Emergency Response Coordinator – Lebanon and Syria - Trόcaire Lebanon

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Programme Management:

• Responsible for finalising and leading on the implementation of Trócaires Earthquake response strategy and programme.
• Support partners to deliver humanitarian assistance to earthquake affected communities and to meet their reporting schedules ensuring that reports are in line with approved budget and funding requirements and compliant with Trócaire and donor regulations
• Responsible for the preparation and submission of programme documents, including programme proposals, budgets and programme reports in line with donor and special appeal regulations and international humanitarian standards
• To regularly monitor the implementation of projects funded and assess the impact of programmes and their contribution to wider organizational strategies.
• Liaise with Trócaire’s humanitarian unit at HQ, to ensure compliance with organization policies and procedures throughout the programme cycle
• Management of a multi-donor budget (budget development, monitoring and reporting).
• Track the status of project implementation in regard to donor compliance, documentation, learning and sharing;
• Support partner capacity to respond effectively to the earthquake response and to drive advocacy related work
• To support in periodic reviews and evaluations of Trócaire funded partner implementation work for the earthquake response.
• Identify, facilitate, capture and share learning among partners

Programme Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Carry out regular visits to partner offices and the programme area to ensure ongoing oversight of the Trócaire funded projects as appropriate
• Develop an M&E Framework to support the earthquake response and put in place an appropriate M&E system for partners to gather the information needed in a timely fashion and enhance accountability and protection mainstreaming
• To support in periodic reviews and evaluations of partner implementation work in the programme area.
• Support in undertaking any planned mid-term and end of programme evaluations and audits in line with the organisational policy

Partnership Relations:

• To support and advise partner organisation through training, focusing on organisational development and project implementation issues affecting partners.
• To identify the technical learning needs of partners and organise appropriate responses to achieve capacity-strengthening within the earthquake response programme period.
• To support in developing and managing relationships with partner organizations and donors including strategic partnerships such as Caritas organisations.
• To develop relationships with and represent Trócaires on relevant networks and platforms relevant to the earthquake response e.g. clusters, Caritas etc.

Information and Knowledge Management:

• To keep Trócaire’s Programme Management Database (Salesforce, Agresso) up-to-date for the programme in line with organisational policy.
• To keep informed about situations and humanitarian issues in Lebanon, Syria and Turkey and to provide monthly situation reports and analysis to management and partners.

Other:

• To undertake any other activities reasonably requested by the Country Director

Qualification:

• Third level qualification in Humanitarian or related field of study.
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area, or significant experience beyond that outlined below. 

Experience:

• At least four years of demonstrable experience in the management of humanitarian programmes.
• At least three years’ experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and playing a role in ensuring cohesiveness, inclusion and development of staff at all levels.
• Demonstrable experience of humanitarian programming with a knowledge of the regional context in particular.
• In-depth understanding of programming in a partnership model, working on partnership-based programming.
• Thorough understanding of safeguarding and accountability considerations in development/humanitarian work.
• Demonstrable experience of promoting gender equity through programming and within an international organisation. 
• Demonstrable experience of working to attract institutional donor funding and of managing large and complex donor grants;
• Experience of working with management information systems.
• Project cycle management using logical frameworks.
• Training/capacity building in a multi-cultural environment.

Skills:

• Experience of working with partners and good understanding of partnership approach.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and to develop and implement a clear response strategy in the context of organisational strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multi-cultural teams of national and international staff well.
• Ability to coach and help others develop in their professional lives.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability in using these with internal and external stakeholders (partners, donors, host government etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets in complex humanitarian contexts.
• Highly organised, with excellent planning, prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written, oral and presentational communications skills.
• Computer literacy skills in word, excel and internet/email.
• Fluency (written and spoken) in English.

Qualities:

• Dynamic and willing to take initiative.
• A team player but also willing and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Capacity to be flexible and adaptable to changing contexts and priorities.
• Deep commitment to social justice.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Patient and pays high degree of attention to detail.
• Understanding of, and empathy with, the role of the Catholic Church in development.

Other:

• Cross cultural communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel within country (Lebanon and Syria) and internationally.

Desirable:

Arabic language