Program Coordinator

Project Management:

• Designing, planning, coordination, implementation, and reporting of programmes and projects  
• Budget planning, review and follow-up as well as financial monitoring and reporting in collaboration with Finance Officer
• Assisting with procurement and help ensure that procurement is in line with the organization’s internal policy
• Coordinating data collection according to logframes and project objectives
• Collecting timely reports from local partners and finalize interim and final narrative/financial reports to donors in accordance with relevant templates, requirements and deadlines
• Ensure funds expenditures within budget parameters, in line with programme activity plans and financial policies
• Assisting in capacity building and training of local partners to ensure proper management and compliance with programme/project requirements 
• Contributing to designing and drafting project/grant proposals as relevant 
• Representing FDCD to partners, donors and stakeholders; attending relevant conferences, networks and coordination- and donor meetings

Programme Quality Delivery:

• Regular/ Routine monitoring of the projects work plans, financial/cash flows, and milestones
• Coordination with Director to ensure projects adhere to the quality benchmarks (SoPs, Sectors Guidelines, partnership guidelines as well)
• Maintain a close working relationship with technical teams to support coherence in approaches, raising and follow up on key issues and strategy development
• Coordination and production of project reports and other deliverables
• Organize and participate in field visits by donors and partners

Monitoring and Evaluation: 

• Support monitoring and evaluation efforts to document project outputs, outcomes, and impact to inform donor and other internal reporting; 
• Ensure that technical quality and standards are considered and respected during project implementation;
• Ensure the project progress is effectively monitored through regular data collection, analysis of indicators and activities and documented with proper sources of verification;
• Advise project team to adapt implementation of the project according to monitoring and evaluation findings;
• Advise on and assist with project reviews conducted by internal and external monitoring and evaluation team;

Required Skills and Experiences:

• Minimum of THREE years of experience in project management (NGO is a must) 
• University degree; 
• Proven track record of working in a similar capacity with the national and/or international NGOs in the region; 
• Highly skilled in report writing and typing in both Arabic and English (French is a plus); 
• Excellent oral English and Arabic communication skills 
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills

Competencies:

• Anticipates problems and regularly provides solutions
• Demonstrated capacity to innovate and think creatively
• Efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results
• Identifies priority activities and assignments