Liberia: Programme Manager
Country: Liberia
Closing date: 02 Sep 2013
PROGRAMME MANAGER, PEACEBUILDING, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY, MONROVIA, LIBERIA (Temporary Appointment, P-4)
Purpose of the position: Under the supervision of the Chief, Education (Post # 16871, P-4), the incumbent is accountable for the formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of the Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme to ensure its efficient and effective operational and financial management of the programme, global level delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives, as well as selected activities in the Education Section's workplan.
Major tasks to be accomplished:
Programme Planning, Development and Management: Lead the development and implementation of the programme including finalization of programme design, start up, implementation and oversight of programme activities and results at country level and in collaboration with relevant staff at regional and global level; and assessment of resources and capacity of UNICEF, governments and other partners to advance programme goals. Support and manage selected technical activities in the workplan related to education and peacebuilding in Liberia as well as other tasks that are part of the Education Section's overall responsibilities as required. Provide support to sections and ministries to ensure integration of Conflict-Sensitivity and Peacebuilding in programmes. Collaborate across the programme to ensure gender mainstreaming. Provide technical support and guidance on appropriate technical, financial and institutional capacity building measures to achieve PBEA programme results. Support the implementation of the capacity Building Development plan on issues related to the PBEA programme at central and county levels.
Programme Delivery, Evaluation and Reporting. Direct, supervise and coordinate the efforts of the operational and support staff attached to the PBEA programme. Provide technical support to the various component of the PBEA programme and ensure Government delivery of the PBEA programme outcomes. Assume responsibility to follow up on recommendations from meetings and participate in relevant sector working groups and coordination bodies. Oversee the monitoring of the PBEA programme and contribute (with the Monitoring Specialist) to ensure follow-up on results monitoring, using the programme’s log-frame/monitoring and evaluation framework, conflict analyses, and evaluability documentation (findings and baselines). Provide ongoing advice to Liberia country office on possibilities and limitations under the PBEA programme (to ensure funding is used strategically). Conduct field visits in coordination with Government and key partners. Oversee knowledge generation and evidence building and through the Knowledge and Documentation Specialist ensure that the knowledge generation activities and implementation needs are in line with outcome 5. Coordinate submission of country office donor reports, review country office donor reports for quality and completeness, and finalize reports in collaboration with the communication section. Coordinate submission of brief reports to ROs and HQ Divisions/ Sections for the annual donor report. Oversee the preparation of the official consolidated annual report, financial and narrative, including analysis of inputs and results for all country reports.
Partnerships, Collaboration, Networking. Promote and coordinate relations with partners including internal UNICEF, UN, government, businesses, international organizations, community leaders and donors working in the sectors associated with education and peacebuilding. Promote intersectoral partnership in order to ensure that progress benefits mutually education and others programmes, in particular Health, Nutrition, water and Environmental Sanitation. Conduct periodic programme reviews with Government counterparts and others partners. Support the organization of UNICEF internal fora/meetings with different sections on peacebuilding and meetings with donors including the annual progress review meeting with other programme partners. Coordinate donor/UNICEF monitoring missions related to the programme.
Knowledge Management. Further promote knowledge management by drafting or finalizing sectoral documents and reports as well as through orientation and training programmes targeted to Government authorities and partners. Ensure exchange of knowledge, information, experience or lessons learned; provide solid technical recommendations on major programme directions and on introduction of new initiatives in the country. Strengthen partnership with the stakeholders, including knowledge institutions strengthened to further understanding of barriers to and opportunities for advancing the peacebuilding, education and advocacy programme.
Advocacy, communication and outreach. Provide strategic direction for advocacy and to the Communication staff on the programme’s website and other communication, visibility and evidence building and related activities. Ensure quality of ad-hoc reports, updates for donors, brief donors on progress, coordinate lessons learned, and evidence building and research activities on education and peacebuilding.
Minimum requirements
- Academic: Advanced university degree in one or more of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Education, Peacebuilding and/or a Social Sciences field relevant to international development. Some demonstrative capacity to identify and monitor gender inequalities, as well as develop and implement gender mainstreaming in programmes. A first university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Work experience: Eight years of progressively professional work experience at national and international levels in fields relevant to education and development programmes. Background/familiarity with Emergency. Experience working in the UN or other international development organization an asset. Experience of programme management covering financial and operational management as well technical leadership is an asset.
- Languages: Fluency in local working language of the duty station and English required.
- Competencies: Commitment, diversity and inclusion, integrity, communication, working with people, drive for results, leading and supervising, formulating strategies and concepts, analyzing, relating and networking, deciding and initiating action, applying technical expertise.
Duration of the appointment: Six months. Extensions subject to need, performance and funding availability.
How to apply:
Interested candidates are to submit a duly completed and signed Personal History Form and/or résumé, the two latest PERs (for UN staff members), and copies of credentials addressed to liberia_recruitment@unicef.org, Ref. LBRA/HR/VN/2013/014, by c.o.b. 2 September 2013. Only applications via email will be accepted. Please note that due to high volume of applications only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
This is an external advertisement but qualified internal candidates applying for this position will be given priority consideration.
Qualified FEMALES are particularly encouraged to apply!
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