مطلوب مسؤول/ة عن حفل (Chief of Party)

1. Purpose

CARE established its presence in Lebanon in 2006 and has been responding to the Syrian Crisis since late 2012. Among CARE’s key imperatives is putting people it serves first through implementing cutting edge programming in areas it operates. CARE currently carries out activities in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Akkar, North Lebanon, South Lebanon, and the Beqaa Valley. CARE implements both emergency and development projects contributing to livelihood, food security, protection, gender, shelter, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. It targets the most vulnerable people and populations, both host communities and refugees. Over the course of 7 years, it has supported more than half a million beneficiaries.
 
In Lebanon, CARE’s program strategy for the upcoming years will focus on strengthening and expanding its emergency response and capacity to provide basic assistance services while pursuing development projects in areas of food security and livelihood support, gender and protection. CARE intends to maintain its presence in all areas of Lebanon.
 
CARE Lebanon has scaled up rapidly over the past few years and today it has about 40 staff members, with more than 15 different local/international partner organizations. 90% of the team is composed of national staff, with a symbolic number of international members.
CARE is looking for an experienced and ambitious Chief of Party to lead the remainder of a 4-year AFD-funded BASATINE Project (Bolstering Agriculture Systems’ Ability to Invest, Nourish, and Employ) that aims to immediately address food insecurity and provide needed income and technical support to farmers to survive this tumultuous time, as well improve the capacity of food systems to maintain employment and growth in the longer term via stronger domestic production and system linkages. The Chief of Party will be based in Beirut and reporting to the Director of Program Implementation and will be in charge of the oversight and management of the project in coordination with the consortium of INGO and local NGOs. 

The Chief of Party is responsible for the effective implementation of BASATINE Project and directly supervises a Program Management Unit that includes the consortium partners in charge of the implementation of the various components of the Project. She/He will provide strategic direction, ensuring program quality, planning, donor reporting and liaison and ensuring effective and responsible financial management of the Project. 

2. Reporting Lines

Country Director

3. Organizational Relationship 

Project Manager, Agriculture Specialist, Consultants 

4. Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibility 1: Program Direction and Oversight 

• Provide strategic direction to the AFD funded program to ensure the achievement of program outcomes. 
• Lead overall program planning and provide support to consortium planning and implementation.
• Identify the need for program adjustments and lead this process in close collaboration with the consortium members and CARE Team.  
• Ensure the program stays on course and if significant changes are required, ensure communication to and support from AFD.
• Play a lead role in coordination between various teams, partners and stakeholders engaged in the program across the consortium (CMU, Steering Committee) 
• Ensure adequate systems are in place and sustained support available for grant management, compliance, and sub-grant management across the consortium.
• Work closely with partners and ensure the entire program adopts mutually respectful, principled partnerships. 
• Closely monitor overall program implementation and propose adaptations and improvements needed to achieve outputs and outcomes. 

Responsibility 2: Program Quality 

• Managing systems and processes to ensure the program meets the highest standards of program quality. 
• Based on the program proposal, and working closely with the MEAL, ensure that appropriate monitoring systems and tools are in place to ensure a harmonized, effective and efficient monitoring system for the program.  
• Work closely with the consortium members to operationalize effective and appropriate accountability mechanisms across the program.
• Implement an effective risk management and contingency planning process for the program factoring in assessments, reviews and decision making as key aspects of the process. 
• Ensure gender is mainstreamed throughout the program while at the same time more deliberate women’s empowerment programming takes place through the livelihoods/Agriculture interventions.  
• Work closely with external consultants and advisors to mainstream conduct conflict sensitive and do no harm approaches in programming.
• Ensure an effective mechanism is in place for information sharing and cooperation among the various consortium members.
• Organize periodic program reviews and ensure learning and outcomes of review discussions are documented and integrated into the program. 
• Ensure the learning and knowledge generated from the program is adequately and effectively documented and shared with appropriate local, regional and global audiences.

Responsibility 3: Financial Management, Reporting and Oversight 

• Responsible for the management of the overall program budget
• Regularly monitor expenditure to ensure all consortium members adhere to their respective approved budgets.
• Support budget reviews and revision processes at PMU level and provide direction on budget reallocation from one consortium member to another, if needed and in compliance with AFD contractual requirement. 
• Ensure the value for money propositions outlined in the proposal are met through effective mainstreaming of relevant approaches.
• Ensure the risk assessment process factors in financial risks and mitigation processes. 

