NFI Manager

Job Title: NFI Manager
Unit: Cash and Basic Needs, Program
Salary Range and Band: 7B
Duty Station: Kharkiv, Ukraine

OBJECTIVES:  

The NFI Manager will oversee day to day implementation of the in-kind assistance delivered by the Cash and Basic Needs team, namely Non-Food Items, programming in Ukraine, including supporting strategic planning, decision making, and working in collaboration with the Cash and Basic Needs Coordinator and Economic Recovery & Development Managers to ensure timely, effective and coordinated programs. Ensuring that program modality decisions are informed by needs and market function in our response areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program quality/Management and implementation
The NFI Manager is responsible specific project coordination with partners and directly in line with the IRC Country Strategic within IRC international priorities, frameworks and policies.
Provide technical support for NFI activities; define and implement activities to achieve the greatest coverage and impact possible.
Provide quality control and coordination to strengthen program outcomes.
Develop and adhere to detailed implementation plans to ensure program implementation is on time, target and budget, using effective M&E systems and adaptive management principles to reach desired impacts.
Collaborate with key staff and senior members of other technical sectors to prepare work-plans with clear objectives and achievement benchmarks, long-term and short-term priorities, implementation plans, financial projections and tools for evaluation.

Partnerships
Identify and develop partnerships with local and international implementing partners as appropriate for program design and service to clients based on IRC’s PEERS standards of equal and effective partnership.
Strengthen relationships with local municipalities and partners in project sites.

Team management/Staff Supervision & Development
Oversee project implementation team and ensure that all staff are following work plans.
Support staff technical capacity building plans that promotes a culture of learning through systematic analysis and reflection of program data and lessons learned and ensure staffs receive training accordingly.
Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
Provide continuous performance feedback to staff; identify performance issues and work with staff and Human Resources to document and address issues in a timely manner.
Assist with and as necessary lead the recruitment of NFI or ERD personnel as requested.


Coordination & Representation
Per directed by the Cash and Basic Needs coordinator, develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
As directed, attend relevant cluster and working group meetings at appropriate levels.
Support the development of partnerships with local private sector actors and municipalities.

Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability and learning
Ensure proper data collection and information management systems are used for projects in-line with MEAL support.
Analyze relevant data and share information for projects to support learning and adaptive management.
Support written program evaluations and reviews ensure documentation of lessons learned informing reporting and program development.
Support the ERD Coordinator and client responsiveness officers in addressing complaint and feedback from clients and partners

Business Development
Support co-design sessions that involve potential partners and are responsive to client needs
Support the development of concept notes and proposals related to ERD programming expansion with NFI and continuation, including budgets, logical frameworks, relevant indicators, and written narratives.

Reporting
Support Cash and Basic Needs program with narrative reports regarding NFI for review by CBN Coordinator and Grants team.
Support the provision of up-to-date information on success stories to Comms and Advocacy team

Professional Standards
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs
All IRC staff are required to adhere to the IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Education:  a university degree in International Development, Business Administration, Economics, or Humanitarian Response preferred.

Demonstrated Skills and COMPETENCIES:

Experience in NFI distribution, cash and voucher assistance, livelihoods, social protection, and/or other humanitarian and development programmes with demonstrated experience in both direct implementation and working with partners.
Previous experience managing programming in complex contexts as well as ability to manage, supervise, coach and mentor staff.
Experience in effectively managing program budgets and workplans.


Demonstrated knowledge of gender and proficiency in managing projects that mainstream gender

Proven ability to work well in and promote teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure with professional grace.
Willingness to travel to different cities within Ukraine.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook

Languages Requirements: Fluency in Ukrainian and English. Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present to groups of all sizes.
Self-starter with ability to work independently and part of a team.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure and handle multiple simultaneous tasks and demands coming from multiple sources.
Hard-working, sharp and detailed oriented.
Exceptional interpersonal skills; tact, patience, diplomacy, and appropriate assertiveness.
Proficiency in MS Office software suite – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Experience working with databases and/or other tracking systems.

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