Project Manager, SCOPE

POSITION SUMMARY:

World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious, and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision, and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.

Implemented by World Relief in Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, and South Sudan, the USAID-funded SCOPE project seeks to use and improve existing private and public health systems, working with health service providers to co-train community health actors and strengthen policies to improve access to services. SCOPE increases demand for services by training mothers and caretakers on preventative health measures and health-seeking behavior change. SCOPE provides this training through some of the most trusted voices in the community: religious leaders and neighbors and will improve advocacy efforts at various levels of the Ministry of Health through strong local partners — churches, religious networks, and Christian Health Associations. These local partners are essential for SCOPE’s collaboration, learning, and long-term sustainability.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Operations Management

• In collaboration with the SCOPE project management team, outline the country project implementation plan and timeline and Yearly Work Plan
• Ensure that all country-specific targets of projects are met accurately and promptly
• Manage M&E Officer and a team of field supervisors to ensure they are meeting the requirements of their roles. Provide consistent performance management and coaching of reports. The support hiring process of new staff as needed
• Prioritize a diverse and healthy working environment, exemplify Christian values among your team
• With a dotted line of responsibility to the Project Accountant, ensure that all project operations take place within the allotted annual project budget
• Lead reporting activities through the project cycle – start-up, implementation, and close-out

Implementation Support

• Provide consistent field support to project implementation sites. Ensure that teams have the resources they need to work efficiently. Troubleshoot and provide solutions for problems that may arise throughout the project timeline
• Coordinate team trainings
• Elevate staff needs or resourcing needs expeditiously to avoid project bottlenecks
• Provide overall project quality oversight

Relationships with Local Stakeholders

• As aligned in contract with SCOPE subrecipient, manage relationships and deliverables of Local Health Associations
• Serve as secondary level project contact to local partners, with direction from the Chief of Party, Programs Director, and Country Director
• In all interactions, strengthen local partnerships with other agencies, the Ministry of Health, and local level staff

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Commitment to World Relief’s values
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound judgment
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders
• Representation abilities and strong leadership skills
• Ability to contribute to written reports
• Fluent in French and Creole languages
• Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented
• Strong collaborative attitude
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS:

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Master’s Degree in Management, International Development, International Relations, or relevant sector required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant field-based experience in coordinating or managing light to moderately complex projects required, preferably with an NGO.
• Excellent written and oral English skills.
• Relevant grant management experience, especially for USAID is a plus.
• Partnership capacity strengthening and partnership relationship management experience are preferred.
• Experience working with stakeholders at various levels and strengthening community partnerships.
• Experience with human subject protection.
• Experience implementing gender-sensitive programming.
• Staff supervision experience.
• Ability to contribute to the development of technical proposals is a plus.
• Experience analyzing, interpreting data, and contributing to evaluation reports.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read the application information
• The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• General office setting
• Great lengths of time working on a computer, reading from a computer screen, entering information, standing at a copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in skype meetings may be required
• Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending
• Physical, emotional, and intellectual demands
• Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier
• All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):

World Relief contributes to monthly premiums:

• Medical
• Dental

Additional Benefits:

• Offer 16 Paid Holidays!
• Vision
• Offer Paid Sick and Vacation Leave
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Parental Leave
• FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
• Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)

World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:

• Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
• Long-Term & Short-term Disability
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Long Distant Travel Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

World Relief – Retirement:

• 401K & Roth
• WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
• Eligibility: Full Time is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part-time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year

World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):

• Verizon
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

For World Relief staff, a strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. This means that we conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of World Relief as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all staff shares the same religious commitment.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.