🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ Concern Worldwide – 4 Positions

•  All Programme and Project Coordinators, Project Managers, Field staff (programmes and HR), PQME Coordinator, MEAL Nat. coordinator, Gender and Equality Advisor, Advocacy and Communication Manager, MEAL team.
•   Focal persons from Partners.
•   Country Management Team (CMT) Members.
•   Key finance, system and HR staff.
•   Desk Officer and relevant head office advisors.

Responsibilities:

Programme design, development and implementation

• §  Support programme development activities including proposals, log frames, contextual analyses, baseline studies, specific studies and project reviews when called upon.
•    Ensurponents of the theory of change and log frame are prepared to a high standard.
•    Identify appropriate indicators from Concern’s Standard Indicators, and liaise with PALU to develop new indicators and tools whenever gaps emerge at the programme design phase.
•    Work with the PD, Area Coordinators and Programme Coordinators and Managers to ensure that programmes have specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound indicators.
•    In collaboration with the Programme leads, plan and manage budgets for MEAL staff and activities.
•    Ensure budget allocated to MEAL activities is utilized effectively and any necessary adjustments are requested in a timely manner that Concern’s PCMS and PM&E guidelines are followed in programme/project development ensuring the key com

Monitoring and Evaluation

•    Manage the Programme Toolkit for all projects and programmes in country (including log frames, MEAL plans, activity, output, and outcome tracking).
•    Ensure that all Programmes/Projects develop detailed MEAL plans with programme teams across all projects and programs.
•    Ensure that all Programmes develop, implement and update MEAL plans that correspond to the approved donor proposals and budgets (Consortia lead MEAL plans where we are a sub).
•    Ensure that monitoring outputs (e.g ongoing analysis of monitoring data, annual follow up surveys) are generated accurately, reflecting the status of progress toward reaching targets, and are disseminated in a timely manner to managers for effective decision-making.
•    Support periodic assessments monitoring and evaluations such as baseline, mid-term reviews, and end-line evaluations along with operational research and other research where agreed with Line Manager;
•    In collaboration with the IT department, manage digital data gathering (DDG) devices and processes.
•    Support the MEAL team and partners in developing and improving data collection tools.
•    Support the MEAL team and partners for the analyze and interpretation of  data for reporting
•    Work with the MEAL team to ensure recommendations generated through MEAL activities are communicated to programme staff, partners, management, and other stakeholders.

Accountability.

•   In collaboration with the Accountability Supervisor, work on accountability processes and ensure compliance with the requirement of Concern’s Programme Participants Protection Policy, Anti-Fraud Policy and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) including the complaint and response mechanism (CRM) to ensure maximum protection of programme participants and the efficient and transparent use of Concern’s resources.
•    Advise on the establishment and maintenance of proper feedback mechanisms in line with accountability standards (CRM), including refining digital feedback mechanisms for beneficiaries.
•    In collaboration with the Accountability Supervisor, support programming and field staff to ensure that projects are designed and carried out with participation from communities and that information is shared with affected communities.
• Learning
•    Oversee efforts to promote documentation and sharing of programme impact and learning, ensuring sharing of lessons learnt between programmes in country and other country programmes and Concern offices, government and other non-governmental organizations.
•    Support the MEAL team in analyzing M&E data and summarizing it into accessible, understandable, useful information for programme teams to use for decision-making.
•    Ensure learning reviews are harmonized; regularly conducted and documented for all projects, appropriate to length, scale and complexity.
•    Ensure dissemination of learnings through appropriates channels for all audiences.
•    Support external consultants and evaluators.
•    Actively promote sharing of learnings from baselines, end-lines, reviews and evaluations internally and externally.
•    Provide input to project learning reviews and donor reports, as required.

