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TDH – Head of Office & Project Manager – Libano

Data: 16/01/2017

La ONG Terre des Hommes Italia sta selezionando un/a Head of Office & Project Manager per la sua operatività in Libano. Scadenza per le candidature 25 gennaio 2017.


Head of Office & Project Manager, fully acquainted with the UN Agencies, ECHO and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation’s procedures.

Qualification requested:

• Relevant Master Degree (International Relations, Human Rights, Sociology, Middle Eastern Studies, International Cooperation etc.).
• Previous proven experience in management of programs/projects in the fields of Protection and/or Education, and/or Child Protection (at least two projects fully implemented from the design to the final report (providing evidences for that), including: design and organizing needs assessments, design of monitoring tools and reporting both on the financial and narrative levels.
• At least three years of experience in managing projects abroad.
• Acquaintance with the Middle East context.
• Perfect Command of spoken and written English (the candidate shall undergo a test).
• Knowledge of Arabic is a much appreciated asset.
• Ability to work in partnership with local organizations and under stress.
• Ability to work in team and problem solving skills.
• Good computing skills (including design of simple data base).
• Holding a valid passport which enables the candidate to enter easily the country.

Terms of Reference for the Position
The expatriate Head of Tyre Office/Expat Project Manager will be in charge of coordinating the implementation of Terre des Hommes activities in the area. In details she/he will be in charge of:

1. Representation:
• Representing TDH towards donors and the partners at the area level.
• Representing TDH towards the local autorities at the area level.
• Monitoring that proper visibility is in place in compliance with TDH and Donors’ guidelines.

2. Management of the working relationship with the National Partner Naba’a:
• Supervise the implementation of the projects in accordance with the signed MoUs.
• Report to and find solution with the Country Delegate (CD) for issues that might effect the partnership.
• Follow up the implementation of the plan agreed between the partners.
• Identification of new areas of intervention (new proposals), conduction of assessments and preparation of joint concept notes to be submitted to donors.

3. Management of the project he/she is in charge of:
• Implementation of the projet activities in accordance with the project proposal and workplan.
• Signature of agreements with the partner(s) and local authorities.

4. Reporting:
• Review the financial and narrative reports prior to the submission to the Country Delegate and Desk Officer and finally to the Donor.
• Supervise the reporting to the Activity info system on monthly basis.
• Draf narrative reports for the intervention he/she is in charge of.
• Ensure collection of documentation and data from the projects implemented in the area that could be useful to draft new proposal.
• Provide updatings on TDH activities in the area to be posted on TDH It website.

5. Administration:
• Supervise the implementation of activities and administrative tasks in compliance with donors and TDH procedures and manuals.
• Approve the request for funds prior submission to the CD.
• Coordinate with the Country Administrator/programme admnistrator for submission of financial reports to the donors according to deadlines and procedures.
• Support the Office’s Administrator in preparing the Office’s budget, harmonizing the budgets under the different donors, ensuring a maximazed usage of the resources.
• Partecipate into the selection commitee for procurement according to relevant amounts.
• Ensure strict application and respect of the Local management manual and Annexes.

6. Coordination, Monitoring & HR:
• Conducting relevant staff evaluation in order to identify needs and plan capacity building actions accordingly .
• Ensure efficient coordination among the different projects in the area, harmonize the managerial approach, introduce shared tools for monitoring and reporting.
• Supervise the implementation of the activities in the area in compliance with the contracts signed with the donors, the timeframe and the expected targets and results.
• Implement regular field monitoring visits in order to follow up the working plans and respect of deadlines and targets.
• Partecipate in the recruitment process of key project staff in accordance with TdH recruitment guidelines .
• Prepare by-weekly wokplans at the Office Level and follow up.
• Authorize vacations for the local staff.
• Provide solutions and mitigation of possible conflicts among the office’s staff.
• Conducting relevant staff evaluation in order to identify needs and plan capacity building actions accordingly.


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