INTERNAL / EXTERNAL VACANCY

Haitian Red Cross in collaboration with American Red Cross is looking for

(1) LAMIKA Deputy Program Manager (National & International)

Reporting to : LAMIKA Program Manager Delegate

Background: The American Red Cross (ARC) International Services Department (ISD) seeks to prevent and alleviate human suffering around the world by responding to disasters, building safer, more resilient communities, and educating future humanitarians. The American Red Cross continues to deepen and expand its international programming, while also working to strengthen the global Red Cross/Red Crescent Network, in order to deliver critical assistance to some of the most vulnerable communities in the world.

The ARC Haiti Assistance Program (HAP) was established to direct the organization’s response to the 2010 Earthquake. HAP activities focus on integrated community recovery and preparedness interventions working within the Red Cross/Red Crescent network, particularly with the Haitian Red Cross (HRC) and through external partners.

LAMIKA - “A Better Life in My Neighborhood”
The LAMIKA program is an urban integrated neighborhood reconstruction and recovery program being implemented in Carrefour-Feuilles, a typical poor residential neighborhood north of downtown Port-au-Prince. The area sustained extensive damage from the earthquake and is characterized by extreme poverty, dense housing and limited access to safe infrastructure and services. The objective of the program is to enhance community and household resiliency through a sustainable and integrated approach that provides healthy, habitable, and secure living space/conditions. To address needs across all sectors, the LAMIKA program is conducting activities under three pillars:

Pillar I - Social Empowerment activities include those that increase the capacity of local residents and service providers to promote the health, hazard resilience and social well-being of the community.

Pillar II - Economic Strengthening activities are designed to enhance local markets and household economies and provide opportunities for income and asset security.

Pillar III - Physical Renewal activities improve access to and use of appropriate land, housing, services and infrastructure. In an integrated approach, each of these activities link to the other two pillars and inform one another for the improvement of the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood as a whole. Physical renewal activities will be limited to Campeche.

SUMMARY: The ARC ISD seeks an experienced Deputy Program Manager to support the Program Manager Delegate with the ongoing program development, planning, implementation and management of all components of the LAMIKA program.
The primary responsibility of this position will be help the LAMIKA PM to support the implementation of Pillar 1 activities and ensure that they are integrated where possible across both pillar 2 and pillar 3.

The Deputy Program Manager will work in close collaboration with the LAMIKA social improvement managers (Pillar 1), technical advisors, NGOs, Government officials, local committees and Red Cross staff. He/she will contribute to the achievement of ARC and HAP’s strategic and programmatic objectives. The position will report to the LAMIKA Program Manager and will be based in Carrefour-Feuilles, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.


Specific Duties and Accountabilities

• Support the development of long term community vision that they will be able to continue working towards past the completion of the program.
• Support the pillar 1 manager to develop activities that work towards program outcomes and can be sustainable and useful past the end date of the program
• Ensure that activities being undertaken are working towards the outcomes that are trying to be achieved by the ARC as part of the LAMIKA program
• Support the program manager to identify synergies and ways that pillar 1 can be integrated with pillar 2 and 3.
• Support the program manager to develop a closer working relationship with Haitian Red Cross.
• Support the Program Manager in coordinating and managing relationships with the Government and local authorities, partner organizations and contractors implementing projects as appropriate.
• Facilitate the continued engagement of the steering committee associated with works that are being carried out as part of the Campeche Master Plan and coordinate with those relevant national entities to establish and assure agreement on satisfactory rules, processes and procedures.
• Collaborate closely with relevant Technical Advisors designated to support the integrated approach of LAMIKA, such as construction, community development, health, urban planning, water and sanitation, disaster preparedness and risk reduction, livelihoods, and environment.
• Coordinate with the consultants, partners and other stakeholders during the design development phase and oversee work performed during all phases of the project life-cycle.
• Support the LAMIKA PM to perform monitoring visits in collaboration with Technical Advisors to ensure quality of directly implemented programs and of partner implemented programs.
• Coordinate with national agencies, local authorities, Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement partners, UN agencies, INGOs, and other stakeholders.
• Represent ARC at internal and external meetings.
• Serve as Program Manager during LAMIKA Program Manager’s absence.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in relevant professions, Advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work on community development in an urban context
• Demonstrated ability in management of a large team in a similar environment
• Demonstrated ability to establish monitoring processes and form, mentor, manage and lead a team of diverse technical backgrounds (primarily in DRR, health and community development)
• Demonstrated ability to manage consultants and partners.
• Previous work experience with the Government agencies.
• Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook
• Demonstrated professional maturity, good interpersonal skills for teamwork and good written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound report writing, interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines in multiple tasking environments.
• Experience working for the Red Cross/Red Crescent or other international humanitarian/development organizations.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize competing activities.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Flexibility, patience, dedication and creativity.
• Fluent in French and English, with a working command of Creole preferred

The rules of conduct form an integral part of this contract and must be signed by the employee upon employment.

Interested candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae with cover letter, all copies of certificates or diplomas, copy of ID card (NIF or CIN), certificate of police record