Women Acting Together for Change (WATCH)

NGO / INGO / Development Projects

Program Manager/Officer

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NGO / INGO / Social work

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Senior Level

Full Time

Vacancy: 2

Kathmandu|

Experience: More than 2 years|

NRs. 25,000 - 30,000 Monthly

Job Description

Roles and responsibilities of this job

The Program Manager will provide project management support from Kathmandu, nurture positive relationships with donors, and conduct field assignments as needed. The Program Manager will join a dynamic team of professionals who are passionate about WATCH’s vision. mission and values, and who thrive working in a highly collaborative environment. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued growth of a vibrant organization with a strong record of achievement in the democracy, governance and organizing rural women and disadvantaged people, and which is well respected by donors and local organizations alike. We are a committed staff with a collegial and supportive office culture, and a shared passion and belief in our work.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Program Manager performs a variety of complex work assignments within their program portfolio, working closely with field teams and contributing to technical aspects of program design and implementation, as well as business development and proposal activities. Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Program Management

Work under the supervision of the Director to ensure effective implementation of programming and performance objectives are met within timeline and budget;
Support effective relationships and coordination with local implementing organizations, project partners, and donors; conducting periodic project/partner check-ins and apply effective problem-solving skills when faced with challenges related to implementation and/or contextual factors;
Draft project-related documents, including quarterly and final reports for donors, project workplans, and communications plans;
Support the negotiation, management, and monitoring of sub-grants and contracts with international and national partners;
Organize logistics and travel for in-field visits,
Develop creative solutions for minimizing program disruption due to COVID-19 and other extraordinary circumstances that would cause programming implementation delays;
Support and contribute toward project or program evaluation reports; and
Fulfill other program management duties as assigned.

Financial Management

Ensure compliance of all fiscal and performance activities with WATCH’s policies and procedures and funder regulations; and
Work closely with internal finance team to monitor project budgets, including analyzing projections versus actuals, forecasting and recasting, and preparing modifications (e.g., realignments, cost and no-cost extensions), producing invoices, reviewing monthly financial reports, preparing advance requests, wire requests, travel authorizations and expense reports.

Business Development

Provide support to business development processes, including drafting concept notes, writing sections of proposal narratives, supporting the development of budgets, and generating any supplementary materials, such as monitoring and evaluation plans and logic frameworks;
Interface with donors, partner organizations, and other stakeholders as part of continual outreach and positioning of WATCH; and
Identify and suggest solutions to implementation obstacles or donor concerns.

Job Specification

Required qualifications for this job

Required Education Level:Graduate (Masters)

Required Experience:More than 2 years

Skills Required

Required skills for this job

Problem Solving

Project Management

Project Coordination

Salary

Offered financial and non-financial compensation for this job

Offered Salary:NRs. 25,000 - 30,000 Monthly

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About the organization

Women Acting Together for Change (WATCH)

NGO / INGO / Development Projects

572/45 Ram Mandir Marga,, Battis Putali. Kathmandu, Nepal

WATCH is a women's organization started in 1992. It mainly works with disadvantaged people, women, PLWHA, sex workers, people with disabilities and leorosy, etc. Its activities are in the villages. It also works with users groups like community forestry user groups and irrigation user groups.

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