Christian Children’s Fund of Canada Job Vacancy For Program Manager

Job Description

The Program Manager (PM) is CCFC’s manager in the country office, focusing on assisting the Country Director in managing program partners in an assigned geographic area to plan, implement, monitor, train and evaluate project activities supported by CCFC. The Program Manager also provides support to the New Business Development/Grants Manager in acquiring and managing grants and related projects from both local and international development funding agencies.
The position is located in our Tamale, Ghana office. 

The Program Manager is accountable for the overall leadership and implementation of programs in the country office and achievement of program goals and objectives including meeting standards, and mitigating known risk including but not limited to:

• Leading the development of policies, strategies and operational plans for programs and projects.
• Visiting programs and projects regularly for the purpose of ensuring plan implementation, and to monitor program implementation, sponsorship and financial activities. Ensure compliance with CCFC and donor policies, procedures and guidelines to support the quality assurance and quality control initiatives. Undertake constructive intervention when necessary.
• Directing and providing guidance to partners in participatory planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes for program/project related activities
• Leading the facilitation of community mobilization and capacity building efforts of CCFC Country Office partners and the communities served through networking, advocacy and awareness rising.
• Coordinating various projects and ensuring that they are completed on schedule in sync with donor guidelines.
• Support the successful implementation of the Global and Country

Required Skills or Experience

• Degree in a relevant development field; post-graduate degree an asset
• Minimum seven years work experience in the development field with at least two years in a leadership role
• Minimum two years’ experience building relationships with development agencies, funding agencies and writing successful concept papers, grant proposals and donor reports
• Program/project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation experience, including budgeting and reporting
• Professional expertise in one or more of CCFC’s key sectors: micro-enterprise development (MED), education, health, and/or water and sanitation is an asset
• Experience in practicing Results Based Management (RBM) and in using Participatory Development Approach (PDA) tools.
• Excellent skills in group facilitation, training, capacity-building and community mobilization. Ability to travel nationally and occasionally internationally.
• Excellent interpersonal communications, relationship-building, conflict management and networking skills, especially when developing / maintaining contacts and influencing development and funding agencies
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written, including public speaking, networking and presentation skills
• Bilingualism in French and English communication skills is a strong asset
• Strong computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet; intermediate MS Project
• Commitment to CCFC’s Vision, Mission and Values

Candidate must also demonstrate the following attributes: 

• Results-oriented, well-organized and detail-oriented
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and experience
• Works effectively independently and in a team setting.