Project Manager Position Description:

The Project Manager will manage the overall implementation of the BRiCKK Project and shall ensure compliance with WVIN’s sectoral and quality standards, Government’s policies and industry norms. The role will be responsible for managing the project and monitoring the performance of staffs, ensuring that project staffs have access to appropriate technical and functional support, and managing relationships with sectoral key stakeholders including Local Governments, Federation of Nepal Brick Industry (FNBI) and Civil Society Organizations. She/he has to lead the integrated project pertinent to education, protection and livelihood project applying multi sectoral approaches to implement law, policy and direction in brick industry, enhanced alternative skill of livelihood of worker in brick industry and improve occupational safety and health of children and families in brick industries. 

She/he will also be responsible for ensuring quality delivery of the project at implementing sites by maximizing the impact as per project priorities. The position holder will be engaged actively to child labour free campaign throughout the Project. 

Reports to: CDS Executive Director and Matrix Reporting to BRiCKK Project Coordinator at WVIN

Direct Reports: Project Officer – Protection and Livelihood and Field Officers 

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide management to Protection project and monitor performance of project team in implementation of project ensuring projects are delivered on scope, on time and on budget as per the agreements 
  
• Identify, assess, and communicate risks associated with the implementation of project, and development of mitigation measures 
  
• With guidance from Field Coordinator-Protection ensure appropriate analysis and project results, including sharing of results and continuous improvements of project design and implementation 
  
• Lead the district/provincial and federallevel coordination and initiate different initiatives to align the project impacts with the government strategy and plan e.g. National Master Plan to eradicate child labour, Occupational Safety and Health Directives for Brick Industry Worker, Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)Act, Children’s Act
  
• In coordination with Field Coordinator-Protection relationships and engagement with government line agencies, other INGOs/NGOs, research institutions and private sector at local and district levels in alignment with project strategy/plan
  
• Coordinate organizational processes with which WVIN’s Protection TPs and projects have to be engaged including but not limited to annual planning and budgeting process and audit 
  
• Provide timely feedback to the project staffs in time to guide the project on its quality and standard. 
  
• Ensure Planning, Implementing, Monitoring and Reporting of the project is on time and with quality
  

Academic Qualification and Experience: 

• Bachelor in Social Work or relevant discipline 
  
• Five year of experience in Child protection related project (preferably integrated project in education, protection and livelihood focusing to end child labour)
  

Sector Knowledge:

• Knowledge related on Government policy, programme priorities, needs and issues in relation to the sector priorities 
  
• Well informed and disseminate message on WVIN Protection Sector TA, TP and priorities, project model (Child Protection & Advocacy - system strengthening, Life skills) 
  
• Good Knowledge on child Protection and Gender Child Labour, Livelihood and education approaches, theory of change for the protection sector
  
• Knowledge on child marriage, child labour and gender-based violence and systemic approach and ability to analyze context to inform the project
  

Project Management:

• Good understanding on operation issues like timely and quality delivery of services, good planning and monitoring skill.
  
• Good understanding on donor reporting (for private non sponsorship project) system and capacity to meet the standards
  
• Good understanding on the Implementation guideline and able to mentor it to the project staffs
  
• Good knowledge on the project management tool 
  
• Sound knowledge & skill on project risk analysis and management.
  
• Good Analytical Skills to analysis project related data and incorporate in the report
  
• Good ability in report writing skills for developing the periodic report like monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual
  
• Sound knowledge on supply chain management and able to manage the risks on time to support the efficient implementation 
  
• Monthly and quarterly target and expense tracking and review of expenses
  
• Monthly budget forecast and planning skills and able to manage the finance efficiently
  
• Verification of vouchers and guide to project staffs while support needed
  
• Good understanding on Internal and external audit management
  
• Meet financial requirement and deadline as per compliances
  
• Good understanding on financial management system like supporting documents for voucher, advance settlement process, managing the under-spends etc
  

Capacity Building

• Sound skills in capacity assessment/Training Need Assessment process and tools for staffs and target group
  
• Skills on project staffs mentoring and onsite support
  
• Good planning skills for project staffs development and growth.
  
• Good skills in guiding the process of staff career development plan 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

• Sound skills to make periodic Design, Monitoring and Evaluation plan
  
• Sound knowledge on monitoring tools and methods
  
• Good analysis and presentation skills
  
• Skills to incorporate the findings/feedback into programming
  
• Project database (such as producer database) establishment monitoring  and interpretation skill

Relationship Management:

• Skills on Stakeholders mapping and mobilization for broader benefit of the project
  
• Good skills on facilitation of meeting and proper documentation 
  
• Capacity to identify local advocacy issues and priorities around protection programming
  
• Maintaining the database with the information of Local Level Child Protection System, stakeholders, and Life skills  and its  update and  monitoring  
  
• Interpretation skill to manage relationship with the Line Agencies and other like-minded organization
  
• Presentation skills in different forum and network