Job Title: Director of Programs
Localisation
Work Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Reports to: WR Haiti Country Director
Department/Unit: International Programs
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.
Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.
POSITION SUMMARY
Présentation du poste
World Relief Corporation has been working in Haiti since 1993, and current programs include Food Security and Food Assistance, Agriculture and Livelihoods, Protection and SGBV, Peacebuilding, youth Economic Empowerment and integrated “Integral Mission” programs with churches and church networks. Programs aim to provide relief and recovery to conflict-affected populations, as well as to increase capacities of local populations. The purpose of the Director of Programs (DoP) position is to work alongside the Country Director in providing strategic leadership to the Country Office Teams, and to actively participate in the Senior Leadership and Management Team decision-making process. The DoP will play a key role in external representation and networking with donors, other INGO key government departments and line ministries, and collaborate with internal support departments (Finance, HR, logistics, procurement). This role will seek to fulfill the Mission Statement of World Relief in Haiti.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership
Leads in various needs assessment and propose WR Haiti’s sectoral engagement in the country. The country office sectoral engagement proposal needs to take in to account, donor priorities, WR home office technical capacity and consider need assessment findings in the intervention areas.
Actively participate and contribute to the development of WR Haiti Country Office strategy and its rollout.
Oversee the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of country office programs and projects, and ensure that they are in line with the Country Office program strategy and donor requirements.
Ensure that proper monitoring and evaluation systems are in place to demonstrate impact and that Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) techniques are used to promote improved programming and learning.
Contribute and support the development of proposals and quality reports for the respective projects.
Support field offices in all aspects of finance, administrative, human resource and logistics management, ensuring knowledge of and adherence to applicable operational systems, donor requirements and country program strategy.
Supervise and encourage sector leads, and MEAL focal person in their leadership and management of program staff directly under them.
Assist sector leads in monitoring program activities against program budgets, and act as a liaison between Program Managers and the other Departments.
Travel to the field as needed to supervise and review project/program progress quality and/or results, as well as security issues affecting programmatic implementation and staff safety
Actively involved in partners mapping and establish strong relationship that can bring in additional:
resource mobilization capacity to the country office.
Deputize for the Country Director in her/his absence;
Actively participate and contribute to the fulfillment of the WR Haiti Country Office strategy;
Conduct regular analysis of the Country Office contingency planning and capacity to scale up and respond to significant emergency needs;
Facilitate the development and regular updating of appropriate emergency preparedness and response plans, and ensure the integration of disaster risk into WR Haiti programs;
Work closely with the Country Director managing the field security plan and plan staff evacuations when needed;
Work with the Country Director to oversee the development and implementation of a Country Office advocacy agenda that supports Country Office programs.
Support WR- Haiti legal compliance issues, including facilitation of visas for visitors.
Programs & Operations Management
Support Finance and Operation Director to ensure the proper implementation of performance management system;
Support in any required audits, both internal and external;
Implement and maintain Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms processes;
Implement policies, procedures, guidelines, and manuals to enhance the smooth running of the program through standardized procedures and improved support;
Ensure that qualified staff and appropriate systems are in place to properly manage WR Haiti programs/projects;
Support in job description and performance development, regular feedback, mid-term reviews and annual performance appraisals.
Provide policy advice and support to the Country Director.
Write program reports and/or supervise staff tasked with report writing to ensure for high-quality language, content, and data;
Supervise MEAL teams to ensure data control, and provide guidance/training where appropriate;
Provide management expertise and leadership to WR Haiti team and create a work environment that promotes excellence.
Strategy, External Networking & Business Development
Liaise with international donors and actively represent WR Haiti at relevant forums, clusters and meetings with government officials, contractors, and other NGOs;
Proactively establish external relationships and partnerships for the purpose of prepositioning WR Haiti’s strategic vision and programming principles;
Develop and write concept notes and proposals with current and new donors/partners, requesting support from Home Office as appropriate;
Attend local and regional conferences on behalf of WR Haiti as requested;
Edit communications to ensure quality of outgoing documents, which may include social media output, programmatic overviews and capacity statements.
Team Spiritual Life
- Reflect the Christian spiritual values of WR Haiti with team members, local staff, program participants, and external
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