• Organisational affiliation

The Programme Manager (PM) is part of the Liberia team, and reports to the Country Director. She/ he leads the daily work of the programme team members and works closely with all other Liberia office staff as well as with key staff at Kvinna till Kvinna head office in Sweden. The Programme Manager does not line manage staff members as all report to the Country Director based in Liberia. Work assignments will be regulated in consultation with the Country Director.

• Responsibilities

The PM is responsible for managing the POWER (funded by the Sida) and Strengthen Her Voice (funded by the UNPBF programmes including developing, monitoring and following up on Kvinna till Kvinna’s partnerships with women’s rights organisations and women’s rights activists in Liberia under those programmes. The PM is responsible for carrying out their work in accordance with the Kvinna till Kvinna’s mandate, policies, working methods, operational plan and budget making sure that all external deadlines for deliverables are met in a timely manner.

Key responsibilities include:

Programme Implementation

• Ensure high-quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation of ongoing programmes with the support of our programme officers and regional programme officer, including supporting partners in their monitoring.

Contribute to the development and execution of the annual operational plans and work plans for internal planning and donor submission and approval..

• Monitoring the project budget with the support of the Finance Manager to safeguard spending and timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Lead the narrative reporting to back donors Sida and UNPBF with the support of the Grant Manager for quality control, this includes the multiannual reporting to Sida.
• Support the communications, and liaising with all partners including making sure they all have agreements/ clear reporting deadlines.
• Lead the development of content and methodology of training, workshops and other capacity-building activities in line with the project workplan and budget.

Leadership and Staff Management

• Lead and support staff working on the POWER and the Strengthen Her Voice Programme.
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive and value-based team culture and a healthy working environment.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities effectively, ensuring performance and accountability.
• Lead the process of internal Operational Planning, Quarterly Reports and delegate to relevant Communication support needed while managing uploading photos onto Q-Bank.

Representation

• When delegated by the Country Director, the Programme Manager will represent Kvinna till Kvinna at official meetings and functions including government ministries, donor agencies and external forums on economic empowerment, SRHR, Transitional Justice and sustainability.
• Be the focal point for a relevant government ministry(ies), technical working groups or institutions. Depending on the ministrythis may include leading the reporting process for the Kvinnna till Kvinna’s office to that ministry or sub-cluster run by that ministry as needed.
• Support Kvinna till Kvinna Country Director in coordination with other donors and INGOs.

3. Powers

• The Programme Manager makes independent decisions within the approved activity plan, operational plan and budget as the budget holder for activity costs.
• The Programme Manager collaborates with the Programme officers, finance department and the Country director in planning while consults the Country Director for strategic decisions.
• Confidentiality Clause

The Programme Manager shall treat written and oral information between Kvinna till Kvinna and partners or other parties as confidential in discussions with external parties and other Kvinna till Kvinna partner organisations. Ensuring that compliance of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

• Required skills
• At least a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Political Science, Public Administration, Rural Development, Development studies, or similar. A master’s degree in related studies will be an added advantage.
• At least 6 year’s progressive experience in project management (budget management, planning, implementation, PMEL, etc).

Prior experience working with International NGOs, women’s rights organisations and peacebuilding, humanitarian organisations, or development agencies.

• Proven expertise on the areas of Women Human Rights, SRHR, gender mainstreaming, advocacy and/or peacebuilding.
• Proven experience in provision of capacity-building for civil society actors (managing diverse partners with a varying degree of capacity).
• Experience in strategic budgeting, financial forecasting and monthly budget expenditures.
• Excellent writing, reporting and communication skills for international and national audiences.
• Full competency of MS Office software including but not limited to Excel, Word, Teams, SharePoint and Power Point.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team; with the capacity to adapt and undertake tasks outside of the job description.

Analytical and strategic skills especially in results-based management, approach and quality assurance;

• Strong interpersonal and networking skills while maintaining culturally sensitivity.
• Strong commitment to Kvinna till Kvinna’s values and to all Human Rights, including key populations.

Added Value:

• Experience leading staff and management of programmes of similar size and focus.
• Previous experience working with SIDA or UNPBF funding.
• Experience working with international donors such as Sida, the European Union, or other bilateral and multilateral institutions.
• Demonstrated belief in and commitment to women’s human rights, gender equality, and inclusive civil society development.
• Understanding knowledge of international, national, county-based policies and commitments as it pertains to gender equality by the Governement of Liberia.

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