Program Support Manager, Chad At Tearfund

The Tearfund Chad team is looking for an experienced Project Manager. Are you an inspiring leader willing to lead a compliance conscious team to deliver excellent results? We are looking for you!

You will be expected to:

• Ensure the responsibility of the staff of the project team, provide them with regular support and ensure continuous strengthening of their capacities, including coaching.
• Either independently or in collaboration with working groups, UN clusters, local authorities and community representatives, undertake detailed analysis and design appropriate project interventions to meet needs and strengthen local capacities. Actively engage with other humanitarian actors currently implementing interventions to ensure coordination and harmonisation of approaches where appropriate.
• Support the country director to coordinate all aspects of donors engagement and grant management – including proposal writing, internal Project Development Meetings, reporting, internal checklists, evaluations & audits – in order to facilitate timely submission of proposals, reports, modifications and extension requests for public and private sector donors, including institutional donors and UN agencies.
• In conjunction with the Country Director, write project proposals (narrative, log frame, activity schedule and budget) for Tearfund approval and submission to donors.
• Manage the implementation of sector project activities to achieve project goals and objectives including designing and implementing relevant indicators, monitoring and evaluation systems and frameworks (including baseline surveys, ongoing market analysis and price monitoring, expenditure tracking and impact assessment methodologies) in addition to supporting project reviews in accordance with Tearfund and donor requirements.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to project areas to review progress, quality, and beneficiary feedback and advice and support field staff with the identification and solution of technical issues.
• Participate in project evaluations and assist in the analysis of results.
• Liaise with the Program Funding and Support Team, logistics, Finance and other departments as appropriate to identify and plan the support needed for implementation of projects, advising on procurement needs as appropriate.
• Delegated responsibility for sector project budgets, in conjunction with the Country Director ensure project budgets are scheduled, a procurement plan is drawn up, monitor expenditure to budget and identify any corrective actions required.
• Oversees the design and implementation of projects To ensure that the country office is compliant with donor guidelines and regulations and to provide training and support on grant management and internal and donor reporting.

Successful applicants must be committed Christians who are willing to sign up to Tearfund’s evangelical statement of faith.