Pwoteksyon Korék is a two year program established to responsibly phase out of the safety net sector by providing additional capacity to orphanages, nursing homes, and educational centers (referred to as Centers) in the areas of protection, organizational strengthening, and livelihoods. Seventy-five Centers throughout six departments of Haiti serving 5,500 participants have been identified to participate in the first year with 25 Centers remaining in the second year. The Program Manager will supervise a Program Officer who supervises 4 Senior Animators, be the point of contact with IBESR, and work closely with a consultant psychologist. Under the guidance of the PAS Coordinator, the Program Manager will be responsible for overall management and the development of new protection and community activities and their implementation, provide administrative and reporting support, collaborate in the organizational strengthening and livelihoods activities, and coordinate with the Monitoring & Evaluation team.

SPECIFIC RESPONSABILITIES:

I. Program Management and Administration:
1. Provides technical expertise for CRS and partner implementation of protection activities related to orphanages, nursing homes, and day centers following the goal and objectives of Pwoteksyon Korék.
2. Responsible for ensuring that the program adheres to the appropriate national and international minimum standards of care and other important guiding principles.
3. Carries out the development of training and supporting documentation, activities, and reports for the protection and community activities.
4. Assists CRS’ staff and partners in building capacities and knowledge of human rights, civic engagement, and best practices in child, handicap, and elderly protection issues.
5. Establishes and follows the reporting guidelines for cases of abuse within the team and is the point of contact with the local authorities
6. Collaborates with the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to ensure that all data required in relations to the protection and community activities is verified and submitted and supports the development of case studies.
7. Conducts regular monitoring visits to the partners and community activities.
8. Shares information and when possible integrates activities with key CRS Programming Departments, Health, Education, and Partnership and Accountability to foster increased and creative collaboration.
9. Works closely with the Program Officer – Organizational Capacity and Livelihoods to ensure a smooth Departmental delivery of services and completion of benchmarks as well as leads the efforts of organizational capacity and livelihoods during the second year.

10. Responsible for the quarterly reports related to the protection and community aspects of Proteksyon Korék and assists the PAS Coordinator with the organizational capacity and livelihoods aspects of the reports.

II. Networking:
1. Under the guidance of the PAS Coordinator, collaborates with USOPS/PQSU in sharing best practices and creating the How-to-Guide.
2. Establishes and maintains professional and productive relationships with other program partners, agencies working in similar sectors, donor community, local NGOs, UN agencies and the Government of Haiti.

III. Supervision:
1. Provides direct ongoing guidance, planning, and caseload support to the Program Officer – Protection and Community and indirectly to the four Senior Animators.
2. Works closely with the Program Officer to ascertain the attainment of the indicators through planning sessions.
3. Implements sound financial and administrative management of IBESR related activities including representing CRS, attending meetings, and providing reports.
4. Plans the activities of the psychologist consultant, supervises his/her activities and reviews the reports for payment.
IV. Other:
1. Provides support to the administrative and financial tasks related to the protection and community activities
2. The tasks above are representative but do not encompass all tasks that may be required of this position.
3. Ensures staff compliance and adherence to CRS Guiding Principles, strategies, policies and rules and regulations.
4. Other duties as assigned as the list of tasks are not exhaustive.

 B.A. degree or equivalent preferably Masters related to development (social sciences, child protection, education, grassroots development).
 At least 5 years experience in development programs in a position of responsibility, with at least three years of experience in working the in the field of protection.
 Must be detail-oriented and have strong analytical skills.
 Excellent oral and writing capacity in French, Creole with proficiency in English
 Demonstrated strength in developing activities and reports
 Excellent facilitation, communication and animation skills for community level partners and beneficiaries.
 Demonstrated ability to manage staff, subcontracts, and consultants, and capacity in planning and coordination.
 Self-motivated and solid track record as a team player.
 Good understanding of standard computer programs: Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
 Willingness to travel to the field up to 40% of the time.
 Flexibility and capacity to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Les candidat(e)s intéressé(e)s sont priés d’acheminer leur dossier complet (CV, lettre de motivation, copies diplômes,) avec la mention du poste PK-PM-0612