Program Manager

Closing date 11 October 2009

PROGRAM SUMMARY:

RW Siaga PLUS+

Mercy Corps is implementing the two-year, USAID-funded
program “RW Siaga PLUS+: Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Improvements to Decrease Under-five Malnutrition in Jakarta” with the goal of improved health and nutrition of residents in poor urban communities in Jakarta and Bekasi through increased household access to clean water supplies and improved sanitation.

The program focuses on:
Access to and utilization of improved sanitation facilities;
Access to and utilization of clean water;The practice of appropriate hygiene behaviors;Community empowerment, including responsibility for implementing their prioritized water and sanitation interventions.

To achieve these objectives, as well as long-term sustainability of impact, the program will work closely with local government from the RW to the Municipal levels.

JAKARTA

1. Program Manager – RW Siaga PLUS+

The Program Manager is responsible for all aspects of program implementation of the RW Siaga Plus+ program in Jakarta and Bekasi.

Responsibilities include:
rigorous planning, design, monitoring and evaluation, staff supervision, budget
management, donor relations, report writing and overseeing all elements of
program implementation. Close engagement, partnership and capacity building
with local government, local NGOs, private sector and community partners is
critical.



The Program Manager will provide leadership and mentoring to the RW Siaga Plus+ team and will be responsible for staff development. Participation in the Mercy Corps Indonesia management team, strategic planning and proposal writing is also required.

The Program Manager will coordinate closely with the leadership of all urban programs and all other Mercy Corps Indonesia programs to ensure inter-program learning and overall country program quality.

Qualifications:

• 5-10years of field-based experience in staff management and project implementation.
• Demonstratedexperience and expertise in water, sanitation and/or hygiene promotion,including understanding of international norms and frameworks, prominentactors, best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in capacity building and partnership with both community and government.
• BA/S or equivalent in social science, management, environmental engineering,international development or similar degree.
  
• Demonstrated skill in communication, report writing, financial management, monitoring, evaluation, team management and problem solving.
  
• Fluencyin English, both written and spoken.

PROGRAM SUMMARY: Global Citizen Corps

With almost 30 years of experience working in the world’s toughest places, Mercy Corps believes that without a well informed and mobilized constituency in the developed world, there is a fundamental limit to the success we will have in pursuing our mission of alleviating suffering, poverty and oppression. To that end, Mercy Corps has launched its Global Engagement
initiative to radically alter the way people think about the world, and their
role within it.
This includes the opening of two museum-types high-tech Action
Centers in NYC and Portland (OR) (www.actioncenter.org),
and the management of the Global Citizen Corps (GCC) (www.globalcitizencorps.org)
program which educate young people about global issues while building their
leadership skills. Through digital stories (video/photo), structured
youth-to-youth dialogues across continents, and leadership opportunities, young
people discover peaceful ways to advocate for a better future and make a
difference in their world community. To date, thousands of Arab and American
youth have engaged in global citizenship education and community projects that
transform the way they see their role in society. Our web 2.0 portal www.globalcitizencorps.org
aggregates educational and user-generated content into a youth-friendly
platform that equips and inspires young leaders in Iraq,
West-bank/Gaza, Lebanon, Jordan, USA,
UK and for the first time
this year, Pakistan and Indonesia.

JAKARTA

1. Program Manager – Global Citizen Corps (GCC)

The Program Manager (PM) for the Global Citizen Corps Program (GCC) will lead the overall implementation of GCC activities in one of the multiple countries involved. The CM will work with the Global Management Team serving eight countries to optimize the effectiveness of project activities worldwide. The PM will report directly to the Mercy Corps Country
Director in his/her country, and indirectly to the Global Program Coordinator. The PM’s work will also include donor relationship management for fundraising to ensure sustainability and expansion of activities as needed.

S/he will be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of the GCC program are executed effectively and in alignment with their respective grant agreements. S/he will be responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of program activities on participants through direct supervision, results of pre- and post-surveys, participant interviews, etc and for solving
problems to ensure continuous improvements.

Qualifications:

• 3years experience in international relief and development with field positions;
  
• Provenleadership, project coordination and communication skills;
• Abilityto function as a goal-oriented and inspiring social entrepreneur – to work both independently and cooperatively with team members is required;
• Experiencein building, training, motivating and managing a team;
• Abilityto anticipate and solve problems, and communicate effectively across culturesand learning styles
• Expertise with tools and innovations in Information Communication and Technologies;
  
• Experiencein youth development, and communityorganizing;
• Baccalaureate or equivalent in international development, management, or related field;
• Ability to travel regularly to field locations and out of the country for international coordination and training;
• Rich experience in cross-cultural work;
• Experience in program evaluation;
• Proven fund development experience helpful.

Please send your CV with position applied on the email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org

All vacancies will close 11 October 2009.


We look forward to hearing
from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop
with us.