams are united in their goals and strategy to advance gender equity and social inclusion and foster an organizational culture that supports gender equality and social inclusion.

Program Manager Requirements:

 

• 5 years of relevant experience in international relief and development programming at an INGO
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Tetum; Understanding of Mambae is preferable.
• Prior experience supervising diverse teams
• Thorough understanding of climate change, resilience market-driven/economic development, DRR, and agricultural development programming is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience working with a diverse group of stakeholders including government officials and private sector actors.
• Strong representation, networking, and facilitation skills. Proven ability to synthesize and communicate complex subjects/topics effectively to multiple stakeholder groups.
• Effective multi-tasking, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal methods.
• Strong management, team building, and capacity development skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members.

Who is Mercy Corps?

 

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.

 

Mercy Corps works in places of transition, where conflict, disaster, political upheaval, or economic collapse present opportunities to build more secure, productive, and just communities. Providing emergency relief in times of crisis, we move quickly to help communities recover and build resilience to future shocks and promote sustainable change by supporting community-led and market-driven initiatives.

 

Diversity is powerful. To achieve transformational change, we seek out team members with different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking. Diversity helps us unlock complexity. WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

 

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Safeguarding & Ethics

Safeguarding & Ethics Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to  The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. By applying for this role an applicant confirms that they have not previously violated an employer’s sexual misconduct, sexual exploitation and abuse, child safeguarding or trafficking policy. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete the mandatory Code of Conduct e-learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

As an applicant, if you witness or experience any form of sexual misconduct during the recruitment process, please report this to Mercy Corps Integrity Hotline (integrityhotline@mercycorps.org).

Interested applicants should send their CV and cover letter to: timorleste-hr@mercycorps.org or by hand to HR Department in Palm Business & Trade Centre Surik Mas, Fatumeta, Bairro Pite, Dom Aleixo, Dili Timor Leste. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

As part of Safeguarding commitment, applicants are required to sign the attached Application Consent and Application Attestation of No Prior Misconduct FORM and submit it together with a CV and application letter to Mercy Corps.

 

 

CLOSING DATE; November 08, 2024