Project Manager

Assignment

The Cash Project Manager is in charge of the management and implementation of the activity of cash distribution to targeted households in their designated area.  The Cash & Finance officer will work under the supervision of the Deputy Country Director and in close relation with Emergency response coordinator.

1. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reports directly to Deputy Country Director
• Prepares staffing plan and detailed work plan, both of which are updated on a weekly basis.
• Manages workplan and performance of project staff
• Conducts regular field visits to ensure proper monitoring of implementation
• Recruitment, documentation of attendance and payment follow up for all daily labor positions
• Review of BFU and follow up on regular basis with finance department to ensure all project expenditures are in line with budget forecasts
• Develop a beneficiary communication strategy and ensure all program staff adhere to the communication framework
• Develop referral pathways and ensure program staff are fully updated on the response and are making the appropriate referrals
• Data review with enumerators and liaison with Program Database officer to ensure comprehensive and accurate program data, including ensuring data is properly uploaded in a timely manner to centralized server.
• Review data scoring and eligibility lists
• Organization of cash card and/or PIN distributions
• Card management follow up (liaison with relevant bank, issuing replacement cards or PINs, liaison with accountability officer for beneficiary complaint follow up on a regular basis)
• Attendance and reporting for all related cash and basic assistance coordination meetings (upon request by DCD).
• Attendance of area level coordination meetings for various sectors and update of beneficiary communication/referral frameworks with relevant information.
• Conducting PDM and endline survey on cash programs in collaboration with AME department.
• Bi-weekly updates of project management framework
• Implement corrective measures to address issues raised in through AME activities
  
  2. Knowledge, skills
• Providing technical support to the team and organization
• Fluent in Arabic, good command of English and the ability to work in an international context
• Excellent representation with local and international stakeholders
• Excellent organizational and writing/numerical skills
• Excellent inter-personal skills and strong managerial skills
• Adaptable, flexible and hard working
• Strong humanitarian motivation and understanding of the humanitarian response 
  
  3. Qualifications and Experience
• Bachelor Degree with experience in project management and technical implementation
• Strong communication and analytical skills and good in spoken and written English
• Prior experience using excel in a professional context required; prior experience with ODK preferred. 
• Previous experience working with a variety of stakeholders in humanitarian or development aid