Field Program Manager, South Sudan | - 2015

People in Need(PIN) helps people in emergencies, both in crises of war as well as in areas affected by natural disasters, and in places where it is hard for people to break out of the vicious circle of poverty without support. PIN is a Czech NGO working on independent and neutral bases with no political or religious agenda.

In South Sudan, PIN has been operational since end 2012 with reintegration / resilience focused programs in Central Equatoria and Northern Bahr el Ghazal. Since 2013 PIN has focused on interventions seeking to ensure sustainable livelihoods among vulnerable populations in Northern Barh el Ghazal. Since the spark of the current conflict related emergency, PIN is supporting IDPs camps in Juba outside the UNMISS compound. The programs are focusing particularly on the IDPs camp management, health and WASH services for IDPs. PIN has also been responding to the cholera epidemic since June 2014 in Juba in the IDP sites as well as in other highly populated areas of Juba town.

Starting: asap / according to availability

Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension

Job overview:

The Field Program Manager (FPM) will ensure the timely and effective management and implementation of PIN’s livelihoods and nutrition programmes, ensuring efficiency, quality, impact and accountability, while upholding the core values of PIN.

The FPM must manage the programmes (full project cycle approach), manage the team of national staff with the project, and maintain excellent coordination with all partners and authorities in order to ensure the smooth implementation of activities.

The FPM will work under the supervision of the Head of Mission. The position is based in Nyamlel, with travel to Juba.

Overview of responsibilities:

Program management

Responsible for all activities related to the full project cycle management including proper financial management to ensure the achievement of program results;
Responsible for proper monitoring to ensure quality of actions and accountability to beneficiaries
Responsible for the compliance with all relevant rules and regulations (PIN, donor, governmental)
Responsible for relevant internal (PIN) and external (donor) reporting, documentation and archiving of program information, documentation and experience
Participate in the strategic design of PIN’s programming in South Sudan and in proposal writing

Human resources

Responsible for the management of the national staff on the base (project team, base admin, logistician) including contracts, holidays, performance evaluation and daily management.
Responsible to ensure proper training and capacity building of national staff

External coordination

Participate in stakeholder and humanitarian coordination meetings, and represent PIN in the humanitarian sector and with governmental authorities,
Work closely with other partners to ensure effective, coordinated and accountable response to needs,

Security

Responsible for the security on the base, and as such responsible to ensure all base employees are aware of PIN‘s Security Framework, and adhere to it at all times,
Remain in close communication with the Security Officer and report any information, feeding in experience and knowledge, including from the team.

Requirements and qualifications:

Education and experience

REQUIRED

Experience in FSL projects with rural communities (modern farming practices, farmer field school methodology, livestock management, basic veterinary & vaccination, value chain, marketing, nutrition, resilience in FSL…) and participatory approach
Strong experience with program management cycle, including budgets and finance management Projects proposal writing experience
Good management and coordination skills
Fluent written and spoken English

DESIRABLE

Previous experience in South Sudan

Personal requirements:

Ability and willingness to work in difficult conditions in remote areas
Good understanding of, and experience with insecure environments
Ability to motivate and develop skills of others
Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines
Methodical, analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to work both as part of a team & independently
Empathy with the organisations humanitarian values and its approach
Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity (esp. gender and ethnicity)