Program Coordinator (M/F) at Secours Islamique France (SIF)

Location: Maiduguri

Mission/ Role
Operational strategy & Coordination:

• To contribute to the elaboration of the mission’s operational strategy: context analysis and its evolution, elaboration of problem trees and proposed solutions, needs assessment analysis, proposal of new actions, budgeting and HR dimensioning.

Project Cycle Management:

• To ensure the conception and the management of projects: needs assessments, baseline survey, and proposal of actions.
• To define partnership modalities with the operational partners, be in charge of the partnerships, define and supervise the capacity building plans for the partners.

Management -HR:

• Provide leadership and management to the program team.
• Support national staff, ensuring that the individuals work effectively together as a team to achieve the project objectives
• Propose Job descriptions for all new project staff

Supports: Admin, Finance and Log (in cooperation with the Admin Officer and/or the Admin Coordinator):

• To manage the program budgets: regular monitoring of the expenditure states according to the allocated budgets and programmatic forecasts, validation of the expenditures he is responsible for.

Representation (under HoM request):

• To represent SIF as part of the implementation of activities to operational partners and to the local and regional authorities and attend conferences, coordination meetings, clusters and donors meetings.

Reporting:

• To elaborate activities monthly reports for the Head of Mission
• To elaborate donors reports according to the requested deadlines
• To elaborate ad hoc reports : mission, follow-up, survey, training, etc
• To propose improvements to the intern reports formats

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of previous experience in humanitarian work,
• Experience of strategic thinking, including identifying, analyzing, problem solving and responding to opportunities and challenges and the ability to translate these into practical plans of action.
• Knowledge and experience of project planning and budget holding; proposal and report writing.
• Solid skills regarding project management tools (Logical Framework analysis, project cycle management, objectives and indicators etc.)
• Leadership skills and a supportive management style (experience managing national and expatriate staff)
• Ability to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with partners including local authorities.
• Experience of working within an insecure environment with responsibility for security planning, monitoring and management
• Being an association with limited means, versatility and flexibility are necessary in order to overcome any difficulty temporary and exceptional.

Working Conditions

• Frequent travels to projects location
• French fixed term contract
• Duration: 4 months
• Remuneration according to profile
• Monthly perdiem.