American Red Cross - Calang Program Manager

The American Red Cross Tsunami Recovery Program (TRP) had been established to direct the organization’s response to the South Asia tsunami disaster. The TRP activities focus on integrated community recovery and preparedness interventions in tsunami affected countries in Asia and East Africa in collaboration with Red Cross and non-Red Cross partners. Please visit www.redcross. org/tsunamirelie f

The Indonesia TRP Delegation operates from offices in Banda Aceh, Calang, Lamno. It also has liaison offices in Jakarta, and other areas in Aceh province in collaboration with the Indonesian Red Cross.

The American Red Cross seeks dynamic individuals to fill the :


POSITION : Calang Program Manager
No of Hired : 1 Person
Base of Assignment : Calang
Type of contract : Fixed Term

Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Coordination and Accountability
· Assist Head of Office to implement, test and document the community-based (accountability) strategy, operating framework and corresponding tools. Conduct desk research as required.

· Assist in updating program management systems to enhance project accountability.

· Support the Head of Office to embed a learning culture within the Program Unit (e.g. understanding and use of knowledge management techniques and tools). Assist the Head of Office to support Program Managers to institutionalize a community-based approach across all sectors within the different programs.

· Provide field assistance to the team conducting baselines and mid-term evaluations.

· Ensure that Program staff is comprehensively orientated to each others respective programs (e.g. concept and programmatic approach). Assist each of the sectors to develop their sector operating binders to a high standard. Assist programs with an integrated and coordinated mode of operating in common communities, including the use of a shared field structure to carry out common activities (e.g. Social Mobilization etc).

· Conduct site visits to meet with program staff and/or beneficiaries.

· Undertake tasks and small projects as assigned by the Head of Office or support the management and success of program implementation.

· Support the preparation of program documentation and provide review of reports, assessments and studies as required.

· Any other programmatic responsibilities deemed appropriate and/or useful to the delegation, as determined by the Head of Office.

Program Administration and Development
· Support Head of Office, in coordination with the Head of Programs, in developing program planning schedules and movement matrices of the programs.
· Undertake tasks and small projects as assigned by the Head of Office in order to support the management and success of American Red Cross programs.

Project Research and Development
· Conduct desk and action research for the development of potential projects with PMI and partners (e.g. PMI volunteer database tracking, small organizational development projects with PMI).

Work Towards
· Provision of project/program management technical assistance to program staff in the, implementation and evaluation of tsunami response programs.
· Coach program managers to use standard American Red Cross programming templates and techniques.
· Ensure all on-going projects have approved documentation, including work-plans, M&E plans, and budgets.
· Support the development of the Annual Operations Plan for Program Unit. This includes follow-up activities, review, and tracking of strategic planning in coordination with the CB Program Coordinator and Information and Reporting Delegate.

Representation
· Attend meetings with partners, including local government, PMI INGOs CBOs , as necessary
· Represent the program on other occasions, as required, including Quarterly Program Management meetings. .

Report requirements:
Monthly progress reports to Head of Office, quarterly analysis documentation to capture lessons and action oriented recommendations for the future (as requested by central office in Banda Aceh).

Performance Assessment
The successful candidate will be assessed on the quality of performance per project and on the competencies associated with the requirements of the job. The probation period lasts three months. Where there are gaps in experience and where feasible, the American Red Cross will strive to train or coach the candidate.



Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, rural development, or related field acceptable, though Master’s Degree preferable.
· Minimum two years’ experience in project management, program design and implementation.
· Experience in the development sector, especially in the sectors of health, infrastructure, water & sanitation, disaster management, and/or psych-Social programming preferred but overall humanitarian and social development experience acceptable.
· Proposal Review and strategic planning experienceadvantage ous for promotion and self-development.
· Experience with logical frameworks and impact-oriented monitoring and evaluation is an added advantage.
· Familiarity with Indonesian Red Cross operating environment is helpful.
· Self-motivated, able to work with professionals of different cultural and professional background, initiative and proactive attitude.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal.
· Able to prioritize, meet deadlines, and achieve results through collaboration.
· Must be flexible and adaptive to change.
· Computer proficient, especially in MS Office.
· Fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesian. Fluency in Acehenese considered a plus


Please submit your application and curriculum vitae to hr@amredcross. org put Job title in Subject line. Only applications in English and short listed candidates will be notified. Applications submitted after July 20, 2008 will not be considered.
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