People’s management and Capacity Building

•    Line manage the Accountability Supervisor, MEL managers and MEL officers (in the case the programme/project has no MEL manager), contributing to their capacity building and career development through technical support and on-the-job training and coaching.
•    Monitor and review performance of supervisee(s) and hold staff accountable for meeting their success criteria; give corrective feedback where required and take decisive action in the case of poor performance – seeking advise from HR and Line manager where needed.
•    Ensure that supervisees are aware of and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures and are updated on changes.
•   Develop and implement needs-based training for Concern staff and partners on PCMS and PM&E tools, concepts, and their application.
•    Research, analyze and disseminate to staff relevant/ new approaches, concepts and frameworks, and learning from Concern, stakeholders, and the wider development sector

Other responsibilities

•    Ensure all aspects of MEAL activities adhere to programme quality standards and policies.
•    Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc).
•    Contribute to ongoing security management and planning as necessary.
•    Promote and protect the reputation of Concern in external settings, ensuring the organization’s experience and expertise is well communicated and consistently presented, and that we are seen as a professional organization.
•    Promote Equality, especially gender, within the organization and across programmes, in line with Concern’s Equality Policy and, and ensures targeting and project implementation is informed by How Concern Understands Extreme Poverty (HCUEP).
•    Actively participate in any emergency response if called upon to do so (within the existing programme area or in a new one).
•   Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director, Programme Director or the PQMEAL Coordinator

•    University degree in relevant field (related to M&E, development, research, data analytics, etc.).
•    Minimum 3-5 years of experience in M&E/MEAL (positions where M&E/MEAL is the primary area of responsibility).
•    Minimum of 2 years’ experience in line managing staff.
•    Experience in capacity development of staff and partners.
•    Clear understanding and vision for using data and information to support Programme teams in applying adaptive and results- based programme management.
•    Clear understanding and experience in managing and directly implementing primary quantitative data collection (surveys, etc.).
•    Clear understanding and experience in managing and directly implementing primary qualitative data collection (key informant interviews, focus group discussion, participatory qualitative methods, etc.).
•    Demonstrated capacity in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpretation.
•    Clear understanding and experience in managing quality assurance in data collection and performing quality checks on data.
• ·        Experience of supporting proposal/project design – log frames/results frameworks
•    Excellent computer skills particularly Microsoft office (high proficiency in Excel, word, PowerPoint).
•   Experience managing budgets.
•    Excellent written and presenting skills in English
•    Experience with Digital Data Gathering (DDG)
•    Able to work independently, multi-task, and take initiative, but also able to delegate responsibilities, harness team efforts, and ask for help as needed

Desirable

•    Experience with education, livelihoods, and health projects in Sierra Leone
•    Experience with emergency project in Sierra Leone
•    Experience with research methodologies
•    Experience in the use of statistical analysis software such as SPSS, Stata, R, etc.;
•    Experience in designing digital tool

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should apply with:

• An application letter clearly justifying how you meet the selection criteria
• Recent Curriculum Vitae including names and full contact addresses of three (3) referees, one of whom must be their current or most recent employer.  
• Candidates must state the position of each referee and his/her relationship to the candidate.
• A copy of a valid labour card must be attached to ALL applications (written or electronic)
• Police Clearance will be required from the successful candidate

Applications should be sent either through email or by hard copy to the following addresses.

You can send through email to [email protected] OR deliver in Hard copy to the below locations

                                           HR Department, Concern Worldwide, 20 Old Railway Line – Signal Hill, Freetown

                                           HR Department, Concern Worldwide, 2B Shamel Street, Magburaka, Tonkolili.

HR Department, 25 Upper Kamara Lane, Back of EDSA substation, Port Loko 

Please mark your application as per the references stated in position above

(by email please put the reference in the SUBJECT heading).

Closing date for receipt of applications for the above vacancy is on the Monday 28th November 2022

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

PLEASE NOTE THAT A COPY OF THE APPLICATION LETTER (written or typed) MUST BE SENT TO THE NGO DESK OFFICER, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, NEW ENGLAND OR EMAILED TO Email: [email protected] 

“FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”

•   All Programme and Project Coordinators, Programme and Project Managers, Gender and Equality Advisor, Advocacy and Communication Manager, Partnership Manager and Grants Manager
•   Focal persons from Partners
•   Country Management Team (CMT) Members
•   Key finance, system and HR staff
•   Desk Officer and relevant head office advisors

Responsibilities:

Programme design, development and implementation

•    Support programme development activities including proposals, log frames, contextual analyses, baseline studies, specific studies and project reviews when called upon.
•    Ensure that Concern’s PCMS and PM&E guidelines are followed in programme/project development ensuring the key components of the theory of change and log frame are prepared to a high standard.
•    Identify appropriate indicators from Concern’s Standard Indicators, and liaise with PALU to develop new indicators and tools whenever gaps emerge at the programme design phase.
•    Work with the PD, Area Coordinators and Programme Coordinators and Managers to ensure that programmes have specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound indicators.
•   In collaboration with the Programme leads, plan and manage budgets for MEAL staff and activities.
•    Ensure budget allocated to MEAL activities is utilized effectively and any necessary adjustments are requested in a timely manner.

