Overview
The EECD Senior Program Officer will be responsible for all EECD project management support and financial management for the EECD Portfolio, providing day-to-day support for ongoing projects.
Tasks Summary
- Support the development, maintenance of and follow up on workplans, advocacy plans, procurement plans, and implementation targets and timelines.
- Track implementation progress and flag risks or delays.
- Update the IRC service mapping.
- Document and share projects’ learnings.
- Contribute to regular context updates.
- Work closely with regional and Lebanon advocacy team to develop learning products.
- Ensure donor feedback, compliance requirements, and quality standards are integrated into daily operations.
- Support in following up with partners.
- Support in compiling and drafting success stories, and progress reports.
- Support in coordinating with regional and cross-functional teams.
- Participate in grant cycle meetings and other relevant meetings.
- Support in the development of tailored capacity building plans for partners.
- Support in representation in core group and task teams.
- Maintain proper data collection, management information system, and documentations.
- Monitor and analyze project budgets and develop spending plans.
- Prepare and maintain salary mapping, monthly salary allocations, and develop Operating Budget inputs.
- Monitor monthly BvAs and flag any concerns.
- Participate in BvA meetings, track burn rates, and help forecast future spending needs.
- Coordinate and develop budget amendments, realignments, and financial reports to donors.
- Ensure all expenditures are aligned with donor eligibility rules and organizational financial procedures.
- Develop new budgets for new project opportunities.
- Monitor all shared lines in the project budget.
- Handle monthly sectorial cash projections.
- Develop project procurement plans and work on IRC ERP system.
- Liaise with Finance and Supply Chain staff.
- Coordinate with EECD teams to prepare the movement plan of staff.
- Process program advance, procurement, payment requests and re-codings.
- Liaise with Logistics and IT departments when allocating assets.
- Support preparation of travel authorization and request documents.
- Support the recruitment and HR processes.
- Liaise with HR to track and follow up on the status of staff contracts.
- Ensure proper execution of all administrative activities associated with projects’ implementation.
- Prepare and track volunteers’ contracts.
- Support in the execution of workshops, trainings, and events tasks.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 2 year of professional experience in non-governmental organization work, administration and management.
- Demonstrated excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, 365, and Outlook, and data management.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders and to diplomatically handle sensitive situations with key stakeholders and cultivate productive relationships.
- Knowledge of the Lebanon country context; familiarity with the ECD or education programs in Lebanon.
- Demonstrated excellent proficiency in working with budgets.
Qualification Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Business Management, Education, or any related relevant field.
