Programme Manager - Humanitarian

Overseeing effective relationships with partners:

• Provide guidance and support to Programme Officers and other members of the Programmes team in their work, to develop and nurture effective relationships with partners. In some cases (e.g. strategic partners), the post-holder can take a more active role in developing those relationships.

Financial and funding management:

• Manage the programme and costs budget and cash flow (implementing manager/budget holder responsibilities), monitoring income and expenditure, and ensuring that the latter is done in compliance with agreed parameters and policy;
• Identify opportunities for co-financing from institutional donors, and provide leadership in securing and managing such funds, working with the Programme Funding and Development Officer and Major Gifts teams;
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting on programme work;
• Ensure the programme complies with CAFOD’s financial management standards, including managing financial risks.

Internal and external representation:

• In co-ordination with the Deputy Country Representative and the Programmes team develop, nurture and sustain relationships and effective communications with relevant stakeholders, seeking opportunities for funding where appropriate.
• Effectively communicate with other teams within CAFOD to ensure that the programmes are well understood, and that information is available for fundraising and other communications, including publications, media briefings, development education, etc. This may involve participating in communities of practice, working groups, supporter events, etc, as agreed with the Deputy Country Representative.

Systems and compliance:

• Overseeing the effective use of CAFOD’s systems to share programme knowledge and inform decision making. This includes overseeing compliance with agreements, regulations and requirements attached to our work.

Security management:

• Supporting the Deputy/Country Representative in delivering effective security management. This includes, among others, acting as security manager when delegated; support the development of security risk mappings, country security plans; standard operating procedures; contingency plans (e.g. medical evacuation, relocation/evacuation and hibernation), etc.

People Management:

• Lead, manage and support direct reports by championing our purpose and values through building a strong and safe working relationship, setting SMART objectives and conducting performance reviews, nurturing staff career development. Encouraging collaborative ways of working and aiding staff to be adaptable to change whilst engaging with the external and internal context.

Thematic focus (may not apply to all posts):

• Complement partners’ thematic understanding on anticipatory action, humanitarian preparedness and response, including cash and protection, contributing to the development of relevant interventions that bring about positive change, offering guidance to the programmes team.

Safeguarding

All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.

Your role is responsible for ensuring that both you and your staff understand and implement minimums on programme quality into your work (related to safety, accessibility, dignity and inclusion) and that all safeguarding standards are upheld and reported on effectively

Person Specification 

Understanding our context

• Understanding Catholic identity; experience working in or with faith-based organisation is an advantage
• Understanding international development; demonstrable and high-level experience and understanding of international development, humanitarian, programme management and quality standards; significant experience working in complex crises.

Working together

• Managing ourselves; proactive, can work independently with little supervision
• Working with others; strong leadership qualities and management experience. Applies gender and inclusion principles in daily practice.
• Communicating; ability to communicate fluently in English (written and verbal)
• Looking outwards; Understanding and first-hand experience of effective and values-based partnership work between northern and southern organisations and communities; strong network and representation skills

Making change happen

• Managing resources; Makes effective use of ICT, particularly for distance communication
• Achieving results; Track record of successful delivery of programmes in complex contexts, strong analysis, conceptual and strategic thinking
• Managing our performance; Able to manage competing work demands; Able to manage a team of staff including staff at a distance
• Taking the lead; Sets an example of what can be achieved

Job-specific competencies

1. Understanding and first-hand experience of institutional funding work/projects, priorities, trends and donor conditions; track record of successful fundraising and implementation of donor-funded work, including ECHO and Start Fund.
2. Experience using programme cycle management tools effectively to develop and deliver work within an agreed programme framework, including programme integration;
3. Able and committed to facilitate or support the development of partners’ capacities;
4. Financial management understanding and experience;
5. Ability and willingness to travel for approximately 12 weeks per year, sometimes at short notice and to areas of potential risk
6. Fluent English and French;
7. Experience, knowledge and understanding of cash programming, protection, anticipatory action, humanitarian preparedness and response. Expertise in one of these areas.
8. Understanding of key humanitarian trends and previous experience on humanitarian work at a senior level.

CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported. 

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, and has responsibility for people who will do. Applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.