Vacancy Announcement
We are pleased to inform that, Compassionate Hands For Nepal, a non-government organization has the vacancy for the following posts.
We are looking for highly motivated and compassionate candidates who are interested in humanitarian work and being part of the CHFN family.
Program Manager – 1
Contract Types: Annual Contract
Reports: Executive Director
Project Location: Lalitpur, with frequent field travels
Job Summary:
Experience & Key Competencies:
- Master’s degree from reputed university.
- At least 5 years’ experience in senior management/ leadership in social sector.
- Should have excellent planning, organizational, analytical and decision-making skills.
- Must be proficient in the use of English and Nepali language – both spoken and written.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
- Give executive leadership for the achievement of the vision, mission & strategy of the organization.
- Develop proposals, strategies and policy documents.
- Play a lead role in the formation, implementation and monitoring of the strategic plan.
- Develop and maintain highly tuned relations with donors and key stakeholder groups including. local government and like-minded organizations.
- Regular communication and coordination with the executive committee of the organization.
- Prepare weekly, monthly and project-based action plan for effective implementation of activities.
- Ensure effective implementation of activities in working districts.
- Develop and prepare monitoring plan, regular monitoring and review to ensure the activities are in line with expected outputs.
- Communicate program related information to Executive Director, and management committee, program staff, field staff, and external stakeholders as and when necessary.
- Develop Individual Performance Appraisal (IPA) system and conduct appraisal and review.
- Develop education, awareness and training related materials, such as project briefs, case studies, lesson learning etc.
Finance & Admin Manager – 1
Contract Types: Annual Contract
Reports: Executive Director
Experience & Key Competencies:
- MBA/MBS degree from reputed university
- At least 5 years’ experience on the related field.
- Negotiation skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships.
- Good communication skills – both written and verbal.
- Ability to stick to time constraints.
- Nonprofit experience, with experience with fund/grants accounting preferred.
- Proficiency with Money works or other accounting software and excellent Excel skills.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
- Provide leadership to finance and accounting areas of the organization.
- Provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing strategy and provide guidance and analysis to executive and operational management to improve results.
- Maintain system of accounts and keep books and records on all transactions and assets.
- Prepare and analyze accurate monthly financial and management reports, including income statement, balance sheet, budget and variance, projections and forecast, and cash flow.
- Maintain control of the following areas: general ledger, accounts payable, expense reports, billing, and payroll.
- Assist in the management of grants reporting, compliance, and reconciliation.
MEAL Officer-1
Contract Types: Annual Contract
Reports: Program Manager
Project Location: Lalitpur
Experience & Key Competencies:
- Masters or Bachelor’s degree in monitoring and evaluation; social sciences; systems science, and/or other relevant fields with at least two or three years of relevant professional work experience respectively.
- Experience in use of digital data collection tools is an advantage
- Preferred knowledge of mobile data collection tools such as Kobo Collect or other relevant tool.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, SPSS, STATA, ODK preferred
- Presentation and communication skills both in Nepali and English languages.
- Project planning and budgeting including basic research and analytical skills.
- Good command in project proposal writing in varied donors’ formats and requirement.
- Understanding about project monitoring, evaluation, and use of appropriate tools and methods.
- Demonstrated understanding of direct monitoring and evaluation experience, specifically in the humanitarian and development context.
- Demonstrated experience developing tools and systems for, and building capacity of others in skills related to, program tracking and documentation.
- Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologies, including logical models, conceptual frameworks, and assessment/evaluation.
- Demonstrated experience of implementing beneficiary complaint and feedback mechanisms.
- Familiarity with information management systems and analysis software is a plus.
- Experience in conducting data collection exercises (Qualitative and Quantitative)
- Good interpersonal and motivational/counselling skills.
- Honesty, integrity, and openness in relationship.
- Politeness and respectable behaviour.
- Ability to work under pressure, long work hours, and high workload.
- Ability to independently organize work and prioritize tasks.
- Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
- Develop and/or update M&E tools, databases and monthly reporting formats in close collaboration with the MEAL focal points/Program manager.
- Monitor the status of Project implementation status and its effectiveness against M&E framework and reporting.
- Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation procedures.
- Monitor all project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the project output.
- Recommend further improvement of the logical framework
- Conduct data audits and analysis to ensure high quality data, compile a report showing targets versus actuals and an action plan and send this to the Program Manager.
- Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities;
- Support the staff in mobile data collection using Kobo Collect and other relevant apps to collect and analyze data.
- Advise staff on data management and storage to field staff, in collaboration with office Management.
- Manage the development of effective and sustainable feedback mechanisms to CHFN from program beneficiaries/stakeholders.
- Monitor overall project implementation and provide feedback for Field Office staff.
- Ensure relevant, timely, and quality support to the Field staff on assessments and evaluations; i.e. support in developing the survey tools, data analysis and report writing.
