KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Program/Project Management
· Provides leadership to school feeding staff and ensure compliance with school feeding standard operating procedures, organisational guidelines and policies.
· Line manage project staff (WASH and Education Officers) including providing capacity building, performance management, and direction on tasks
· Ensures compliance, including financial tracking and oversight of budgets, finance, administration and reporting.
· Coordinates relationships with key stakeholders for the smooth and efficient implementation of project activities and to create a culture of learning and cooperation among partners and project staff.
· Ensures community participation and local authorities in project processes, including safeguarding of beneficiaries at all stages of the implementation of the project.
· Conducts monitoring and supervision visits to the schools to ascertain programme quality and compliance with set standards.
· Produces and share periodic, monthly, end of term and annual reports to inform programme direction.
· Advises the Project Director of issues arising which affect the proper operation of the programme.
· Resolves issues based on advice provided.
· Liaises with schools, local government, local community leaders and other organisations to ensure the efficient implementation of the programme.
· Provides feedback on the lessons learned from the implementation of field activities and make recommendations for improvements as required.
· Assists in the processing of advance requests and follow on the retirement of such advances.
· Develops activity expenditure plan and communicate the same to the Project Director.
· Leads in the development of annual programme budget.
· Manages Human Resource related emerging issues including discipline of staff.
· Manages the performance of School Feeding staff.
· Organizes logistics components to ensure programme supplies are in adequate measures in schools at all times.
· Ensures that organization assets and equipment are taken care of and that staff are practising due diligence.
Budget management
· Leads the periodic programme and budget revisions as required for area of implementation
· Ensures effective and efficient utilization of programme budget and other resources for the intended purpose.
· Ensures that plans are implemented as per agreed and approved budget.
Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance
· In coordination with MEAL Coordinator leads the field office to design results-based monitoring and evaluation process for the programme.
Supports that the· Leads the planning and regular review of project implementation.· Manages knowledge and experiences from the learning process and replicate good practices.
· Ensures the proper utilization and use of monitoring and evaluation systems are put in place.
Partner management and Capacity Building and Representation
· Ensures that partnerships are maintained and functioning properly as per signed contract agreement.
· Maintains regular communication and interaction with partners to facilitate and promote learning and information sharing.
· Provide technical support to partners in the course of project implementation.
Documentation and Learning
· Oversees the proper documentation of experiences and lessons (including pictures and video documentation) learned in the course of programme implementation.
· Leads the MEAL unit to organize and properly maintain database and information related to the programme.
· Facilitates and participate in studies and reviews related to the programme.
· Facilitates and ensure dissemination of information and study/reviews.
Staff Management
MEAL plan is implemented
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
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