Food Income and Markets Manager
Main Duties & Responsibilities: Management 1. Lead the FIM team though supporting their respective team leaders in cash, agriculture and food-security information analysis/M&E. 2. Ensure that the programme design, budgets, procurement plans and timeframes are fully understood by all team members and that clear milestones and targets are built into the implementation schedule. 3. Proactively engage the regional logistics, administration and finance teams in programme updates and execution planning. 4. Develop the strategy for the continuation of FIM programme activities and lead on the development of proposals and concept notes to donors in collaboration with the ACDP.
5. Support and orient consultants undertaking technical support studies, surveys and evaluations. 6. Maintain overall responsibility for the programme budget management ensuring adherence to donor rules and time tables for financial reporting. 7. Ensure monitoring of the FIM activities (field visit, regular program monitoring, staff PDR and planning, monthly and quarterly reports, etc.)
Reporting 8. Ensure high quality and timely reports developed for donors. 9. Ensure all programme staff/partners are fully oriented in Concern’s Programme Participant Protection Policy, Sphere and HAP principles.
Representation/Coordination 10. Work closely and clearly with the heads of Concern’s ongoing programming in child survival (ProSantE, Disaster Risk Reduction and Education) to ensure that all departments are aware of planning and actively share information between them. 11. Work closely with the key regional and departmental government departments including health, agriculture and the regional early warning and emergency response and mitigation committee. 12. Liaise with regional intervening partners (CARE, AFricare, World Vision, REFORM, MDM, ACH etc) and build strong relationships with the regional technical line departments, regional WFP, FAO and OCHA reps.
Work targets set for this post 1. Programme implementation plan clearly established with key milestones tracked through to exit including monthly budget and expenditure review with sector managers. 2. The programme indicators in household economic security are clearly established and an effective M+E system ensures effective data collection. 3. The programme has a clear communication and accountability strategy and process to ensure participant awareness ensuring that programme participant protection is assured and that clear grievance channels are established. 4. Manage the innovative mobile cash transfer programme, building on learning from the pilot and reinforcing the partnership with Airtel Concern’s commercial mobile network partner. 5. Ensure that any large scale procurement (of mobile phones, CFW tools and seed and fertilizer) follows funder and concern procedures and is conducted in a timely fashion to ensure delivery at the optimum time. 6. Ensure that data management is simple and consistent allowing easy access and recall for performance management, evaluation and analysis. 7. Clear reporting responsibilities and timeframes established within the team allowing timely production of reports on expenditure and –in-kind support. 8. Contributing to the development of a multi-annual programme design that will include FIM elements
PERSON SPECIFICATION ESSENTIAL Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:
• Minimum two years experience in a programme management role with experience in slow onset food insecurity. • Strong staff management and staff development experience: ability to manage local staff in a mature and impartial manner • Strong systems management experiences • Fluent spoken French and strong English oral and writing skills • Flexible and positive personality; keen to learn and contribute • Ability to capitalize on past experience and information available within the organization in order to become self-sufficient and autonomous quickly • Ability to take initiative where appropriate to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work • Strong planning and implementation capacity • Confident and capable negotiator, communicator and networker • Able to take initiative and work independently • Computer skills including database management, Microsoft Word and Excel • Degree in Agricultural Sciences/Development Studies or equivalent
DESIRABLE Education, Qualifications & Experience Required: • Experience in DRR • Experience in cash transfers, awareness of the M+E associated with cash in terms of market price monitoring etc • Experience in food production and agriculture initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa • Finance for the poor/Cash Transfer training/Management Training • Interest in applied research • Strong interest in the application of Information and Communication Technology in Development • Emergency nutrition/food security programming in francophone Africa • Knowledge and familiarity with Concern Worldwide HR, Logistics, Transport, Purchasing and IT policies, procedures and standards
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents. Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List). Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office. Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date…. CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length. Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer posts before the closing date.
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