Project Manager (ACL Project)

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Resource Acquisition & Management

• Coordinate and communicate with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions to perform accurate food security analyses and to ensure efficient delivery of food/cash assistance.
• Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work (e.g. assistance programmes, food security and vulnerability assessments) and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Support the capacity building of WV staff, and national government within the specific technical area.
• Oversee and/or review the work of other support staff providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.
• To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.
• Participate in negotiate with food and cash aid donors and support offices to ensure the contract terms are satisfactory to World Vision’s needs and ensuring that WV will be able to comply with requirements of all contracts.
• Coordinate and liaise with Food/Cash Manager and WV sector managers/ coordinators in order to develop an integrated program that includes food/cash as a strategic resource. Make representations with donors for funding of these proposals.
• Calculate work norms for all cash for work activities and Gives direction to FFW activities taking all the data and analysis from the field
• Design and select construction activities according to the required standards.
• Prepare details of bill of quantity specifying materials and construction works.
• Ensure that target villages and centers are selected according to selection criteria
• Coordinate targeting process and ensure that beneficiaries are selected based on agreed criteria
• Ensure that proper distribution plans are prepared and approved by the concerned official sufficiently in advance to enhance efficient field operations.
• Guide Field Officer in preparing the necessary arrangements for food and cash distribution and in developing risk mitigation plans.

Encouragement, development and implementation of the program and personnel capacity building among project staff and volunteers

• Contribute in the process of continuous learning and actively share learning with other teams within the organization  
• Ensure each team has access to WV’s food/cash training materials including the commodity manual, food monitors manual, pest and rodent control manual, warehouse chart, cash manual and SOP.
• Develop staff and volunteer capacity building strategy; conduct commodity management training, and Cash and Voucher Programme training as well as training on donor regulation with the help of WVM’s technical team.
• Understand staff capacity strengthening priorities ensuring WVM identifies opportunities and plans for support. Coordinate organizational development support to staff.
• Process any complaints from the field and provide feedback on the steps taken to troubleshoot the problem in the back end and provide technical guidance.

Collection of report from all areas and preparation of National office report and Donor reporting

• Receive all monthly food and cash implementing reports from all locations with Project Officers. Ensure the transaction of distribution report from all locations are captured in the database and produce the reports in a logical and systematic fashion which ensure quality and integrity of the data.
• Monitor the data as it is entered into databased and note any discrepancies and check these with the staff in field office and partner.
• Analyze report from all locations with project staff and note potential concerns. Highlight these concerns to the supervisor for further recommendation.
• Submit all reports to supervisor and donor in a timely manner.
• Make sure that all staff is conversant with WV requirements and donors standards in commodity handling and cash programme management.
• Contribute to collating lessons learned in relation to project staff.

Maintain effective networking and partnership with donors and stakeholder perform other activities

• Regularly attend food security sector and cash working group meeting or others meeting as required.
• Regularly attend implementing partner meeting at the WFP office. Represent to local authorities and government and partners’ representatives in professional manner as required.
• Participate in department meeting other staff forums such as operation forum
• Perform other tasks as may be occasionally required for quality of food and cash programming.
• Liaise with counterparts to ensure that all World Vision food/cash received is properly distributed and accounted for, providing guidance, advice and support whenever needed.

Establish Digital Payment System

• To support the establishment of a digital payment system, a financial service assessment will be conducted, ensuring cash to beneficiary are able to withdraw with assistance from the WVM technical team.
• Engagement with selected banking providers will be initiated to coordinate implementation and operational procedures.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

• Minimum of five years' experience in actual food/cash aid programme implementation is desired
• Previous exposure to Relief and food aid/cash programming is desired
• Experience international NGO or UN organizations has added value
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline is essential
• Master's degree or University bachelor's degree in civil engineering in such as Public Engagement, Disaster Management, Development Studies, Community Development is preferred
• Computer literate and have high skills of information sourcing and gathering including internet
• Excellent knowledge of local context and organizational culture and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, planning and organizing skill
• Excellent knowledge of international media and good judgment and knowledge of media ethics
• Good knowledge of Myanmar Child Law, Labour Law, United Nations CRC, industry codes of conduct (Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct, People in Aid) and performance standards (Sphere)
• Excellent knowledge on Disaster Response, DRR and CBDRR
• Ability to work autonomously and responds promptly in a professional manner
• Computer skills including Auto CAD, MS Word and Excel.
• This position is traveling to field offices, with approximately 50% of the time dedicated to each location.
• Good health and travel to project area
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, and ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations.

Applicant Types Accepted: