Program Manager

Program Manager – UTTHANSHIL,DOTI

Lutheran World Relief, which is part of Corus International, has been present in Nepal since 2013. Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class organizations working to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to end extreme poverty once and for all. We are a global leader in international development, with 150 years of combined experience across our brands. Our nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries include IMA World Health and its fundraising brand Corus World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and Farmers Market Brands. In Nepal, Corus operates under Lutheran World Relief. Our more than 800 employees around the globe are experts in their fields and dedicated to helping the world’s most vulnerable people break the cycle of poverty and lead healthy lives.

At Corus we believe that good only grows stronger and we reflect that belief in our workplace culture. We value every employee’s specialized area of expertise and nurture professional growth. We promote an engaging and supportive work environment, where employees feel enabled and driven to innovate, learn and collaborate. And because our subsidiaries often function as partners, our employees have the opportunity to work across our enterprise family.

Corus is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our worldwide workplace, and we believe that social justice and respect for the human dignity of every person are fundamental to all we do as an organization.

This position will be based in Doti.

Responsibilities:

Program Management: (60%)

• Lead overall UTTHANSHIL Project for successful implementation in the field
• Ensure partners performance is on track ensuring that program activities are on time, on budget, and reach desired impacts with high quality, coherent results.
• Maintain coordination, linkage and networking with line agencies at province, district municipalities.
• Provide all technical guidance to the partners and their staff as agreed in the proposal and annexes.
• Work as technical lead of the project and provide necessary training and orientation to the partner staffs and other agencies as necessary in the field.
• Ensure that partner CDC’s staff of UTTHANSHIL Project participate in regular program coordination meetings, and that effective and timely program/grant reporting systems are maintained.
• Ensure that program teams comply with LWR, and donors require monitoring and evaluation frameworks and establish ongoing program monitoring.
• Support and facilitate at the field level for evaluation, assessment, survey, innovative solutions, monitoring visits for ensuring the high-level impactful
• programing in the field.

Partner Management: (10%)

• Maintain and liaise cordial coordination, communication and collaboration with local government stakeholders at provincial, districts and municipalities, NGOs and INGOs peer agencies and local partners.
• Guide and support CDC partner where needed – technical and management for the successful implementation of the project
• Obtain necessary permission, authentication from the province, districts and municipalities as required.
• Provide all necessary orientation, coaching and training to Project Coordinator, DRR Officer, social mobilizer and others for successful implementation of the project in the field.
• Support partner (CDC) where needed and guide, coach and mentor properly and timely including in program and financial reporting.

Field Influence and Representation:( 5%)

• Represents LWR Nepal in the field with peer agencies, donors, private sectors, province government stakeholders and concerned municipalities.
• Maintain high ethical standards and treat people with respect and dignity throughout engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships among Corus’s headquarters and regional teams, international and local NGOs, government officials, donors, and local partners etc.
• Demonstrate flexibility, resilience and ability to maintain positive relationships and composure.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting: (10%)

• Ensure the all the activities are implemented and monitored as per the UTTHANSHIL Project Performance Plan (PMP)
• Conduct day to day project monitoring and provide immediate feedback and inputs to the CDC field staff for the improvement
• Help and support on baseline, midline, end line, assessment, and surveys and maintain the quality data and evidence.
• Update and maintain the Activity Tacking Table (ATT), Beneficiaries Tracking Table (BTT) and Indicator Tracking Table (ITT)
• Prepare monitoring report against PMP on six monthly and share with CDC partner and LWR Nepal office that should include project achievements, challenges and lessons learned

Reporting and Communication (10%)

• Prepare high quality narrative and financial report on periodic basis and share on timely basis to the program Director.
• Review and provide the partner’s narrative and financial report and provide constructive feedback and input to the partner.
• Monitor and prepare all deliverable reports as agreed in the agreement with donor; and report back to the LWR Nepal office
• Maintain the communication channel with local government stakeholder, CDC, Doti (implementing partner) and LWR Nepal office.
• Prepare and draft other reports as suggested by Program Director or CDOthers: (5%)
• Help and support to Program Director for intelligence gathering about new project design.
• Communicate all project issues and matters (success and failure) with Program Director on overall project management including admin and finance issues.
• Follow the instructions and suggestions from the Program Director for any field level final decisions.

Supervisory:

No supervisory role.

Education & Experience:

• Master’s degree in social science or business studies or agriculture or natural management or environment
• At least five years of experience in the field of DRR, Resilience, Climate Change or Agriculture/livelihoods, youth and women entrepreneurship
• Previous USAID/BHA funded experiences on DRR, and resilience is preferable.
• Prior experience of working in an NGO/INGO sector will be an added advantage

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates excellent proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point)
• Strong report writing skills
• Willingness and capability to frequently travel to various field sites within the specified districts.
• Must possess positive and problem solving attitude
• Must be highly organized, dependable, and capable of managing multiple tasks effectively.
• Displays a hardworking, committed, and energetic approach, with a team-oriented “can-do” attitude.
• Demonstrates strong skills in project management, partner monitoring and evaluation, networking, and communication with government agencies and relevant stakeholders.
• LWR Nepal prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by U.S. or International law.

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