Monitoring and Evaluation

•   Manage the Programme Toolkit for all projects and programmes in co
•    Ensure that all Programmes develop, implement and update MEAL plans that correspond to the approved donor proposals and budgets (Consortia lead MEAL plans where we are a sub).
•    Ensure that monitoring outputs (e.g ongoing analysis of monitoring data, annual follow up surveys) are generated accurately, reflecting the status of progress toward reaching targets, and are disseminated in a timely manner to managers for effective decision-making.
•    Support periodic assessments monitoring and evaluations such as baseline, mid-term reviews, and end-line evaluations along with operational research and other research where agreed with Line Manager;

In collaboration with the IT department, manage digital data gathering (DDG) devices and processes. Entry (including log frames, MEAL plans, activity, output, and outcome tracking).

•    Ensure that all Programmes/Projects develop detailed MEA
•    Support the MEAL team and partners in developing and improving data collection tools plan with programme teams across all projects and programs.
•    Support the MEAL team and partners for the analyze and interpretation of  data for reporting
•    Work with the MEAL team to ensure recommendations generated through MEAL activities are communicated to programme staff, partners, management, and other stakeholders.

Accountability.

•    In collaboration with the Accountability Supervisor, work on accountability processes and ensure compliance with the requirement of Concern’s Programme Participants Protection Policy, Anti-Fraud Policy and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) including the complaint and response mechanism (CRM) to ensure maximum protection of programme participants and the efficient and transparent use of Concern’s resources.
•    Advise on the establishment and maintenance of proper feedback mechanisms in line with accountability standards (CRM), including refining digital feedback mechanisms for beneficiaries.
•    In collaboration with the Accountability Supervisor, support programming and field staff to ensure that projects are designed and carried out with participation from communities and that information is shared with affected communities.

Learning

•    Oversee efforts to promote documentation and sharing of programme impact and learning, ensuring sharing of lessons learnt between programmes in country and other country programmes and Concern offices, government and other non-governmental organizations.
•    Support the MEAL team in analyzing M&E data and summarizing it into accessible, understandable, useful information for programme teams to use for decision-making.
•    Ensure learning reviews are harmonized; regularly conducted and documented for all projects, appropriate to length, scale and complexity.
•    Ensure dissemination of learnings through appropriates channels for all audiences.
•    Support external consultants and evaluators.
•    Actively promote sharing of learnings from baselines, end-lines, reviews and evaluations internally and externally.
•    Provide input to project learning reviews and donor reports, as required.

People’s management and Capacity Building

•    Line manage the Accountability Supervisor, MEL managers and MEL officers (in the case the programme/project has no MEL manager), contributing to their capacity building and career development through technical support and on-the-job training and coaching.
•    Monitor and review performance of supervisee(s) and hold staff accountable for meeting their success criteria; give corrective feedback where required and take decisive action in the case of poor performance – seeking advise from HR and Line manager where needed.
•   Ensure that supervisees are aware of and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures and are updated on changes.
•    Develop and implement needs-based training for Concern staff and partners on PCMS and PM&E tools, concepts, and their application.
•    Research, analyze and disseminate to staff relevant/ new approaches, concepts and frameworks, and learning from Concern, stakeholders, and the wider development sector

Other responsibilities

•   Ensure all aspects of MEAL activities adhere to programme quality standards and policies.
•   Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc).
•   Contribute to ongoing security management and planning as necessary.
•    Promote and protect the reputation of Concern in external settings, ensuring the organization’s experience and expertise is well communicated and consistently presented, and that we are seen as a professional organization.
•    Promote Equality, especially gender, within the organization and across programmes, in line with Concern’s Equality Policy and, and ensures targeting and project implementation is informed by How Concern Understands Extreme Poverty (HCUEP).
•   Actively participate in any emergency response if called upon to do so (within the existing programme area or in a new one).
•   Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director, Programme Director or the PQMEAL Coordinator

