Program Manager I - DRR (Benue)

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in disaster management, urban planning, public administration, or related natural sciences.
  
• Minimum of five years management or coordination experience in humanitarian and/or development programs with elements of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in community mobilization, organization and mediation among local actors
  
• Demonstrated capacities to establish and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with government officials, local organizations, communities and other stakeholders
  
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.
  

• Lead the planning of project activities and set high-quality performance targets ensuring adherence to technical standards and best practices in DRR programming
  
• Liaise and coordinate with local government units, UN agencies, and community stakeholders to ensure a cohesive approach to disaster management, including monitoring of early warning and forecasting information
  
• Manage and implement all activities throughout relevant project cycles - project design, start-up, implementation and close-out - to ensure efficient and effective implementation in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices. Ensure project team and partner staff use the appropriate systems and tools.
  
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct reports.
  
• Champion learning with project staff and partner teams, including delivery of trainings. Analyze and evaluate project performance data following MEAL policy. Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to overcome implementation obstacles.
  
• Act as a key resource person in project design and proposal development in respective programming area, gap-filling and taking on growth responsibilities, as needed.
  
• Coordinate the identification of staff capacity and technical assistance needs of partner organizations and capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation.