Regional Project Manager

Key functions of the profile sought: The Project Manager shall manage and coordinate a regional program to promote economic livelihoods, resilience and social cohesion of Syrian refugee populations and host communities in Turkey, Lebanon and KRG. The Project Manager will be based in between Gaziantep, Turkey (30%) and Beirut, Lebanon (70%), with frequent missions to KRG as well. The Project Manager will lead a team of both local and international staff spanning the region, and effectively liaise with local private/public institutions.   Regional strategy development and overall management • Manage a multi-country program, ensuring the coherence between planned activities, program strategy and coordination arrangements as outlined in the proposal documents. • Provide regional oversight concerning the alignment between priorities and needs rising from the field teams, the partners, the beneficiaries and the donor. • Elaborate systems for project planning, project implementation and monitoring in line with COSV strategy for the region and in support to Syrian vulnerable communities. • Supervise a team of consultants and permanent staff based in Lebanon, Turkey and KRG.   Coordination of field activities, with partners and beneficiaries • Coordinate with the staff the development and timely preparation of work plans, reports and budgets for all program activities; • Elaborate appropriate strategies to ensure efficient use of available resources, with knowledge of ongoing trends in the region.   Effective supervision, monitoring and evaluation • Conduct timely monitoring of the program progress from a regional and country perspective, ensure on-going monitoring and monthly reviews of work plans; • Oversee the implementation of monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities, providing guidelines and thorough support as needed.   Communications and information flow • Coordinates with and ensures linkages and synergies among COSV programs in the region; • Draft reports and review official notes and white papers for internal use as well as to submit to the Donor; • Write down briefings on project achievements and documents, synthesize best practices and lessons learnt to be shared with partners, staff, donor as well as external partners.   Requirements• Senior manager with at least 5 years of work experience coordinating international, multi-country teams;• At least 3 years of work experience in a similar position, dealing with at least one of the following topics:  - Business development in Middle East and/or Turkey;  - Economic integration and social cohesion of refugee communities;  - Market analysis, job-market promotion and relevant policy-making;  - Social enterprise modelling in post-conflict environments;  - Capacity building, VETs and liaison with institutional bodies.• Strategic capacity to analyze complex environments, assessing risks and needs from a variety of sources;• High interpersonal skills with a strong attitude towards problem solving and team work;• Background knowledge of the Syrian crisis, its impact and core challenged at regional level;• Previous experience in M&E and team management;• Previous experience in project management and/or sub-granting is mandatory;• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English; Arabic and/or Turkish is an asset.