•    University degree in relevant field (related to M&E, development, research, data analytics, etc.).
•    Minimum 3-5 years of experience in M&E/MEAL (positions where M&E/MEAL is the primary area of responsibility).
•    Minimum of 2 years’ experience in line managing staff.
•    Experience in capacity development of staff and partners.
•    Clear understanding and vision for using data and information to support Programme teams in applying adaptive and results- based programme management.
•    Clear understanding and experience in managing and directly implementing primary quantitative data collection (surveys, etc.).
•    Clear understanding and experience in managing and directly implementing primary qualitative data collection (key informant interviews, focus group discussion, participatory qualitative methods, etc.).
•    Demonstrated capacity in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpretation.
•    Clear understanding and experience in managing quality assurance in data collection and performing quality checks on data.
•    Experience of supporting proposal/project design – log frames/results frameworks
•    Excellent computer skills particularly Microsoft office (high proficiency in Excel, word, PowerPoint).
•    Experience managing budgets.
•    Excellent written and presenting skills in English
•    Experience with Digital Data Gathering (DDG)
•    Able to work independently, multi-task, and take initiative, but also able to delegate responsibilities, harness team efforts, and ask for help as needed

Desirable

•   Experience with education, livelihoods, and health projects in Sierra Leone
•   Experience with emergency project in Sierra Leone
•   Experience with research methodologies
•   Experience in the use of statistical analysis software such as SPSS, Stata, R, etc.;
•   Experience in designing digital tool

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should apply with:

• An application letter clearly justifying how you meet the selection criteria
• Recent Curriculum Vitae including names and full contact addresses of three (3) referees, one of whom must be their current or most recent employer.  
• Candidates must state the position of each referee and his/her relationship to the candidate.
• A copy of a valid labour card must be attached to ALL applications (written or electronic)
• Police Clearance will be required from the successful candidate

Applications should be sent either through email or by hard copy to the following addresses.

You can send through email to [email protected] OR deliver in Hard copy to the below locations

                                           HR Department, Concern Worldwide, 20 Old Railway Line – Signal Hill, Freetown

                                           HR Department, Concern Worldwide, 2B Shamel Street, Magburaka, Tonkolili.

HR Department, 25 Upper Kamara Lane, Back of EDSA substation, Port Loko 

Please mark your application as per the references stated in position above

(by email please put the reference in the SUBJECT heading).

Closing date for receipt of applications for the above vacancy is on the Monday 28th November 2022

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

PLEASE NOTE THAT A COPY OF THE APPLICATION LETTER (written or typed) MUST BE SENT TO THE NGO DESK OFFICER, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, NEW ENGLAND OR EMAILED TO Email: [email protected] 

“FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”

•  All project team members and partners in district, Livelihoods Programme Coordinator, other project District Delivery Managers.
•   Other Project Managers/District Supervisors in location
•  Tonkolili Area Coordinator or Port Loko Base Manager, finance, system and HR staff ibn location and Freetown
•   Other Programme Coordinators (Education, Health, Emergency), PQMEAL Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, Equality and Gender Advisor, Advocacy and Communications Manager, Accountability Supervisor and Partnership Manager
•   Relevant District stakeholders from Ministries and District council, Private sector actors and  Paramount Chiefs in target Chiefdoms

1 in Tonkolili, Concern Office (50% in the field in project sites)

S/he will be responsible for ensuring day to day oversite of project district budget, reporting and implementation of MEAL and procurement plans and with Line Manager ensure harmonization of project activities and cross district learning.  S/he will coordination with Concern’s other projects and representation of the Yoti Toti project in external meetings and related events at the District Level as well as build and maintain positive relationships with District Ministries, and other stakeholders.

Approximately 50% of his/her time will be spent in the field carrying out supportive supervision visits to the team.

