Deputy Country Director - Program

Job Description

Action Against Hunger Is an international non-governmental organization working in more than 40 countries in the fields of nutrition, food security and livelihoods, water sanitation and hygiene, and care practices. ACF is looking for its program in Jordan for Deputy Country Director ? Programs?Work place:?Amman, JORDANOverview:Lead Action Against Hunger programme development, implementation and strategy in Jordan.?Main Objectives:1) Strategy??Promote the innovation of strategic and technical approaches in the mission, in line with the overall Action Against Hunger strategy;??Participate in the strategy development and revision; lead the team in the elaboration of joint strategies WASH/FSL/MHPSS and for key cross cutting areas including partnership, MEAL, and gender.??Lead the implementation of sector strategies, ensuring application of key cross cutting strategic priorities??Continuous analysis of the evolving context in Jordan, in particular evolving humanitarian needs2) Programme development and quality??Promote inter departmental participation (across the mission) in the design and formulation of program design, with specific emphasis on the integration of core sectors (WASH, FSL, MHPSS);??Promote the analysis and consideration of new sectors of intervention in Jordan, in line with the needs identified in the country and the global expertise of Action Against Hunger (e.g. Nutrition);??Supervise the design and implementation of needs assessments, monitoring and evaluation, to ensure implementation is responsive to and reflective of the needs of communities??Lead the technical team in the identification, analysis and implementation of lessons learnt, for the continuous improvement of the programming implemented by Action Against Hunger in Jordan.??Verify that proper monitoring, evaluation and accountability systems are in place to demonstrate impact of programs and that learning is incorporated into programs to ensure ongoing improvement and innovation;??Ensure that all programs are implemented according to program management best practice and progress in accordance with grant agreements, are completed with quality, within time and on budget; drive adaptive management strategies where required??Drive knowledge sharing and technical exchange of Action Against Hunger technical policies, methodologies, programming, and proposals;3) Partnership??Lead the development and implementation of a partnership strategy of Action Against Hunger in Jordan, promoting quality partnerships across all program sectors;??Promote the regular identification of national and local partners and strong stakeholder engagement, ensuring quality approaches to building partner relationships and promoting exchange of best practice with local actors??Lead in the development of strategic partnerships for existing projects and cultivating new partnerships for potential new projects4)?Overall supervision of programme departments ??Manage the development of programme and sector strategies and accompanying annual plans, ensuring participation of the wider technical department and quality indicators to promote accountability within program teams??Promote strong engagement between technical team and implementation team, driving learning and knowledge exchange to promote program development and quality??Supervise and lead on capacity building for technical program leads and ensure technical support is appropriately leveraged to implementation teams??Provide appropriate delegation of responsibility for the programme departments.5) ?External Representation ? Advocacy & Networking??Ensure that Action Against Hunger is properly represented at all relevant sector meetings;??In close collaboration with the CD, interact regularly with donors, local authorities and NGO community to ensure awareness of Action Against Hunger programmes and to collect up to date information about the plans and programmes of other actors;??Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders, global partners, donors, and academia through active networking, advocacy and effective communication??Lead in the development of communications and visibility strategies for relevant projects, engaging relevant stakeholders to promote the work of Action Against Hunger6) Ensure adherence to Action against Hunger gender requirements???Commit and comply with the organization gender, age and diversity principles & policies (working with people, communication)Lead on the promotion of gender, age and diversity principles through daily activities and or through the management of their teams and through the planning and implementation of operations and strategies (Managing performance & development)

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