Program Manager with NGO Experience

Expired Year 2021
Objectives:
- Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation
- Lead projects from identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and project implementation plans, to coordinating internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, scheduling, and defining budgets
- Analyze project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that project team adheres to project requirements
Specific Tasks:
- Lead on the development and implementation of program planning.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic
- Facilitate signing of program grant agreements/ MOUs pertaining to both donors/ and partners related to projects in the course of implementation.
- Coordinate developmental strategies in coordination with the CEO and other unit coordinators and staff
- Develop action plans or implementation plans within the framework of the strategic plan, in collaboration with the CEO and unit coordinators and staff.
- Work with project and field Coordinators and CEO to identify donors and present proposals.
- Provides recommendations in negotiation of program MOUs and agreements with donors and partners.
- Work closely with Finance Unit on matters related to administration and finance
- Develop, update and orient program staff in project cycle management including program procedures and reporting mechanisms.
- Prepare the annual project calendar
- Write and deliver reports: Ensure appropriate reporting format, quality, and content and timely delivery of reports to donors, partners and other stakeholders
- Develops project's budgets and oversees preparation of monthly forecasted budgets by project's team
- Keep the CEO informed and updated on all program matters.
- Managing the budget, and coordinating the budget of joint activities
Position Requirements:
- Holds a degree (or equivalent education) preferably in the fields of Good Governance, Political Science, Organizational Development
- Has at least 3 years’ experience in managing programs
- He/she has extensive experience managing programs funded by a diversity of sources including governments and aid agencies, private sector donors and individual benefactors.
- Has strong leadership quality with ability to garner team work conflict management
- Has analytical, good writing and essential computer skills.
- Knowledge in social media and online campaigns is required
- Demonstrated fundraising, negotiation and conflict management skills.
- High-level management and leadership skills Ability to schedule and manage tasks effectively
- Written and verbal communication skills
Skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Team-building, networking skills
- Excellent written and verbal command of English and Arabic language
- Management and coordination skills