Job Responsibilities :
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (50%)
A. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
- Constantly align project activities with project’s Theory of Change and work plan of ZCRA phase III.
- Ensure set targets, work plans and schedules for each month and achieved on regular basis.
- Ensure the quality of climate resilient actions implementation at community level.
- Provide technical and management inputs to project staff to enhance effectiveness of program implementation and program cycle management. E.g.: quality planning, stakeholder engagement and implementation of the project activities.
- Ensure high quality program reports are generated and shared with donors within the given timeline.
- Participate in strategic events to provide technical input and influencing.
B. FINANCE & COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT
- Work closely with the finance and program team for budget management and reporting to Aasaman and MCN (Mercy Corps Nepal) team on regular basis.
- Monitor expenditures against budget and suggest modifications, as necessary.
- Ensure all internal control procedures are adhered to and that necessary measures are put in place to ensure high standards of accountability and compliance.
- Work closely with finance/compliance to mitigate fraud, conflict of interest and legal ramifications of activities.
- Support and orient on ASN and donor Code of Ethics and uphold the Zero tolerance of corruption policy.
C. TEAM MANAGEMENT
- Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback to project staff for quality performance and mitigate frequent turnover.
- Organize periodic capacity building exercises for staff based on capacity needs assessment.
ADVOCACY, INFLUENCE & REPRESENTATION (30%)
- Represent the project to government and other external stakeholders. Ensure regular and on-going coordination with key government, non-governmental, donor, private sector and stakeholders related to the climate and flood resilience agenda at provincial level.
- Coordinate with MC-Province Coordinator on stakeholder mapping including climate and flood resilience interventions and planning at provincial level.
- Coordinate with MC-Province Coordinator to Identify, document, and communicate the changes in context and policy at province level to develop and or modify project’s influencing strategies if necessary.
- Implement project influencing strategies at provincial level, municipality level and at community level.
- Suggest and support MC-Province Coordinator to develop appropriate influencing materials for effective implementation of influencing strategies.
- Network in the province to establish and maintain strategic relations with relevant local stakeholders, to continually inform, challenge, and improve Project advocacy, strategy, and program development.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & MONITORING AND EVALUATIONS (20%)
- Lead the database management of the project progresses regularly (as there will not be separate Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning- MEL function).
- Support to execute research initiatives to support the program’s influencing agenda. Provide support to MC province coordinator to identify and disseminate strong cases to influence communities, governments, and donors to improve investment for climate and flood resilience.
- Ensure proper integration of GESI (Gender Equality & Social Inclusion), CARM (Community accountability & Response mechanisms) aspects into sector-specific program planning and implementation.
- Support planning and production of effective, thoughtful, and timely written products that advance policy perspectives in brief reports.
- Support appropriate actions for institutional memory of produced knowledge products.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of advocacy and communication work at province level.
OTHERS
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Aasaman Nepal and Mercy Corps Nepal and to not jeopardize their humanitarian mission.
- Expected to be part of humanitarian and emergency response in addition to their regular roles and responsibilities in such situations.
- Other duties as assigned by the direct Supervisor.
- Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES
- Project team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of our field projects.
- Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and ASN’s policies, procedures, and values always and in all in-country venues.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
Admin and Finance Officer, Community facilitators
ACCOUNTABILITY
- Reports Directly to: ASN DRR Thematic lead and MCN Province coordinator
- Works Directly with: MCN Province Coordinator
How to apply for this post ?
Interested candidates are asked to submit their application with an updated CV within 7 days through the link below (05:00 pm, 23 April 2024).
https://forms.gle/7a3tvTBm399T45799
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for participation in the recruitment process. No telephone enquiry is entertained. ASN reserves the right to qualify/disqualify any applications without any reason.
