Area Program Team Leader at Alight: (Deadline 16 January 2024)

Area Program Team Leader at Alight: (Deadline 16 January 2024)

Vacancy – Area Program Team Leader

ALIGHT works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities – to better survive conflicts and crisis, and to rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. ALIGHT presently works in and with partners in seventeen countries globally. ALIGHT has consistently operated in Rwanda since the year 1994, and today has a strong and committed team of over eight hundred personnel who include full time staff, community mobilizers and incentive workers– implementing programs in Reproductive Health, HIV and Nutrition; also, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter and general Infrastructure, Livelihoods/Economic strengthening, and Sexual and Gender Based Violence Prevention/ Protection. Our work in Rwanda currently covers all the refugee locations and their kind Rwandan-host communities. And we are always looking to expand and, jointly with our partners, offer lasting impact with and for the communities we serve! ALIGHT is looking for a qualified, self-driven and committed individual to join its team as Erea Program Team Leader to be based full time in any one of the field sites (refugee camps, transit and reception centers) where ALIGHT has active operations with fix term contract.

PRIMARY PURPOSE:

The Area Programme Team Leader, a national management level and role in the organization leads in implementation, close and consistent tracking of the site project work, planning and coordination, for overall timely implementation and realization of contractual targets and milestones. S/he works closely with the Program Coordinator in coordinating implementation of project activities, staff management, quality and compliance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Management

• Responsible for the implementation of all sector activities in the Camp (Protection, and others as assigned from time to time) in line with the work plan, the available budgets, and with donor requirements;
• Manage delivery of Alights’ project outputs, consistently and proactively monitoring and reporting on progress through weekly, and monthly reports while complying with all established reporting requirements including deadlines;
• Manage and remain accountable for project’s expenditures against the budget based on monthly BVA’s reports;
• Provide continuous follow up of technical input, support, and guidance to the relevant counterparts to implement activities with high quality standards;
• Establish and maintain close working relationships with stakeholders, and partners including MINEMA and UNHCR, among others, to promote the value, comparative advantages, and Alight’s visibility and to leverage on available technical expertise and standards;
• Supervise all stages of project implementation, receiving regular updates from Thematic Technical Advisers and providing inputs when required, and conducting field visits to Field sites for monitoring, quality control and program staff mentoring and coaching;
• In close collaboration with the MEAL Coordinator, ensure the quality and accuracy of technical information provided by Field Sites;
• Keep track of progress and delays of all project implementation. Ensure that delays or identified problems for specific programs are reported to Program Coordinator in writing and orally in a timely manner.
• Coordinate the area thematic focal points to provide ongoing technical and implementation guidance for overall program quality, contractual and standards’ compliance, customer feedback, learning and improvements;
• Coordinate with the Program Coordinator the Grants management team in tracking and ensuring projects’ financial and operational compliance with government, organization and donor or contractual standards, regulations and requirements;
• Conduct regular field support and implementation review visits; including chairing program quality and technical coordination sessions;
• Draft and share weekly project update reports for submission to Donors.

Staff Management

• Coordinate the site staff and guidance during implementation of project activities ensuring overall quality, contractual and standards’ compliance, customer feedback, and learning and improvements;
• Effectively and professionally manage the performance of staff ensuring timely settling of SMART objectives, review and capacity building to increase quality outputs;
• In collaboration with the Head of HR, coordinate the General HR Management at site level.

Operations, Logistics and Administration

• Provide oversight on all financial and administrative matters in collaboration with Finance;
• Provide oversight and ensure performance of all supply chain management at camp level with support from Logistics department including the procurement process, delivery of supplies, accounting of physical assets, inventory and stock management of all Alight equipment, property, vehicles and furnishings;
• Act as security focal point for the camp and surrounding area and report any incidents to the Country Director within 24 hours.

General Areas of responsibility

• Undertake other duties as may be reasonably requested by the supervisor or Leadership Team;
• Promote the mission and organizational values of Alight and ensure that these are reflected within the areas of responsibility.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Development, International Relations, or a closely related field from an accredited university required;
• Good technical knowledge of camp management and some of the programming sectors within Alight;
• Proven success in effective project planning, implementation, coordination and performance reporting;
• Demonstrated ability in leading and facilitating programme quality, performance management and learning;
• Strong leadership skills, proven experience in strategic planning, overseeing large programs and ability to effect and manage change effectively;
• Knowledge of humanitarian response, transitional and development program concepts, policies, frameworks, standards and strategies;
• Demonstrated advanced communications, presentation and inter-personal skills, including fluency in written and spoken English.

KEY BEHAVIORS & ABILITIES:

• Solution, service and support oriented attitude and work ethic; and a willingness to guide colleagues and charges towards exploring options and solutions, while assuring fidelity to expected policies and compliance;
• Ability to work independently and with initiative;
• A team player, with ability to work in a high paced, demanding environment;
• Willingness to travel and stay for extended periods in remote country work sites to support workflows;

APPLICATION GUIDELINES : Interested and qualifying candidates should submit applications to ALIGHT Rwanda Country Director – to include 1 page Cover Letter, an updated CV (max. 3 pages), and three names (plus titles & contacts) of relevant professional referees, to include most current Employer/ Supervisor ( All in one document) – to the following email address only: RWJobs@WEAREALIGHT.ORG with the position applied for CLEARLY indicated in the subject line. The deadline for submission of applications is January 16^th, 2024 at 16:00hrs. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.  Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.