Programmes Manager
Education & Experience
- Bachelor degree or higher in arts, management or any related field
- A minimum of ten years of management experience preferably in the cultural sector
- Fluency in Arabic and English (verbal and written), French is an additional asset
- Strong communication and writing skills
- Experience in developing strategies and good understanding of monitoring and evaluation principles
- Experience in budgeting and confidence in handling financial reports and figures
- Ability to manage a team of at least 4 persons and to ensure a positive work environment for all
- Flexibility in adapting to unexpected circumstances, and capability to find solutions for challenges
- Willingness to travel and to work on weekends when needed
Personal skills & Assets
- Integrity that ensures performing in an impartial and honest manner at all times
- Professionalism that ensures that work is carried out with dedication, conscientiously and efficiently
- Respect others, empathy, and tolerance
- Strong time-management and organizational skills, and the capability to set priorities that ensure timely and efficient implementation of programs and strategies
- Client/ beneficiary oriented to ensure a positive relationship with all stakeholders
- Team spirit that makes working in a team enjoyable
- Creativity that helps overcome challenges and finds practicable solutions
- Technical awareness that is in line with the modern requirements of the time
- Capacity to work well under stress
Programmes Manager’s main duty is planning, implementing and completing programmes within the specified time and budget frame with excellent execution under the supervising of the Development Manager and the Executive Director. Duties include the acquisition of resources and coordination with the team, partners, and consultants in accordance with the agreed plan. The Programs Manager also ensures that all project objectives are accomplished and assumes the role of “quality controller” throughout all phases of implementation
Tasks & Responsibilities
- Draft programmes’ annual objectives, strategies and plans, in consultation with the Director
- Manage and hold programs’ budgets
- Assume total responsibility of the implementation of all programmes’ plans (announcements, contracts, follow ups, reports, events, etc.)
- Oversee the implementation of the programmes, in cooperation with the respective programme officers, and provide advice in terms of priority setting and time management as needed
- Supervise, assign work to and hold regular meetings with programmes’ officers, and ensure the status of the programs work is efficiently communicated to the Director
- Evaluate officers’ programmes and support their developing skills and building capacities through related trainings, in coordination with the HR
- Support, improve and build up strong relations and networks with all programme’s stakeholders, beneficiaries, partners or donors
- Collect and share data that can be used for strategic analysis which reflects on Ettijahat’s communication strategy and programs’ strategies
- Ensure that the programmes updates are timely and professionally shared with the communication unit for circulation through Ettijahat channels
- Represent the programmes, attend meetings and cultural events to maintain a strong visibility of Ettijahat in the public
- Stay abreast of all developments at the programme implementation level, including field visits when needed
- Be knowledgeable and stay informed on developments in the culture sector as well as general socio-political changes, in the Arabic region
NOTE:
Daleel Madani, the civil society network, serves as a platform for organisations to post their professional opportunities, but is not involved in the recruitment process. The hiring organisation is solely responsible for the job and candidate selection.
- Lebanon
- Beirut