- Attend and participate in meetings with program Managers and Officers on project monitoring and learning updates, achievements, challenges.
- Provide documentation and dissemination of key findings stemming from monitoring, assessment, and other learning activities.
- Track and ensure organized, comprehensive electronic filing of documented findings/analyses.
- When appropriate/applicable, facilitate and participate in information sharing opportunities among CHFN/partners/donors.
- Co-chair project opening/implementation and closing meetings; take these minutes and file accordingly.
- Collect and file success stories, pictures, legal documents etc. and file.
- Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on all project activities to the National Project Director/Project Manager
Project Officer-2
Contract Types: Annual Contract
Reports: Program Manager
Project Location: Lalitpur, with frequent field Travels
Experience & Key Competencies:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in development studies or social sciences.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience working with vulnerable children preferably on NGO.
- Have adequate knowledge on child protection, child rights, assessment and care plan, risk assessment, safeguarding children and child development.
- A very good communication skill with excellent written and spoken Nepali and English.
- Ability to plan and organise work effectively and deal with multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Proven ability in coordination, facilitation and leadership of program.
- Composure, flexible and having proven problem solving and organisational skills.
- Familiar with village set up in remote areas and spending time with rural people.
- Should have excellent working knowledge on Microsoft Office Programmes with Nepali typing skills.
- Having valid Motorbike’s driving license.
- Passionate at helping risked, victimised, poor, disadvantaged and displaced children.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
- Play a key role in planning, designing, budgeting, formulating and implementing the Project.
- Conduct extensive filed visits such as visiting families, relatives and village of the children, assess the socio-economic and family status of the children and link them with each other.
- Maintain link between the children and their families/relatives/communities and facilitate them to be in touched to each other.
- Establish teamwork among all team members and ensure that all activities within the programme will be carried out in line with the organisation’s core objectives.
- Ensure that all the legal formalities, compliances, documentation part, approvals, MoUs of every work have fulfilled and complied properly.
- Build network and work with the local schools and community to monitor the reunified children’s developments thereafter.
- Prepare field visits to supervise the project activities and monitor progress and prepare reports.
- Prepare and update the information of all the direct beneficiaries, stakeholders, working partners, concern departments, officials and other correlated organisations in the area.
- Prepare assessment report, monthly and quarterly progress reports and submit them on time.
Community Mobilizer-2
Contract Types: Annual Contract
Reports: MEAL Officer
Project Location: Helambu Rural Municipality
Experience & Key Competencies:
- Should have completed Intermediate in social science.
- Should have at least 1 years’ experience.
- Good Community Mobilization skills.
- Good interpersonal and coordination skills.
- Committed to travel and work on remote areas.
- Good facilitation and Communication Skills.
- Knowledge and skill in survey, design, estimation, and construction as per supervision.
- Have knowledge and skills on using PRA & RRA tools.
- General knowledge on Internet, Email and Computer.
- Good knowledge and skill on door to door social mobilization mechanism.
- Willingness and enthusiastic to work with vulnerable and marginal community at Helambu Rural Municipality.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
- Keep close contact with community people and monitoring activities and build confidence and win community support and respect while implementing the project activities.
- Work closely and with mutual respect with other staff; senior and junior promoting team spirit.
- Keep track of every household, with the assistance of other staff; on their participation and progress related with project activities.
- Develop periodic plan of the project assigned to him/her and implement that plan.
- Keep in close cooperation with the finance during field activities, make necessary expenses if needed and make the receipts available to the finance officer in a timely manner.
- Keep report of the field activities in given format and time.
- Keep daily diary of the activities done in the project and produce written progress report of field activities on monthly basis and as require.
- Planning and organizing meetings.
- Creating and updating records ensuring accuracy and validity of information.
- Support to office team when his/her support is inevitable to them.
- Handle official work requested by the Project Manager as requirement.
- Support community while mobilizing and organizing groups. At the same time, inform roles and responsibilities of groups.
- CM shall facilitate to the groups formed under the project for their income generation and livelihood activities.
- The CM shall facilitate the monitoring visit to be carried out by the CHFN- staff and other persons in the project and scheme sites by communicating, organizing and mobilizing the community.
- CM shall always counsel the community to comply with all requirements as mentioned in the contract management.
We are an equal opportunity employer and woman applicants are highly encouraged to apply. Candidates meeting the above criteria are requested to email their application (cover letter ,CV, No objection letter from previous employer) to [email protected] with proposed position in the subject line .Only short-listed candidates will be called for further processing in the selection in the process. We reserve the right to reject any/all applications without assigning any reason whatsoever. No telephone inquiries will be entertained.
Note: salary & benefits will be in accordance with CHFN’s Staff policy.
Deadline for Application: 30th June 2020 (5:00 PM)
HR Management
Compassionate Hands For Nepal
Lalitpur-15, Satdobato