Program Manager – Nairobi – INTERSOS

1. Terms of reference
Job title: Program Manager (National Position)
Location: Mogadishu (25%) with frequent travel to Baidoa and Jowhar (25%) and Nairobi (50%)
Reporting to: Head of Mission
Starting date: July 2016

Duration of contract: 6 months (renewable)
2. Tasks and responsibilities
The Program Manager is the coordinator of the Refugee Return/IDPs Return, Re-Integration and Durable Solution.
Through close coordination with the Head of Mission he/she ensures that the ongoing project interventions are properly implemented and reported. He/She will be dedicated 100% on Return, IDPs, Re-Integration and Durable Solution. This include the development of the interventions on the aforementioned sector.
1. Assessment, Program Design and Planning
For the Return and Durable Solution Sectors he/she will be in charge of:
• Ensuring that new assessments and new potential interventions are explored and executed.
• Ensuring that INTERSOS is duly represented at Cluster level at ReDDS Meeting and in other relevant Forum for Durable solution and reintegration (I.E. Trust Fund).
• Preparing projects, reports (final and interim) preparations submission for institutional and public funding and ensuring a timely submission of these.
• Drafting PAT, monthly reports, mission report, CPPs and all the other, possible ad hoc report preparation and timely submission to the Head of Mission.
• Ensuring the respect of projects and internal/external reports deadlines and commitments foreseen by MoU and Agreement stipulated with International donors and agencies.
• Represent INTERSOS in strategic meeting on Durable Solution and working to consolidate partnership ongoing and to build up new partnership/consortium
• Identification of new Donors and engagement with me to develop new strategies for access to basic services in areas of return.

1. Return, IDPs, Re-Integration Durable Solution
the Program Coordinator will implement the following:
• Be responsible for implementation of the ongoing projects according to the signed Agreement and further modification approved by the donors.
• Be responsible for assessments, projects design, reports (final and interim) preparations for institutional and public funding.
• Be responsible for the timely submission of project proposals as well as external and internal reports.
• Be responsible of the preparation of all the accounting documents for intermediate and final financial reports required by donors.
• Be responsible for staffing and appraisal of the national personnel involved in the projects belonging to the Return, IDPs, Re-Integration and Durable Solution Sector.
• Ensure a steady and active representation of INTERSOS at cluster level as well in all the other, significant meetings (i.e. Return Consortium, Technical Working Group, Regional Durable Solution Secretariat etc.).
• Maintain daily relationship with the Donors and involve the Head of Mission whereas strategic opportunity can arise.
• Maintain ongoing surveillance of the developing humanitarian situation and adjust activities accordingly.

4. Required profile/experience
• Master degree in Social Science, Community Development, Psychology or Social Work and/or equivalent practical field experience, preferably with a humanitarian organization;
• Minimum three years professional experience in return and/or Durable Solution/ Reintegration programming, technical population movements and reintegration is an asset;
• Previous experience humanitarian project management is required; previous experience in emergency context are an asset;
• Fluent English is mandatory.

Technical competencies:
• Knowledge of the cluster system
• Knowledge of return consortium
• Knowledge of main Donors working on Durable Solution
• Project Management skills, including financial planning and documentation;
• Fluency in written and spoken English, good reporting and communication skills are required;
• Good problem solving and social skills and creative, to think of alternative solutions;

HOW TO APPLY:
Qualified applicants are requested to submit their curriculum vitae, motivation letter and 2 referencesto: recruitment@intersos.org, specifying in the subject ‘Program Manager (national)_Somalia”**
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview

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