Project Manager (Expected)

Name of the project:

Providing 500 Lebanese families that are considered food insecure households with emergency nutritionally balanced food assistance paired with WaSH kits to mitigate COVID-19 risks for a duration of 6 months. In addition to providing families that have a positive case of COVID-19 with in-kind food assistance and WaSH kits for a period of 2 months in Nabatieh and the South of Lebanon.

Summary:

The proposed project responds to vulnerable Lebanese families that have found themselves unable to meet their food security needs and critically food insecure as a result of the deteriorating situation of the country. After the passing of yet another year since the beginning of the Lebanese crisis, Lebanon is still facing the quadruple challenge of economic, political, social and health crises. Despite the collaborative efforts of local and international communities, needs are exponentially increasing thus, there still remains Lebanese families that are in need of emergency assistance at least during the coming months to cover their food and health needs. By conducting several assessments through our work in South and Nabatieh areas it was identified that there are approximately 500 HH in need of food assistance coupled with hygiene kits.
DPNA will work on providing 500 families in the areas of South and Nabatieh (after validating the criteria through an endorsed survey in compliance with WFP and Ministry of social affairs – MOSA- standards) that fall under at least one condition of the targeted vulnerability criteria of this allocation with in-kind food assistance for a period of 6 months complemented with WaSH kits. Also, under this project DPNA will distribute for a period of 2 months in-kind food assistance and WaSH kits for COVID-19 positive cases referred by DPNA’s call center (endorsed by UNICEF and MOH) and collaborating municipalities.

The role of the Project Manager is mainly to:

• Ensure an efficient coordination among partners and other components of the project;
• Support team in implementation of the project’s activities;
• Set the project’s work plan with the project team;
• Ensure that the project’s work plan is followed efficiently and effectively;
• Understand and appropriately implement donor guidelines and procedures regarding reporting requirements, and stay informed of any new official guidelines and procedures;
• Follow-up on project expenses and coordinating with the Finance team on budget management, providing regular updates on budget projections;
• Conduct regular meetings with DPNA’s Program Manager (PM)
• Provide strategic advice and ensure appropriate coordination between the project team members;
• Prepare communication materials as needed with the review of the PM;
• Provide timely and detailed reporting of project activities to the PM;
• Timely identify, inform and discuss any issues with the PM;
• Ensure that all aspects of the project’s daily management are met, including logistics, administration, security, visibility, community and beneficiaries liaison, evidence generation, coordination and risk management;
• Apply capacity building sessions to the project team on the usage of project management tools;
• Ensure that all lessons learned, risks and innovation are well documented and shared internally in the area team and/or other relevant colleagues;
• Attend and participate in sector working group;
• Build good working relationship and trust with the stakeholders in the targeted communities;
• Build trust with the targeted community members;
• Ensure that PSEA, Safeguarding policy and all other policies are implemented;
• Follow-up with the M&E Officer on proper project activities evidencing and archiving;
• Follow-up with the Procurememt Officer on issues related to purchases;
• Perform other duties as required;

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• University degree or higher education relevant to Social Studies, Education, or other relevant fields;  
• At least 3 years of proven experience in implementation of Relief programs; kits distribution work especially with local government such as municipalities;
• Excellent written and spoken English language;
• Experience working in emergency settings;
• Strong management skills (Programming and Financial);
• Computer literacy, including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, basic software applications and familiarity with the internet and email communications;
• Monitoring and Evaluation skills;
• Adaptable;
• Good Communication Skills;
• Team-oriented;