Head of Programs Unit

Responsibilities and Tasks

Program development and management, Budget and proposal writing

• Provide support in assessment and development of projects submitted by NCLW committees.
• Provide technical assistance to NCLW committees on compliance with conditions of partners and donors.
• Contribute to the development of the Annual plan of NCLW, comprising of NCLW projects and activities and ensuring that each project has clear interventions, targets and indicators.
• Draft and provide technical advice and review proposals and MOUs for cooperation developed by NCLW with different partners INGOS, UN agencies and or national partners
• Writing projects proposals and coordinating programs execution with NCLW team members, under the supervision of the Executive director.
• Identify potential partners and donors to implement NCLW activities.
• Initiate contacts in coordination with board and Executive director.
• Ensuring programs and projects are implemented successfully and offering advice for overcoming challenges for NCLW team and officers in close coordination with Executive director.
• Communicate and update the steering committees of each project of their implementation status.
• Provide monitoring advice for budget spending as well as for status of activities implementation with clear KPIs and MOVs and TORs for experts and services providers.
• Ensure that internal and external reports on project’s implementation are provided on due time.
• Managing the budget of the NCLW projects in close coordination with Director and accountant.
• Supporting various projects teams with drafting proposals for extension, final narrative, and support during financial audit.
• Prepare timely progress reports for internal use as well as for donors and external partners, analytical reports, Financial Reports.
• Manage the Internships component at NCLW
• Coordinating the Legal and the Political participation and 1325 committees ensuring all MOM, and documents are well compiled.
• Ensure execution and implementation of events, activities and interventions related to projects complies with NCLW and partners standards and procedures.

Production of resources, and information/knowledge materials related to women status in Lebanon/ Communication

• In coordination with Team, the executive director and the NCLW head of committees, preparing the Annual Work Plan of NCLW.
• Preparing Presentations, advocacy materials, TORs, Concept notes, talking points, recommendations, project proposals, Budgets, MOUs and Information briefs when needed;
• Conducting research relevant to gender, development, campaigning and fundraising.
• Collecting information and drafting human rights and gender reports
• Contribute to draft website material when requested
• Translating and editing from and to Arabic, English and or French when needed and requested different types of documents. 
• Liaising with the media on NCLW programs, and representing NCLW when needed and requested.
• Representing NCLW in relevant meetings in coordination with management, with government partners, UN agencies, INGOs, Donors, NGOs, Embassies etc. when requested.
• Supporting in lobbying and leading advocacy actions with CSOs, Parliament and Council of Ministers for NCLW several campaigns and causes in close coordination with NCLW executive bureau and management.

Gender mainstreaming tasks

• Revising strategies and action plans related to gender focal points and ensure implementation of projects with GFP network as per NCLW AWP.
• Revising several national policies from a gender lens and ensuring inclusion of the gender and Human rights dimensions in them
• Conceptualizing and adapting tools for training on women’s rights and gender for various partners (Ministries, Media, CSOs, Academia, INGOs…)

• Conducting awareness raising sessions and training and facilitating meetings and trainings and focus groups when requested.

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