Overview
Provides consolidated managerial leadership for programme delivery across the Sumy sub-office, leading sectoral planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting. Responsible for delivering an integrated response across Child Protection, Education, CVA/FSL, and Shelter/NFI.
Key Responsibilities
- Overall responsible for the timely implementation of integrated Child Protection, Education, CVA/FSL and Shelter/NFI activities in Sumy.
- Monitor, guide and supervise the Sumy programme team and partners in day-to-day project implementation.
- Ensure the multisectoral programme is implemented in ways responsive to communities, partners and children.
- Lead the kick-off process for all new awards in Sumy.
- Ensure award/grant kick-off and management tools are in place, tracked and updated regularly.
- Manage the Sumy programme budget, monthly forecasting and quarterly budget revision.
- Ensure proper and effective use of programme resources.
- Track and report on programme progress against programmatic and budgetary targets.
- Prepare timely, high-quality programme and donor reports.
- Liaise with the Safety & Security function on movement planning.
- Promote synergies and ensure the overall coherence and relevance of the multisectoral response.
- Act as the lead partner focal point for Sumy’s implementing partners.
- Work with the Partnerships team to identify appropriate partners for implementation.
- Work with partners to develop their programme design and proposals.
- Review Annexes and submit Partnership Agreements.
- Ensure officers track partner deliverables and reports.
- Review partner narrative and financial reporting.
- Contribute to situation/response analysis, sector strategy documents and sector response plans.
- Oversee teams on technical assessments.
- Support the sector leads and Technical Advisors in developing project and donor proposals.
- Contribute to country and area-level contingency and emergency preparedness plans.
- Support partners and direct teams to respond to new emergencies.
- Make input into the development of MEAL tools.
- Increase use of data from monitoring.
- Ensure tracking of set indicators and regular reporting on impact.
- Provide feedback on TA/MEAL visit reports.
- Support roll-out of accountability mechanisms.
- Line-manage 3 to 4 programme staff.
- Establish performance management of all line-managed staff.
- Regularly coordinate and collaborate with sector leads, support functions and area office.
- Ensure external representation and coordination with relevant Sumy-level fora and local authorities.
Required Experience
- At least 2 years’ experience working with a humanitarian/development organization at managerial positions.
- Substantial people and programme management experience.
- Skills and experience in project/programme implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation.
- Demonstrated experience of managing implementation through national/local partners, including sub-award monitoring and capacity strengthening.
- Solid experience in grant management, including budget management and donor reporting.
- Substantial understanding or proven experience of security management issues.
- Representational skills, political awareness.
- Technical familiarity with two or more of Child Protection, MHPSS, Education in Emergencies, CVA/FSL or Shelter/NFI (desirable).
- Experience within the Ukraine humanitarian response and familiarity with SCI systems (desirable).
Qualifications
University degree (bachelor level, master’s preferred) in a related academic discipline (social sciences, development, humanitarian studies, management or equivalent).
