Project Manager

Job Description

BACKGROUND Present in Sierra Leone since 1999, IRC supports Sierra Leonean institutions – government, civil society, community-based organizations, and private sector – to provide improved social services, decrease youth unemployment and mitigate gender-based violence. The IRC does this through programs and partnerships designed to improve the lives of women, youth, and children by implementing Health, Education, and Women and Girls’ Protection and Empowerment (WGPE) programming.

The IRC in partnership with UNICEF Sierra Leone will be implementing a whole-school approach project to support the achievement of ending School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone. This project will seek to address the problem of SRGBV using an approach that will be guided by recommendations from 6 domains for minimum standards for a whole-school approach to minimizing SRGBV based on the UNICEF report on findings from school-related gender-based violence action research in schools and communities in Sierra Leone as well as IRC’s long experience of working in schools and communities in Sierra Leone on GBV and its consequences, especially for school-aged girls. The project will align itself with the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education’s objective 4 in its Education Sector Plan 2022 – 2026[1] which specifically seeks to “Provide safe, healthy, and conducive educational environments”. JOB SUMMARY Reporting to the Education Coordinator, the Project Manager will assume responsibility for management of the project field staff and implementation of activities in Kenema or Kono the UNICEF School Related Gender Based Violence project.. S/he will coordinate with IRC’s other programs; and represent the project in external meetings and related events in the Kenema or Kono district. KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Position Reports to:Education Coordinator Position directly supervises:2 Senior Officers internal: National Education Coordinator, WGPE Coordinator, District Field Manager, M & E Manager, M & E Officers (Bo and Kenema) External: The Donor, the Ministry of , Gender and Children’s Affairs (MoGCA)) – district, the District Health Management Team (DHMT), the Family Support Unit (FSU) of the Sierra Leone Police, Peripheral Health Units (PHUs), District Council, the CoP on Violence against Women and Girls, and Key Community Stakeholders.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Project Implementation Oversee the day-to-day project implementation including logistics support and organization of activities - trainings, meetings, and workshops for staff, clients, and other stakeholders, in line with IRC and donor requirements. Supervise and manage the Senior Project Officers, building their capacity in project implementation and ensuring a positive team spirit is fostered that encourages innovative and quality programming. Oversee the District planning and implementation of daily activities in relation to child protection in accordance with the standard tools and IRC procedures. Support in developing new/regular Child Protection Assessments in the project including revising tools, directing the Project staff on how to conduct these assessments, and preparing reports. Implement capacity building approaches for the community leaders, government officials, and project staff, including strengthening referrals and care process for child survivors. Develop actionable work plans to ensure the timely implementation of project activities, in collaboration with project team members. Develop and maintain effective and productive working relationships with key stakeholders and represent IRC at meetings with stakeholders. Report on performance and lead regular team meetings aimed at ensuring activities of the team members are coordinated and performed in a timely manner. With support from Finance, Supply Chain and Administrative staff, oversee financial activities including monitoring of the project budget through Budget vs. Actual monthly reviews, item forecasting, and procurement for project activities. Provide monthly written and regular verbal reports on progress on activities to supervisor. Monitoring, Evaluation, and reporting Monitor progress toward the objectives and intended outputs of the project using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies. Ensure timely data collection by project officers for analysis and use in periodic reporting and to inform project activities Based on monitoring and feedback mechanisms, strengthen the quality, effectiveness, and responsiveness of program interventions. Contribute to IRC and donor reports as per set schedules (monthly and quarterly, ) on grant activities, indicators, and achievements. Support compilation of learning from project implementation to inform the design of future programs Promote an environment of best practice and knowledge sharing with other IRC sectors, and with partners.

Other Undertake all other tasks as requested by the supervisor

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