Website: DRC
Title: Programme Manager - Azerbaijan
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Compensation: Not Listed
Description:
The Programme Manager has – in collaboration with the Regional Representative in Tbilisi and the DRC Head of Desk in Copenhagen – the overall responsibility for the management, coordination, representation and strategic development of DRC’s activities in Azerbaijan.
Specific duties and responsibilities
• Overall management of the operation and ensuring all project outputs are delivered at high quality within the given timeframe and available resources. This includes direct as well as delegated responsibility for every project implemented by DRC in Azerbaijan and refers to the entire project management cycle including assessments, proposal writing, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Direct management of all DRC Azerbaijan staff members (expatriate and national) including coaching, ensuring co-ordination between managers, recruiting, and development of staff
• Further development of DRC Azerbaijan according to the Regional Strategic Programme Document (SPD) and identified opportunities and needs on the ground;
• Overall budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control including compliance with DRC and donor requirements and ensuring that the necessary systems are in place
• Overall responsible for security including development and ensuring adherence to security procedures, monitoring the development in the security situation, analyzing and provision of recommendations.
• In coordination with the Regional Representative act as representative for the Azerbaijan programme to authorities, donors, partners, and various in co-ordination forums
• Guided by the DRC Operations & Programme Handbooks, continuously monitor and develop relevant accountability initiatives in the field as well as strengthening the effort to document the impact of activities
Qualifications:
The qualified candidate is a strong and visible manager with extensive management experience. She/he is very familiar with humanitarian principles and practices, used to represent an international organization to external partners and authorities and match the requirements listed below:
• University degree in management, public administration, international development, social science or the equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of senior management experience positions in international emergency and/or post-conflict settings, preferably with refugees and/or IDPs and with some programmatic experience within income generation and community mobilization
• The ability to relate to donors and authorities in a professional manner and to negotiate and advocate for solutions that serve the needs of our beneficiaries
• Experiences of strategic programming and planning, organizational development, field implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in donor contact, fundraising and networking
• The ability to resource and manage the finance/administration units sufficiently and function as a back-up for these units
• Excellent negotiation, communication and drafting skills
• Excellent written and spoken English (Russian language skills are further considered an asset)
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