Area Programme Manager (APM)

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

Grant Management oversight

• As the Area Program Manager, provides administrative management for the implementation of all World Vision South Sudan Programs in the assigned state/counties in accordance with the overall World Vision South Sudan country policies, procedures and donor guidelines. Coordinate all operational activities for various sectors in the state as well as with other support department.

Budget Management:

• Provide oversight to all grant budgets within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to donor and key management staff at World Vision.
• In conjunction with Finance Manager, ensure project compliance whereby project expenditures are reasonable, allocable, prudent, and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure compliance with external audit.
• Ensure the monthly expenditure report reviewed and feedback given to finance before the issuance of monthly financial report.
• Monthly management of project expenditure, including monitoring of monthly Financial Reports, and overall budget management. Review on monthly expenditure to ensure accuracy and audit compliance, in collaboration with Finance Officer
• Provide variance explanations and put remedial actions if there potentially significant under/overspending.

Monitoring, Reporting, Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Lead regular completion of ITT, DIP and additional requirements as per the M&E plan of each project
• Prepare and submit quality project report as per the report requirement of the project as well as build and maintain effective relationships with UN agencies especially WFP and FAO, government officials, and community and WV internal staff.
• Coordinate assessments in the State/counties that will help in project design for future funding.

Donor Relations, networking and coordination:

• Develop partnership relationships with local organizations and communities to assess the effectiveness of current projects and to identify possibilities for new projects and funding in the assigned State/counties.
• Liaise with government and other humanitarian and UN agencies operating in the state
• Execute additional duties given by the immediate supervisors.

Oversight Leadership to Support services

• Provide on site supervision to the Administration, Fleet and ensure that all safety protocols are adhered to in the operational area.
• Supervision of Administration team ensuring that assets, are accounted for according to WV and Donor standards.

Required Qualifications:

• University degree or qualification in Agricultural engineering, food security, Agriculture, Agri-Business management, Agro economics, or another related field.
• 3-5 years proven experience in emergency programmes or social development with at least 2 years of that experience in and F/CFA programming a must.
• Experience in working with clusters and working groups/community of practice an added advantage.
• Prior experience working with multilateral and bilateral donors
• Strong experience in managing staff, partners and facilitating capacity building
• Formal training in food assistance modalities is preferred
• Minimum 3 years with similar experience as project manager/program manager in resilience and/or food security and livelihoods as well as food assistance.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only