Country Manager - Lebanon

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Implement the Country Programme in Lebanon in line with the annual work plans and donor requirements.
• Manage the national staff and monitors and assists them in developing their personal work plans and achieving their individual targets.
• Establish and maintains relationships with relevant stakeholders, and cooperation and government partners.
• Ensure smooth progress of organisational, financial and logistical matters linked to the project and related missions and activities in the country.
• Ensure budget adherence and project documentation according to internal procedures and donor requirements.
• Provide the Regional Office with required quarterly reports, final draft documentation on strategy and programmes, such as a country strategy, proposals and reports to back donors.
• Represent SPARK and the Lebanon Programme in different stakeholders meetings.
• To manage relations with donors, government representatives, UN and embassies in the country.
• Maintains an on-going awareness of the operating environment in-country and identifies particular needs in the development sector that fit with SPARK core competencies
• Leads, designs, and analyses needs assessments and identifies relevant programmatic interventions on behalf of SPARK
• Ensure a Security Plan for the office is in place.
• Work in compliance with SPARK policies and procedures.
• Other tasks when required.

Requirements and Skills

• Academic background in humanitarian or development studies, political science or social studies;
• Background in education desirable;
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in humanitarian and/or development aid;
• Experience with large multi-donor development programmes;
• Experience in managing teams;
• Fluency in Arabic and English;
• Eligible to work in Lebanon.

SPARK Offers

• A challenging and exciting position in an international environment;
• Working in a small but growing office and the opportunity to take initiative and realise your ideas and plans;
• Remuneration according to relevant work experience with a max gross salary of 3.300,00 USD;
• Dynamic team to work with.