Project Manager - Livelihoods

Ensure Project implementation and Coordination (70%)

• Ensure that all aspects of the project’s daily management, (including logistics, administration, security, visibility, community and beneficiaries liaison) are well developed and put it in place.
• Establish and maintain contact and productive working relationships with community representatives, local and international organizations, jobseekers/beneficiaries and employers as related to life skill development;
• Provide inputs to the RAM team for DMT, SOs and donor required reports as well as during the project proposal stage including provision of activities, areas, beneficiaries and budgets
• Develop and ensure the usage of the project management tools of the Cash project (Agreement, Budget, DIP, TORs, Governance structure, reports, process flow, SoPs financial tracking, log frame, ITT and close out) are established and maintained.
• Track, account for and maintain all project assets and resources;
• Ensure that project activities are delivered in an efficient manner and with high quality as well as to ensure that project outcomes are met.
• In terms of risk management, ensure that all control measures developed by Compliance Accounting and Reporting Coordinator (CARC) are clearly communicated and respected by the team; conduct spot checks on the team in order to monitor those mechanisms.
• Manage the day-to-day implementation of the project activities, including timely and positive problem solving;
• Liaise and meet with donors and other stakeholders for purposes of networking, information sharing and to nurturing partnerships.

​Handle Reporting, Recording and Proposal Development

• Deliver high quality, accurate and timely internal and external reports;
• Establish and maintain accurate filing system which is in line with WV’s requirements for project auditing;
• In collaboration with RAM unit, lead project amendments, no-cost/cost extension requests and future opportunity proposal development within the project scope;
• Maintain commodities stock in line with WV’s policies;

​Ensure Monitoring, Accountability and Protection Mainstreaming

• Adjust project implementation in line with Monitoring and Evaluation tools, accountability and protection report findings;
• Ensure beneficiary feedback is addressed in a timely manner and tackle the complaints raised to the Evidence, Learning and Accountability unit at WV;
• Coordinate lessons learned session for the project with related departments (ELA, Ops, finance, procurement..) :
• To create, capture, share, and document lessons learnt thereby enabling participants to learn as individuals and as a group working on the project.
• To allow for open discussions on some critical issues and agree upon the solutions.
• To develop an appropriate plan of action and strategies to enhance the quality of operations in similar projects.
• To create a common understanding of challenges and issues faced by the Operations and the ELA team
• Ensure protection mainstreaming standards are adhered to across the project and seek innovative ways to promote humanitarian protection schemes across the project;

​Follow up on Financial Control and budget

• Budget Holder: Manage the project allocated budget, authorize expenditures within the established authority limit;
• Develop cash forecast on the monthly basis. Track project expenditure real-time;
• Monitor and evaluate budgeted and actual expenditure with the related Finance staff to avoid over/under spent beyond 10%;
• Coordinate regularly with the relevant finance staff;

Handle Staff Management (25%)

• Ensure all the project staff have an up-to-date job description and a performance agreement which are reviewed on a regular basis (at least twice per year);
• Provide leadership to the team by mentoring, coaching, and provision of in-house or external training staff to ensure efficiency and high-quality deliverables.
• Liaise with other project managers within the Cash and Livelihood Portfolio and other Portfolios in WV Lebanon in order to create synergies and standard systems across the portfolio project by sharing lessons learned, experiences, observations and challenges.
• Establish and maintain a clear communication system with staff which allows for regular: a) progress tracking; b) task assignment; c)problem solving; d) on-the-job capacity building;

Perform other duties as required (5%)

• Responsible of own security and actively contribute to a positive security culture
• Abide by the security policies and procedures and report any incidents or breaches to line manager and / or security manager
• Attend and participate in local and international capacity building events as needed
• Attend and participate in spiritual nurture events and other organizational events
• Perform other related tasks as required by the External engagement team