Head of Programs

Expatriate contract under Swiss regulations between CHF 5’000. and CHF 5’500. net /month according to experience x 13 times, Vacancy: 25 days annual leaves local accommodation and transportation, Health insurance, accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.

**General description**

**Specifications**

**Program Strategy and Development**
- Contribute to constant in-depth analysis of humanitarian and development context, trends, gaps, challenges, and opportunities.
- Enhance program development, aligned with Tdh global strategy, MENA, and Egypt strategies, that addresses gaps/trends and meets the needs of target groups within a Triple Nexus framework.
- As a key pillar of the overall country strategy, lead the Programmes Operational Frameworks planning, design, and operationalization process in a collaborative way to ensure program alignment and accountability among the country program team.
- Drive new initiatives to expand/improve programmatic actions.
- Design and contribute to assessments for humanitarian or longer-term programming in existing or new projects’ locations.
- Provide regular internal and external reports, and other relevant information on programme
- activities, policy matters and external relations.

**Staff Management and Capacity building**
- Develop/assess team composition and structure to ensure that it fits the purpose, that staff are well-supported and have manageable workloads.
- Ensure staff are well-supported and have manageable workloads;
- Manage staff cycle accordingly, from need’s analysis, through recruitment process, to staff orientation, staff capacity development andperformance review.
- When needed, draft and/or review scopes of work to hire and manage technical consultants, including review for technical efficacy and contract budget.
- Work with Tdh Global/Regional human resources to ensure technical capacity building for team members and partners are in place to develop stronger expertise in-country.

**Program Quality and Management**
- Ensure effective program planning, coordination, high quality results and joint learning across the
- country strategy, by coordinating with other departments and teams in the delegation, Regional Office, and HQ;
- Oversee systems and tools for efficient project cycle and grants management; and ensure a coordinated approach to risk-management in cooperation with relevant departments and HQ.
- Adopt an evidence-based approach that see the dissemination of lessons learned and best practices within Tdh programme teams, to donors and to other stakeholders (when relevant) in order to ensure synergetic programming and cross-program collaboration.
- Work closely with MEAL department to ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of the operations in accordance with agreed work plans, donor agreements and accountability framework.

**Fundraising and Grants Management**:

- Supervise the reporting about projects, as measured by expected outcomes and indicators and oversee the preparation of timely narrative reports for donors.
- Lead the planning and development of projects' concept notes and proposals with support from the country team.
- Assist the Business Development & Grants Manager and the Country Representative in establishing and maintaining donor relations at country level and in identifying appropriate funding opportunities.
- Ensure that donor funded programs contribute to the aims of the wider Tdh program and are managed in an integrated way.
- With the support of the support services departments, effectively stay abreast of donor policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.

**Partnerships**:

- Contribute to the design and implementation of the partnership strategy including management tools, guidelines, and other resources as needed to effective partnerships management.
- Lead the process of identification of local NGOs/partners and develop partnerships with relevant and complementary partners.
- Improve partnership practices by periodically assessing Tdh’s Egypt partnership management approach considering both Tdh and partners’ perspectives, capture lessons learned and best practices, and make recommendations for improvement.

**Coordination and representation of Tdh**
- Increase/cultivate the visibility and credibility of Tdh in the country and maintain close relations with all relevant stakeholders.
- Aligned with the country strategy and in coordination with the Country Representative, advocate about Tdh with government, donors, and stakeholders, in cluster meetings, workshops, conferences and in other relevant fora.

**Profile**

**Education**

Master's degree in management, social science, international development, humanitarian assistance and/or other relevant field.

**Experience**
- Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, design developing and leading integrated and complex program portfolios - preferably experience in Egypt and the Middle East.
- Proven exp