PROGRAMME MANAGER, SOUTH SUDAN

 Are you looking for a challenge, don’t miss this opportunity to join the South Sudan team and be our new Programme Manager in South Sudan.

South Sudan is a relatively new country with many humanitarian and development challenges and a multitude of international and national development and humanitarian actors, including UN agencies and international and national NGOs.

South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC) has been supported through various projects and programs by nine Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement partners in South Sudan. SSRC is one of the significant local civil society organizations in South Sudan with a presence of 21 local branches in all 28 states, a network of an estimated 12,000 volunteers and over 220 members of staff. SSRC’ operational capacities are still relatively weak in the light of the considerable humanitarian needs in the country.

Danish Red Cross (DRC) has been working bilaterally with SSRC for more than a decade. Support has been given mainly to development of a capacity for emergency preparedness and response, community based psychosocial programmes and to branch capacity development. Currently focus in the partnership is on integrated community resilience, psychosocial support and emergency response.

The overall purpose of the Programme Manager position is to ensure quality and coherent guidance and support to the SSRC on programme management of DRC supported programmes with particular focus on implementing ECHO funded Pilot Programmatic Partnership (PPP) project and building SSRC disaster management capacities. The position will require hands-on operational support, guidance and coordination and will work with relevant SSRC staff to implement multi sectoral programme including Disaster Risk Management, Cash and voucher asst, epidemic and pandemic control and CEA in different states of South Sudan. The Manager will support the SSRC in ensuring close cooperation and continual consultation between SSRC and other RCRC Movement Partner National Societies. In addition, the Manager will ensure and support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of specific programme he/she is in charge for

Responsibilities

Some of the key responsibilities of the DM/Programme Delegate:

Manage effective and efficient implementation by SSRC of DRC-funded projects in South Sudan, as required, with a particular emphasis on ECHO funded PPP projects on Distater Management, early warning, cash transfer and emergency response projects.

Support DRC and SSRC staff to conduct assessments, development and concept notes based on needs and opportunities aligned with Country Strategy

Ensure quality programme implementation and effectiveness, quality assurance (QA) and the compliance with regulations of DRC and ECHO- PPP;

Support SSRC to conduct baseline, CVA and any other relevant assessment to implement the PPP project

Prepare relevant visibility material for DRC, as per the ECHO PPP programme document.

Ensuring that project PPP project data is collected in a timely and accurate manner by SSRC PMEAL staff in field level according to the reporting and monitoring requirements

Guide SSRC staff in developing appropriate monitoring tools, documentation of learning and best practices and share with DRC.

Coordinate with CM to procure items for PPP in support of SSRC and DRC Regional logistic advisor,

Monitoring of resource allocation and budget utilization of the projects in order to help SSRC achieve a clear month-by-month overview of completed and planned project activities and spending, in collaboration with the DRC Regional Office (RO) team

Experience and qualifications

Relevant degree level qualification or extensive professional experience in related field and or social sciences, Disaster management, Project management etc

Minimum of 4-5 years of relevant experience working in operations management and coordination in the field

3 years of experience of analysing, planning, and managing relief and development programmes and resources, especially ECHO funded projects

Strong grasp of the planning and managing finances and budgets

Excellent communication, coordination and facilitation skills in culturally and politically sensitive environments

A high degree of proficiency in both written and spoken English language.

Knowledge about the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, Disaster Management and other cross-cutting programmes within the RCRC is an added value

Proven field experience in project management in conflict-affected or post-crisis countries.

Previous experience in planning and implementing ECHO funded multi sectoral project. Significant Project Cycle Management (PCM) and programme financial management experience. We expect that you have good analytical and negotiating skills. You possess excellent communication, coordination as well as networking and facilitation skills.

In terms of personal qualities, good cultural understanding and the ability to work in a challenging multicultural environment is essential. You need to be able to cope with stress, both the stress of living under a restrictive security regimen and also related to workload and the difficulty of achieving significant results in this environment, so you need to be resilient and confident in yourself.

Employment Conditions The ideal starting date is 1 Nov 2022 or earlier, if possible. The length of the contract is 06 months. The salary including all allowances and pension payment will be between DKK 37.000 and DKK 38.000 per month, depending on qualifications and experience. An individual apartment in Juba is provided, free of charge.

Juba is a non-family duty station with a paid 7-day Rest & Recuperation break permitted after every 8 weeks in-country. The Manager will be an integral member of the DRC Country Team, although in order to focus on capacity-development they will be embedded within the SSRC DM/programme Team.

How to Apply

If you have questions about the position, please write to our South Sudan Country Manager, Mohammed Jaufar Zainulabdeen, mojaz@rodekors.dk

The deadline for applications is 19th Sep 2022. First interviews are expected to take place in end of Sep 2022.

Your application and CV should be uploaded at DRC web page www.rodekors.dk/job

Apply at our website: Red Cross - PROGRAMME MANAGER, SOUTH SUDAN (easycruit.com)