Head of Programs

Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational and non-profit making organisation working in the Palestinian Territory since 2002.

Action Against Hunger is recruiting for its Hebron office a

Head of Programs

Re-announcement

For a period of 12 months renewable

The Candidate will be responsible for:

• Ensure his/her team properly design and adapt activities to the context, needs and quality standards 
• Ensure his/her team develop and use coherent project management tools including work plan, budget follow up tools, written guidelines, beneficiary data bases etc.
• Ensure optimal communication, information sharing and data flow between the technical Pool and the implementation teams and set up information sharing as well as coordination mechanisms to do so.
• Develop Hebron base programming strategy for FSL, WASH and protection programming in collaboration with Head of Base (HoB) and Deputy Country Director (DCD).
• Support the HoB and organization in following and understanding programmatic approaches of other actors in the area (national and international) 
• Develop a yearly programming action plan for Hebron base based upon the mission strategy.
• Propose and promote the use of and/or development of new and innovative technical approaches; identify risks and opportunities.
• Seek to improve the organisation’s technical expertise within the mission as well as strengthening the relevance and impact of AAH programs.
• Develop coaching and learning plans for the identified weaknesses within the team and ensure each team member can gradually fulfil all his responsibilities.
• Contribute substantially to the Cluster and Sector work to prepare the development and review of the annual Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) documents. 
• Participate as per need in representing AAH towards donors in support to the HoB and/or Country Director (CD) as well as DCD.
• Participate in the technical representation of AAH to line ministries, including but not limited to the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labour, and Palestinian Water authority when relevant.
• Support the development and application of AAH partnership strategy in West Bank with local and international organizations.

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Profile of the Candidate:

• University or master’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. social sciences, economics, international development, or any related field).
• At least 5 years of professional experience and leadership in management and coordination of humanitarian programs, operations, and team.
• At least 5 years of direct experience in implementing emergency and development interventions (principles, standards, and coordination), monitoring and evaluation of projects, and grants management.
• At least 3 years of direct experience leading assessments, project design and proposal writing, including budget development.
• Proven experience in coordinating and advocating with international NGOs, local NGOs, clusters, authorities and donors regarding projects implementation, strategic planning and programing approaches. 
• Strong Reporting skills: Program Design and Proposal writing experience (preferably for ECHO, AICS, GAC, OCHA, AECID, UNICEF, EU, etc.…)
• Strong analytical skills. 
• Experience and/or technical knowledge of AAH sectors of intervention (WASH, FSL, Shelter, Education and protection).
• Good understanding of Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability.
• Gender mainstreaming and minimum standards in humanitarian sector.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, including training, capacity building and presentation skills.
• Solid organizational skills: the ability to be flexible and work well under pressure in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment.
• Excellent in reading, writing and speaking both Arabic and English.

Application Procedure:

Action Against Hunger is an equal opportunities employer. Women are encouraged to apply for this position

The received applications will be included and valid in our database for a period of six months and will be used in similar future job opportunities. 

We will only consider the candidacies received by our online service. Please click on Apply Now - تقدم الآن لهذه الوظيفة to access to the service.

Applications will be accepted up to and including the 08/08/2020

Only those candidates pre-selected for a test and an interview will be contacted.