Coordinate and manage the Yoti Yoti project activities in respective District under the supervision and guidance of the Livelihoods Project Coordinator and with support from the Livelihoods Programme Coordinator. This includes but is not limited to:

•   Assist in preparing annual procurement and Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP), for respective District with realistic phased budget that correspond to approved donor proposal.
•  Ensure the project is implemented according to agreed District annual, quarterly and monthly work plans and budgets; delivers against timeframes, output and outcome targets.
•   With Partnership Manager provide support, participate in assessments and ensure equitable two way regular communication with project partners in District.
•   Provide regular updates on project progress to Livelihoods Project Coordinator highlighting any areas of variance/risk with suggested corrective actions;
•   Provide leadership to ensure:
•   Participatory District and community entry/inception meetings.
•   Participatory identification of project communities and households using agreed PRA tools and vulnerability criteria.
•  Designing and delivery of training models, learning processes, activities, resources, and workshops (including ToTs for staff).
•   Timely project-related procurements, including submission of ToR and SRs for project activities (that are in line with agreed budget), purchase of supplies, maintenance and repairs, and related expenses;
•  Assist in develop annual district project budgets including cash flow forecasting; conduct budget review and management including reforecasts at least quarterly; monthly Donor Management Account review and feedback; submit monthly cash forecasts.
•  Ensure that all project advances are liquidated properly, in line with Concern  policies and procedures, and with required supporting documents;
•  Assist in ensuring all Yoti Yoti staff in the district are familiar with and adhere to all Concern financial and procurement policies and procedures.

Networking, advocacy and representation

•   Participate in stakeholders review/coordination meetings at district and community level.
•   Ensure effective collaboration and build/maintain strong relationships with relevant District Ministries including but not limited to: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs, District Environmental Projection Officer as well as Private Sector and (I)NGOs.
•   Representing Concern and in relevant forums and meetings at District and national level if needed (e.g. Food Security Working Group).
•   Serve as a key focal person for arranging support for all Yoti Yoti project visitors to the district.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

Collaborate with MEAL Coordinator, Line Manager, Accountability Supervisor, Gender and Equity Advisor, Advocacy and Communications Manager as well as project and partners MEAL team to:

•   Organize/implement project baselines, assessments and evaluations in district.
•   Ensure project activities in district are monitored, reviewed and documented according to project MEAL plan, including accuracy of data collection by district MEAL Officer, project and partner staff; and use of project learnings to improve programming including sharing and learning between districts.
•   Ensure up-to-date database of all activities on a quarterly basis by MEAL Officer.
•  Ensure project partners in district are engaged equally in MEAL activities.
•   Ensure high quality, timely monthly reports are compiled for submission to Livelihoods Project Coordinator.
•   Prepare draft of input for annual donor/Concern reports and quarterly SLA reports as requested by Line Manager.
•   Ensure identification, documentation and sharing of good project practices and case stories.
• Human Resources 
•   Line manage the District Team Leaders (Agriculture, Market access and VSLA, Nutrition and Gender), contributing to their individualized capacity building and career development through technical support and on-the-job training and coaching, including induction at the start of their contract; and ensure they are appropriately managing their teams.
•   Ensure that all project staff in the district are aware of and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures and kept updated of any changes.
•   Monitor and review performance of your staff, identifying areas of development needs (as per Concern processes) and hold them accountable for executing their job as per the agreed job description and performance objectives – seeking help and guidance from the seeking help and guidance from the your Line Manager where appropriate.
•   Conduct regular supportive supervision in the operational districts.
•   Ensure that work within the project district team(s) is planned and organized in a way which will meet the organization’s needs in the most cost effective manner possible; ensuring that team members are given appropriate workloads and are working efficiently and as a team.
•   Support in recruitment of staff in your district.

Other

•   Actively participate in collective exercises such as preparation or updates of Preparing for Effective Emergency Response (PEER) plan, Security Management Plan (SMP); proposal development; Concern strategic plan and other Concern initiatives.
•   Promote and protect the reputation of Concern in external settings, ensuring the organization’s experience and expertise is well communicated and consistently presented, and that we are seen as a professional organization.
•   Ensure the efficient and transparent use of all Concern’s resources in order to maximize the benefit to the targeted communities.
•   Promote accountability and ensure compliance with Concern’s Code of Conduct and Associated Policies (Programme Participants Protection Policy, Child Safeguarding Policy, and Anti-trafficking Policy), Anti-Fraud Policy and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), including the complaint and response mechanism (CRM), to ensure maximum protection of programme participants and the efficient and transparent use of Concern’s resources.
•   Ensure adherence to Concern policies and procedures.
•   Promote Equality, especially gender, within the organization and across programmes, in line with Concern’s Equality Policy and, and ensures targeting and project implementation is informed by How Concern Understands Extreme Poverty (HCUEP).
•   Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by your Line Manager.

•   Degree in relevant area (Agriculture, Agro Economics, Natural Resources Management, International Development, Social Sciences, Public Health, Nutrition) or accepted equivalent professional experience.
•   At least 5 years’ experience working as a manager ideally in a (I) NGO.
•   Strong overall technical and/or programming knowledge in area of responsibility.
•   Demonstrated experience in line management and building cohesive high performing teams. Able to work calmly and lead teams successfully in stressful/pressured environments.
•   Strong computer and writing skills (in English) (World, Excel, PowerPoint).
•   Experience of working with national partners.
•   Ability to organize and plan effectively.
•   Good budget and financial management skills.
•   Excellent skills in representation and communication and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences at community and District levels.
•   Able to work independently, multi-task, and take initiative, but also able to delegate responsibilities, harness team efforts, and ask for help as needed.
•   Strong spoken skills in Krio and English.
•   Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Desirable

•   Experience in working with District sector offices (such as agriculture, health, welfare, environment, gender and equality).
•   Experience in any of the following: system strengthening, climate smart and adaptive approaches, nutrition, natural resource managing, environment, equity, Common Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
•   Proposal development.
•   Strong spoken skills in local languages of respective district based in.
•   Valid motorbike license and ability to ride.

•   All project team members and Project Partners
•  Tonkolili Area Coordinator, Port Loko Base Manager; Tonkolili, Port Loko & Freetown finance, Systems and HR staff;
•   PQMEAL Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, Equality and Gender Advisor, Advocacy and Communications Manager, Accountability Supervisor, Grants Manager and Partnership Manager;
•   Other Sector Programme and Project Coordinators, LANN Project Manager (Livelihoods);
•  Country Management team;

District stakeholders: Districts Council Planning Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Social Welfare, Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Secretariat and Ministry of Youth Affairs, District Environmental Projection Officer, Directorate of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health and Sanitation Private sector etc.

Overall the role of the Project Coordinator is to provide strong management and leadership of the project team and partners and successful delivery of the Yoti Livelihoods Project aiming to ‘increase levels of food and nutrition security by engaging vulnerable households in income generation along food value chains’ in Tonkolili and Port Loko Districts.

The Project Coordinator will provide effective leadership and management of the DDMs and other project staff and ensure accurate and timely program planning, implementation, budgeting and reporting. S/he will be responsible for the day to day management of the DDMs, developing project plans and ensuring they are carried out, monitoring expenditure and timely escalation of risks to his/her line manager. S/he will ensure the MEAL and Advocacy plans are properly implemented and provide technical backstopping and capacity building of project team and partners where needed. Approximately 70% of his/her time will be spent in the field carrying out supportive supervision visits. The Project Coordinator will ensure that close coordination between the project team and other sectors is maintained at all stages of the project, while also maintaining positive relationships with consortium partners, relevant District stakeholders including Ministries and other district development organizations.

