International Consultant - Beirut - LOUISE Senior Project Manager

Programme & Policy

Overview

Manage and coordinate LOUISE project effectively

You have:

• Advanced University degree in Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Social Service, Social Science or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
• At least seven years’ experience in project management and coordination.
• At least four years’ experience in humanitarian and/or inter-agency partnerships and coordination.
• Fluency (level C) in English. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish is desirable.
• Ability to work with data management/statistical and data visualization tools: Excel, SQL, R applications, Adobe Illustrator is desirable.

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT WILL CLOSE ON 30 JANUARY 2022, AT 11:59 PM (ROME TIME). NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DEADLINE.

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Senior Project Manager for LOUISE (Lebanese One Unified Inter-Organizational System for E-cards)

International Consultant (CST)

Beirut, Lebanon

Programme

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11 months

Deputy Country Director (Programme), WFP Lebanon (Mr. Nicolas Oberlin)

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CONTEXT & BACKGROUND:

By late 2015, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF and the Lebanon Cash Consortium foresaw the need to more effectively target the population in need, and to streamline cash assistance in a coordinated manner to ensure the fair distribution of cash assistance to eligible families and its proper tracking and monitoring. An understanding between the four agencies was reached in March 2016 to work together in developing a mechanism to channel all cash-based assistance from the four agencies through a common card. Lebanon One Unified Inter-Organizational System for E-Cards (LOUISE) is aiming to recruit a Senior Project Manager, based in Beirut. The Senior Project Manager will be based in all the LOUISE agencies in a rotational basis. Regarding reporting lines, the Senior Project Manager will be directly reporting to the LOUISE Governing Body.

The incumbent’s core functions will be focused on project management and coordination, supporting the steering of LOUISE working streams. The Senior Project Manager is expected to ensure LOUISE’s products are generated effectively and in a timely fashion. The Senior Project Manager will report directly to the LOUISE Governing Body at each Governing Board meeting, as well as maintaining direct liaison and communication with the LOUISE Steering Committee. For administrative purposes, the Senior Project Manager will report to the Deputy Country Director (Programme), WFP.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENT:

1. Ensure coordination among LOUISE partners and follow-up of all LOUISE work streams:

• Coordinate and oversee the development progress across the LOUISE agencies, ensuring follow-up and progresses of all work plans under the implementation of technical work streams and convening technical meetings when requested. These include, among others: card distribution and management, communication, monitoring and evaluation, call center, integrated card management system, etc.
• Ensure liaison between technical level and Steering Committee / Governing Body.
• Document work streams and convene Steering Committee and Governing Body meetings.
• Maintain and update the workplan of collective actions.
• Ensure liaison with, and act as observer/participant on behalf of LOUISE, when appropriate, in various forums, including relevant sectors under Lebanon’s assistance frameworks (e.g. Lebanese Crisis Response Plan, Emergency Response Plan, etc.)

2. Ensure liaison between LOUISE partners and the different service providers (e.g. Financial Service Provider).

3. Document LOUISE processes:

• Update existing documents as relevant, and prepare documents, articulating the purpose, objectives, operations and funding of the LOUISE platform as well as all its components, ensuring respective endorsement of all LOUISE members.
• Support the development and maintenance of detailed guidance documents, Standard Operating Procedures, LOUISE related concept notes as well as supporting agreements describing the implementation, operations and uptake of services, specifically those which are non-core to LOUISE agencies with maximal level of detail specifying roles and responsibilities and defining well accountability.
• Support in the update of the LOUISE MoU and any other joint guidance document.
• Lead on mapping the LOUISE cost of the various activities such as card/PIN distribution, ATM monitoring and crowd management, Visibility/sensitization materials, etc. and establish costing structure for the new acceding organizations.

4. Analysis:

• Collate and summarize the analysis of cash transfer information for the LOUISE member organizations, focusing on the four ‘Ws’: Who gets the assistance? What level of assistance? What purpose they receive it for? Where the beneficiary is located?
• Conduct analysis on process and operational gaps in order to support prioritization, identify critical issues and raise them to the relevant LOUISE body (Working Groups, Steering Committee or Governing Body).
• Ensure periodic development of executive style data visualization dashboards for LOUISE members.
• Run data queries as requested by LOUISE member organizations on cash transfers.
• Provide analysis on the economic situation and impact on cash programmes implementation

5. Communication:

• Liaise with communication teams and lead on new communication products.
• Ensure that relevant forums are informed of activities under LOUISE.
• Ensure LOUISE donors are well reflected in LOUISE communication products.

MONITORING AND PROGRESS CONTROL:

This position requires the incumbent to execute practical skills: working independently and meet deadlines, presenting in public, steering projects, advising Senior Managers, effective reporting and facilitating meetings. The incumbent should be comfortable working with a wide variety of data sets.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

Advanced University degree in Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Social Service, Social Science or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience:

At least seven years’ experience in project management and coordination.

At least four years’ experience in humanitarian and/or inter-agency partnerships and coordination.

Ability to work with data management/statistical and data visualization tools: Excel, SQL, R applications, Adobe Illustrator is desirable.

Languages:

Other Desirable Experience:

Key competencies:

Fluency (level C) in English. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish is desirable.

Experience in working in cash-based assistance including in the context of social safety net programmes is desirable.

• Managing performance
• Judgement and Decision making
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning and Vision
• Managing resources
• Analytical thinking
• Innovation and Creativity
• Technological awareness
• Policy Development and Research
• Stakeholder management
• Negotiating and Conflict Resolution
• Planning and Organizing
• Political Awareness

• Change Capability and Adaptability

  Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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