Ukraine: Program Manager - Ukraine

Organization: International Relief and Development
Country: Ukraine
Closing date: 31 Jan 2015

Summary:

The Program Manager will oversee IRD’s emergency response programming in Eastern Ukraine. Based out of Kiev, the program director will be responsible for all aspects of project operations, including hiring local staff, ensuring logistics and procurement systems are in place for distribution, renting office/warehouse space and vehicles as needed, ensuring the safety and security of IRD staff and assets, and monitoring distributions of NFIs to target beneficiaries. This position will also require a particular attention to monitoring and evaluation processes and procedures. The program director will report directly to the Senior Program Officer in SGP who oversees the Crisis Response portfolio.

Essential Job Functions:

• Ensures compliance with donor procurement regulations, and with all local laws and regulations;
• Ensures proper documentation and recordkeeping for all procurement actions;
• Develops and maintains professional and productive relations with subcontractors, and appropriate government agencies at the local and provincial levels;
• Manages technical staff to ensure the project meets internal and external deadlines;
• Develops a detailed implementation plan and ensures completion of all activities;
• Submits regular reports and provides regular updates on the status of project implementation;
• Works with subcontractor(s) and IRD teams to prepare an annual implementation plan, and establish program deliverables, indicators of success and expected outputs and undertakes the necessary steps to ensure deliverables and targets are met in a timely and cost effective manner;
• Conducts quality control site inspections;
• Ensures all expatriate and local team members have the necessary equipment and support to conduct their tasks effectively and to meet all established program deliverables and outputs and ensure all equipment is inventoried, maintained, and accounted for;
• Ensure accountability of IRD M&E processes and oversee officers conducting assessments
• Ensures collaboration amongst various program sectors;
• Represents IRD at the various donor coordination meetings
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Five to Eight years’ work experience with an INGO, UN Agency, or related organization focused on capacity building and/or emergency response. Demonstrated task management experience including representation/liaison, office set-up, staff recruitment, planning, troubleshooting, managing deliverables against a tight timeline, and project reporting are essential for this position;
• Demonstrated working knowledge of international donors aside from USAID (UN, UNHCR, WFP, etc.)

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Master’s degree in international development, economics, or related field
• Working language skills in Russian or Ukrainian
• Prior experience working in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, or other unstable environments
• Previous experience working as M&E Officer or overseeing M&E aspect of a program

Success Factors:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong M&E skills
• Excellent written, oral, interpersonal and listening abilities.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Superb negotiating skills.
• Ability to work with a multi-national staff.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including patience, diplomacy, willingness to listen and respect for colleagues. Must be capable of working both individually and as part of a team.
• Ability to be flexible and adjust to often-complex work environments

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 50%

Physical Requirements:

• Normal Office Conditions (90%).
• Outdoor assessment and field monitoring in cold conditions (10%)

How to apply:

Please apply for this position on the IRD website at this link to the position: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH13/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRDDC&cws=1&rid=1406

Or go to www.IRD.org and click on the career page, and apply to the Program Manager - Ukraine position #1406. Thank you.