Country: Haiti
Closing date: 30 Jan 2015
BACKGROUND:
The American Red Cross (ARC) International Services Department (ISD) seeks to prevent and alleviate human suffering around the world by responding to disasters, building safer, more resilient communities, and educating future humanitarians. With programs and partners in 70 countries, the American Red Cross working to strengthen the global Red Cross Red Crescent Network in order to deliver critical assistance to some of the most vulnerable communities in the world, reaching 100 million people annually.
The ARC Haiti Assistance Program (HAP) was established to direct the organization’s response to the 2010 earthquake. HAP activities focus on integrated community recovery and preparedness interventions working within the Red Cross/Red Crescent network, particularly with the Haitian Red Cross (HRC) and through external partners.
LAMIKA - “A Better Life in My Neighborhood”
The LAMIKA program is an urban integrated neighborhood reconstruction and recovery program being implemented in Carrefour-Feuilles, a typical poor residential neighborhood north of down-town Port-au-Prince. The area sustained extensive damage from the earthquake and is characterized by extreme poverty, dense housing and limited access to safe infrastructure and services. The objective of the program is to enhance community and household resiliency through a sustainable and integrated approach that provides healthy, habitable, and secure living space/conditions. To address needs across all sectors, the LAMIKA program is conducting activities under three pillars:
Pillar I - Social Empowerment activities include those that increase the capacity of local residents and service providers to promote the health, hazard resilience and social well-being of the community.
Pillar II - Economic Strengthening activities are designed to enhance local markets and household economies and provide opportunities for income and asset security.
Pillar III - Physical Renewal activities improve access to and use of appropriate land, housing, services and infrastructure. In an integrated approach, each of these activities link to the other two pillars and inform one another for the improvement of the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood as a whole. Physical renewal activities are limited to Campeche.
SUMMARY:
The ARC ISD seeks an experienced Deputy Program Manager to support the Program Manager with the ongoing program development, planning, implementation and management of all components of the LAMIKA program.
The primary responsibility of this position will be to help the Program Manager to support the implementation of Pillar I activities and ensure that they are integrated across both Pillars II and III.
The Deputy Program Manager will work in close collaboration with the Social Improvement Manager (Pillar I), Technical Advisors, NGOs, Government officials, local committees and Red Cross staff. He/she will contribute to the achievement of ARC and HAP’s strategic and programmatic objectives. The position will report to the LAMIKA Program Manager and will be based in Carrefour-Feullies Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
This is a full time position for a minimum of 366 days with the possibility of extension. This is an unaccompanied (non-family, non-spouse) post.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Supports the Program Manager to ensure that the program remains on time, scope and budget and complies with minimum grant, reporting, financial and administrative requirements.
- Supports the Program Manager to perform monitoring visits in collaboration with Technical Advisors to ensure quality of directly implemented and partner implemented programs.
- Ensures that program activities are designed towards achieving the overall program objectives.
- Supports the Program Manager to identify synergies to facilitate and promote the integration of Pillar I activities with Pillars II and III.
- Supports the development of a long-term community vision that the community can continue working towards past the completion of the program.
- Supports the Pillar I Manager to develop sustainable activities that contribute towards program outcomes beyond the end date of the program.
- Collaborates closely with relevant Technical Advisors designated to support the integrated approach of LAMIKA, such as construction, community development, health, urban planning, water and sanitation, disaster preparedness and risk reduction, livelihoods, and environment.
- Coordinates with consultants, partners and other stakeholders during the design development phase of program interventions and oversees work performed during all phases of the project life-cycle.
- Supports the Program Manager to develop a closer working relationship with the Haitian Red Cross.
- Supports the Program Manager in coordinating and managing relationships with the Government and local authorities, partner organizations and contractors implementing various components of the program, as appropriate.
- Facilitates the continued engagement of the Steering Committee associated with works that are being carried out as part of the Campeche Master Plan and coordinates with the relevant national entities to establish and assure agreement on satisfactory rules, processes and procedures.
- Coordinates with national agencies, local authorities, Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement partners, UN agencies, INGOs, and other stakeholders.
- Represents ARC at internal and external meetings.
Backstops for the Program Manager in his/her absence.**QUALIFICATIONS**:
Bachelor’s degree in relevant area; Advanced degree preferred.
Minimum five years experience supporting international development/relief programming in a supervisory role.
Experience working on community development, DRR and health in urban contexts.
Demonstrated ability to manage large, culturally and technically diverse teams in a complex environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage consultants and partners.
Previous work experience collaborating with Government agencies and a variety of key stakeholders.
Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook.
Demonstrated professional maturity, good interpersonal skills for teamwork and good written and verbal communication skills.
Sound report writing, interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills.
Ability to meet deadlines in multiple tasking environments.
Experience working for the Red Cross/Red Crescent or other international humanitarian/development organizations.
Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize competing activities.
Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
Flexibility, patience, dedication and creativity.
Fluent in French and English, with a working command of Creole preferred
As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, well-qualified women, minorities, veterans and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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