Responsibility 4: Donor Reporting, fundraising, coordination, representation, and liaison
 
• Ensure both narrative and financial reports are submitted on time to AFD and consistently maintain high standards of quality in reporting. 
• Liaise closely with AFD representatives in Beirut or in the region as appropriate, in close coordination with CARE Team in Lebanon. 
• Ensure effective coordination and liaison with CARE Team in Lebanon and with HQ France as needed to ensure the program receives adequate and relevant technical, management and representational support. 
• Represent CARE at regional and international fora as appropriate and in close consultation with CARE Lebanon Team. 
• Establish positive relations and close collaboration with other agencies involved in food security, agriculture, economic development & livelihood programs in Lebanon.
• Ensure information is efficiently communicated between the field and the national coordination groups.
• Represent CIL in sectoral coordination at regional, national and sub-national levels and with the technical authorities.
• In close collaboration with interagency sector coordination units, ensure CARE representation in the relevant technical coordination and forums at the field level and vis-à-vis relevant actors as relevant to the program.

Responsibility 5: Staff Management 

• Set up the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) for the program by recruiting all relevant staff members and ensuring appropriate orientation for new staff and partners members.
• Provide proper supervision and management for all direct reports and lead the establishment and functioning of a strong, effective, and coordinated CMU.
• Ensure the proper implementation of CARE's performance management system for direct reports, including job description, regular feedback, mid-term reviews and annual performance appraisals.
• Proactively address performance issues through regular, constructive and honest feedback and coaching. 
• Identify necessary staff development, career development and succession planning strategies for direct reports.
• Perform other tasks within the Program Implementation as required. 

Responsibility 6: Technical Program Inputs 

• Technically support the Program Implementation Coordinator and Project Managers in the implementation of CIL’s FSL programming with especial attention to the quality of the activities, complementarity, compliance with national standards, donor guidelines, and the CO overall sector strategy. 
• Oversee programmatic reports for donors, government and the country office as required. This will involve compiling of information from a range of program and financial staff and working in teams to produce reports.
• Strengthen ‘Nexus’ programming that links the Emergency response with longer-term interventions to ensure a strategic approach.
• Provide technical lead to relevant new business development opportunities as elaborated with the  CARE Program Team, as well as provide support to other thematic interventions where required. 
• Keep up to date of relevant existing and new research in Lebanon that is related to economic empowerment, food security, livelihoods, basic assistance, refugees, and the business environment and disseminate key information as appropriate.  
• Ensure that lessons learned from the local economic development interventions are well disseminated and integrated with CIL.  
• Other responsibilities as assigned by Line Manager      

5. Qualifications / special skills or knowledge

a. Skills & knowledge:

•    Minimum of 10 years of experience in implementing Humanitarian and Development Programs in Lebanon and MENA
•    Demonstrated experience in working on complex and large consortium projects
•    Experience in managing donor-funded projects including AFD.
•    Experience in managing development projects focusing on Sustainable Development/Agriculture/Environment/Economic empowerment. 
•    Experience in gender equality and women empowerment. 
•    Fluency/working proficiency in both English and Arabic (written and verbal).
•    Strong analytical skills, and ability to design and direct research, needs assessments, data analysis and evaluations.
•    Excellent inter-personal, communication and presentation skills (verbal and writing)
•    Demonstrated experience in team management.
•    Outstanding organizer 
•    Strong team player and experienced collaborator
•    Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information. 
•    Ability to work under pressure.
•    Ability to influence and motivate others.
•    Demonstrate the ability to take initiative.
•    Commitment, devotion, and integrity
•    Solution-oriented

b. Experience: Number of months/ years of previous professional experience in a similar position.

At least  above 10  years of relevant experience, especially at NGOs, academic organizations, standard-setting bodies, public agencies focused on Consortium management with a focus on Agriculture and Food security.

c. Academic background:

Master’s degree in one or several of the following areas:  Project Management, Agriculture, Food security

d. Languages: English and/ or Arabic are the working language of CARE International.

Knowledge of other languages is an asset.

5. Other contract elements

Benefits: Social security/Health Insurance & Transport allowance.
The direct supervisor reserves the right to adapt this job description at any time during employment according to needs. 
Any extension of this contract is dependent on performance review and funding availability.

6. PSEA and Child Safeguarding Policies

CARE International in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

CARE International in Lebanon and its employees and stakeholders abide by the CARE International Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Safeguarding Policies.