Monitoring & Development Manager

General Tasks

• Ensure the financial sustainability of the organization; design & implement a fundraising strategy;
• Establish, Maintain, and Expand Partners’/Donors’ relations and collaborations;
• Design and implement a strategy to generate revenue from the Venue (through rental) - produce a Venue Kit & implement a business development approach;
• Produce projects’ proposals;
• Produce projects’ budgets in collaboration with the executive manager;
• Set the development strategy and KPIs for each project/year;
• Design the activities and programs in collaboration with the Artistic Directors’ team;
• Design the M&E plan and implementation processes (data type, data collection, evaluation etc.);
• Ensure M&E Data collection;
• Analyze M&E Data;
• Produce donors’ narratives and reports (financial and non-financial);
• Overview contracts’ preparation with donors, with consultants and with participants;
• Produce the content of the yearly activity report;
• Produce the portfolio of programs;
• Ensure proper archiving of all documents related to the projects (proposal, contract, budget, M&E etc.);
• Develop and Update a database of networks relative to each kind of programs (Collaborators, Partners, persons to invite, persons to gift etc.).

Detailed tasks per types of activities:

• Overall:
  • Design the M&E plan
  • Ensure M&E data collection
  • Ensure Input of M&E data with the Project Officer and analyze the results
  • Produce the narrative report
  • Validate the financial control
  • Ensure the drafting & signature of contracts with the participants with the Project Officer
• Specific:
  • Organizing  a workshop/training/mentorship program
  • Create the application form based on the target audience
  • Pre-assess the applications 
  • Design and implement follow-up with participants
  • Ensure the sustainability of the community of practice made by the participants
  • Follow-up on distribution of certificates as needed
• Touring in theatres, schools, and communities 
  • Select the partner / theatre / school in collaboration with the team of Artistic Directors
  • Pitch the project for the selected partners and establish the terms of the partnership 
• Hosting / Curating an event
  • Contact the guest artists/organizers and confirm participation 
  • Receive / approve requests
  • Prepare the quotations 
  • Ensure M&E data collection
  • Producing a publication 
  • Design strategies of distribution and promotion (launching events, partner collaboration to sell books etc.) 
  • Follow-up the diffusion and distribution

Qualifications and requirements

• Previous experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Business Development, Fundraising, public relations, or other relevant professional fields;
• At least 5 years of experience in the arts and culture sector and/or in the civil society/ development fields;
• The capacity to manage the monitoring and development needs of various projects from beginning to end;
• Fluency in Arabic, English. French is a plus;
• Expertise in MS. (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Skill required

• Writing skills
• Active Listening 
• Active curiosity (the ability and habit to apply a sense of wonder and a desire to learn more)
• Collaboration, and ability and willingness to work in a team
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Initiative and innovation
• Self-development
• Time management and ability to meeting deadlines 
• Real interest in the arts and knowledge in theatre in particular is a plus