Economic Recovery Manager

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Job Description

Overall purpose of the role:

The Economic Recovery Project Manager works as part of DRC’s team in Rakhine. The position is based in Sittwe, with regular travel in the project areas.

Overall responsibility includes quality and timely management of Economic Recovery/Livelihoods projects in villages and IDP camps across Rakhine state, including the partner EcRecovery programs as well as direct management of the project team and representation at relevant clusters and Working Groups.

Sector activities include, but are not limited to, business training and SME development, MPCA, business grants, life-skills training, literacy and numeracy training, vocational training, micro-credit loans, savings groups, group enterprise development and facilitation, cash for work, agricultural production.

Responsibilities:

The Economic Recovery Project Manager shall conduct regular field visits (including traveling by boat to reach project’s locations) and will be expected to perform the following duties:

Project Management and Leadership:

Coordinate, plan and monitor Livelihoods project activities ensuring adherence to sector, donor and internal requirements and guidelines
Ensure the highest quality of the sectoral interventions including adherence to best practice programming and minimum standards in coordination with the Economic Recovery Technical Coordinator
Ensure coherence between all projects, ongoing and proposed, according to the overall DRC strategy and taking into account remote monitoring modalities
Take leadership of Livelihoods projects in terms of ensuring high quality and timely deliverables, narrative reporting and financial overviews, close cooperation with donors, Government counterparts and coordination mechanisms on site, and in synergy with other DRC interventions in the area.
Formalize and develop project related operational tools and training modules, with support from the Economic Recovery Technical Coordinator
Provide input for monthly, quarterly, interim and annual donor reports, project proposals as well as ad hoc reports and communication items, as requested
Provide overall budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control for the project activities, including compliance with minimum DRC and donor requirements
With the MEAL Manager, ensure a MEAL plan is in place and implemented for livelihoods activities and that the relevant Info Management systems are in place

Program Development, Strategy And External Relations

Representation of DRC and active participation in sector meetings and relevant sub sectors/working groups
Oversee knowledge sharing across teams and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are understood and used to improve programs
Drive the development and growth of the relevant programs within the DRC program objectives, including proposal development, and feed into country-wide strategy development
Ensure adaptiveness of programming with the ongoing emergency response, in coordination with and supported by Economic Recovery Technical Coordinator
Ensure cooperation and integration with other DRC sectors of intervention, particularly Protection, Shelter and WASH programmes, through working with the other project managers and team leaders

Accountability And Reporting:

Guided by the DRC Programme Handbook, continuously monitor and develop relevant accountability initiatives within the Economic Recovery program as well as strengthening the effort to document the impact of activities
Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements as well as DRC policies and procedures, particularly with respect to Protection principles and the Code of Conduct.

People Management:

Lead and manage DRC’s Livelihoods team including mentoring, ensuring coordination, recruitment and capacity development
Provide on the job training as required and adapt trainings/coaching to specific staff needs

As Manager, The Post-Holder Is Accountable For The Following:

Accountable for achieving DRC’s strategic goals and objectives within the area of responsibility
Accountable for making significant decisions on what the Livelihoods team does: its purpose, functions and role, and for making commitments and decisions that require the expenditure of significant unit resources.
Accountable for people management of direct reports, generally at least 3 employees. This includes hiring & firing, objective setting, probation, performance appraisal, development of staff, managing performance, including poor performance, etc
Accountable for making sound decisions based on DRC policies, MOPs, standards, and the advice of technical experts in DRC

Experience and technical competencies

Master’s degree in relevant field (international studies, business development, economics or agricultural production) and evidence of further specialist training.
Minimum 4 years of experience in NGO projects, particularly in managing/leading Livelihoods projects in emergency and/or early recovery contexts
At least 4 years’ experience with people management
Demonstrated practical experience in any of the following: income generation projects, vocational trainings, Cash for Work programming, small business grants, agricultural production, community led development actions linked to social cohesion
Experience in producing high-quality technical material (training material, programme tools, proposals, strategic documents etc.)
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for external audiences (including governments and donors)
Experience working in conflict contexts or humanitarian response
Experience working with Monitoring and Evaluation and budget management
Understanding of operational context in Rakhine State
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Professional proficiency in English.
Other local language us considered as an asset.