•   As the budget holder for the Concern Worldwide Yoti budget, responsible to track budget expenditure and ensure spending is meeting projections and donor requirements; timely escalate to Line Manager and finance any anticipated variances. Participate in budget revision and annual budgeting exercises throughout the project period.
•  Ensure the DDMs complete, accurate and realistic feedback and review forecast in monthly Donor Management Accounts.
•   Ensure annual Detailed Implementation Plans (DIP) are in place, monitored, managed and updated at least quarterly. Support DDMs to plan work schedules and ensure the DIP for the project is harmonised across districts.
•   Develop activities based budgets for each of the districts and support DDMs to utilise these for day to day management of district specific implementation.
•   Ensure effective and inclusive (partners, line ministries etc.) start-up of the Yoti Yoti project
•   Manage, lead and support the project team to ensure agreed project objectives are met in an efficient and timely manner according to Concern and donor policies and procedures. Coordinate activities with project partners to meet the wider objectives of the project.
•   Ensure annual procurement plan is in place, monitored and updated.
•   Ensure that project related documentation is continuously input and updated in Concern’s grants management system.
•   Be flexible and use negotiation skills in dealing with problems in the field and Concern Worldwide office levels.
• Technical
•   Directly line manage, coach and mentor the 2 District Delivery Managers and ensure they are appropriately managing their district teams. Conduct performance reviews as per Concern processes.
•   With Line Manager, and HR lead in recruitment processes of project team.
•  With Line Manager and Partnership Manager ensure respectful and strong relationships are developed and maintained with project partners; support in identifying new implementing partners over project life as needed; conducting partner assessments and capacity building in areas of expertise.
•   Ensure partners are engaged equally in project planning and review processes.
•   Conduct regular supportive supervision in the operational districts.
•   Support the DDMs to coordinate activities, and share updates with relevant District ministries.
•   Support all assessments for the project by providing information and/or data as and when needed.
•   Responsible for compiling National level reporting for high quality and timely internal, donor, Concern Annual report and GoSL compliance and coordination (SLAs) that reflects contributions from the project team and partners.
•   With MEAL Coordinator and Project MEAL team: ensure the MEAL plan is in place, implemented and reviewed; case stories and lessons learnt are captured and shared; project review meetings are conducted and data used to adjust programming as necessary.
•   Coordinate closely with the LANN-NSC Project Manager to share learnings between the two livelihoods projects.
•   With Advocacy and Communications Manager ensure project Advocacy plan is are in place, implemented and reviewed.
•   Representation, Coordination and Networking
•   Develop and maintain good professional relationships with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and other stakeholders working in livelihoods sectors in the Tonkolili and Port Loko districts as well as at national level as necessary.
•   Participate in internal and external Livelihood, Food Security coordination meetings, at District and at National level (e.g. Food Security Working Group), representing Concern and ensure the timely delivery of the commitments reached in those meetings; Ensure project team and partners get opportunities to participate in national/external events.
•   Other Duties
•   Actively participate in collective exercises such as preparation or updates of Preparing for Effective Emergency Response (PEER) plan, Security Management Plan (SMP); proposal development; Concern strategic plan and other Concern initiatives.
•   Promote and protect the reputation of Concern in external settings, ensuring the organization’s experience and expertise is well communicated and consistently presented, and that we are seen as a professional organization.
•   Ensure the efficient and transparent use of all Concern’s resources in order to maximize the benefit to the targeted communities.
•   Promote accountability and ensure compliance with Concern’s Code of Conduct and Associated Policies (Programme Participants Protection Policy, Child Safeguarding Policy, and Anti-trafficking Policy), Anti-Fraud Policy and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), including the complaint and response mechanism (CRM), to ensure maximum protection of programme participants and the efficient and transparent use of Concern’s resources.
•   Ensure adherence to Concern policies and procedures.
•   Promote Equality, especially gender, within the organization and across programmes, in line with Concern’s Equality Policy and, and ensures targeting and project implementation is informed by How Concern Understands Extreme Poverty (HCUEP).
•  Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Management Team or by Line Manager.

•  Degree in Agriculture, Agro Economics or Natural Resources Management, International Development, Social Sciences or other related field or accepted equivalent professional experience.
•   At least 5 years of relevant programme management experience.
•   Experience in planning and management of programs in Sierra Leone, experience in implementing/managing Livelihoods programmes.
•   Experience of managing consortia projects and working with national partners.
•  Demonstrated experience in line management and building cohesive high performing teams.
•   Excellent writing and presentation skills (in English) (World, Excel, PowerPoint …).
•   Ability to organize and plan effectively;
•  Strong budget and financial management skills;
•   Excellent skills in representation and communication and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences at community and senior levels
•   Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences, experience working in partnership with Government stakeholders would be an advantage.
•  Initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision; ability to work both as part of a team & independently;
•   Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Desirable

•  Experience in any of the following: system strengthening, climate smart and adaptive approaches, nutrition, natural resource managing, environment, equity, Common Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
•   Experience in working with district sector offices (such as, welfare, gender and equality, agriculture, education health …), local NGOs, INGOs and private sector;
•  Proposal development;
•  Strong spoken skills in Temne and Krio