Program Development & Grants Manager - Beirut & Bekaa Areas

The PD & Grants Manager will be expected to lead on strategizing at program level, specifically regarding program development, donor positioning, program integration and finally developing sustainable reach capacities in the area of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning.

Supervises:

MEAL Manager and Senior Grants Officer

This position will be based in Beirut & Bekaa office, with extensive fieldwork and travel throughout Tripoli, Akkar, Tyre and Bekaa Valley.

Responsibility #1: Strategic Planning & programme development

• Contribute to the development, maintenance, and review of programme strategy for Nabad.
• Take a lead role in developing program strategies
• Ensure integration of relevant technical inputs to country strategy, proposals and reports
• Lead on conceptualizing and designing cost effective, innovative and high quality programs
• Initiate new project concepts and possibly lead small pilot projects which will transition later to the implementation team.

Responsibility #2: Program Design and Technical Assistance

• Ensure that Nabad has a quality, multi-sectoral program activity reflecting all major technical and sectoral aspects of Nabad strategy
• Ensure the design and development of youth & woman focused emergency and development programs of a high quality that contribute to Nabad strategies and plans
• Ensure that technical staff provide input into proposals and proactively and regularly communicate planned requirements for program design and implementation to relevant main Office departments/functions
• Support the Director and team in ensuring adequate resources for program activities from various in country and international, institutional donors.
• Ensure excellent coordination and cooperation with Implementation teams
• Revision of programmatic reports to donors and partners

Responsibility #3: Assessment, Monitoring Evaluation and Accountability

• Maintain a robust M&E system to measure achievement and progress toward program goals and results
• Measure achievement and progress toward program goals and results through the M&E system
• Contribute to grants/projects reporting and total reach annual compilation
• Lead on internal and external program/project evaluations as necessary and ensure the execution of baseline, periodic, and final evaluations as necessary in coordination with the programme implementation team
• Oversee Nabad Helpline and Accountability System
• Oversee Nabad International Lebanon research programs

 Responsibility #4: Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development – Program Development

• Ensure appropriate staffing within Program Development and MEAL
• Ensure that all staff understand and are able to perform their role
• Manage MEAL Manager and Program Design team; define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly