Project Manager - Ending Child Marriage Project

To protect the most vulnerable girls and women in Lebanon from CEFM through an economic empowerment program combining educational access and community awareness interventions.

Project Implementation

• Ensure the overall project elaboration phase as per donor agreement, ANERA guidelines, and agreed implementation strategy with consortium partners.
• Develop, update and follow up on a detailed work plan, in line with donor agreement and ANERA Gender in Emergencies and Protection Specialist
• Elaborate budget spending and forecast including tracking and managing partners’ spending.
• Ensure procurement plans are timely and according to ANERA procedures.
• Ensure proper documentation, tracking and filing of all project’s activities in line with project objectives, donor requirements, ANERA compliance rules and implementation strategy.
• Ensure that all donor contractual requirements are fulfilled.

Project Team and Partner Management

• Manage the project team members and ensure performance is in line with the project, ANERA’s, and donor’s expectations and requirements
• Provide team with technical guidance and capacity building through mentorship and training
• Monitor and coordinate implementing partners and external consultants’ performance.
• Participate in grant review meetings ensuring any partner NGOs are compliant with donor regulations and are on track with spending.
• Make sure all project team members have clear job descriptions and their job performances are evaluated accordingly.
• Identify learning and training opportunities for team members.

Representation and Coordination

• Ensure ANERA representation in the relevant technical coordination meetings.
• Maintain professional and good working relationships with government institutions such as the Ministry and Municipality and cooperating organizations through regular contacts, visits and fulfilment of project requirements
• Organize field visits by donors, peer agencies, ANERA Members, Media, etc. in cooperation with the Protection and GBV Specialist.
• Coordinate with the lead agency of consortium and other partner agencies on overall project delivery   

Reporting & Information sharing

• Ensure partner NGOs regularly report to ANERA according to established procedures.
• Deliver on all narrative and quantitative reports as per ANERA internal requirements and donor requirements.
• Ensure internal communication and data sharing of the project with relevant departments specifically MEAL, grants, and communications

Program Quality and Learning

• Ensure project data and achievements are updated and reported on a monthly basis
• Support and contribute into all monitoring and evaluation activities.

   

Skills and Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in protection and GBV programming including case management. Experience in sexual and reproductive health is desirable.  
• Experience in capacity building staff on GBV, GBV survivor-centred approach, protection and do no harm protocols
• 3 years of experience in project management that includes managing implementing partners and working with local/national government.
• Demonstrated promotion of practical and impactful social and gender justice initiatives, community-based protection initiatives around GBV, sexual reproductive health, early child marriage; refugee programming and both development and humanitarian programming experience
• Strong understanding of Lebanon’s political, legal, and social systems as related to GBV and refugee protection as well as demonstrated experience in working in/collaborating with civil society
• Understanding of working within diverse partnerships, influencing and negotiation with a range of actors, including governments, UN agencies, academic institutions, networks, national/local NGOs and community groups

Competencies:

• Fluency/working proficiency in both English and Arabic (written and verbal).
• Strong analytical skills, and ability to manage research, needs assessments, and evaluations
• Demonstrated experience in staff training and coaching
• Outstanding organizer
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and writing)
• Strong team player and experienced collaborator
• Effective in negotiation and representation
• Familiarity with MS Office software