Programme Manager

Vacancy Announcement

Date of Published: 1 January 2025

National Environment & Equity Development Society (NEEDS) Nepal is a humanitarian and development organization dedicated to improving socio-economic development, humanitarian action/DRR/CCA & safer migration, and anti-human trafficking in Sudurpaschim province since 1999. NEEDS Nepal has three core working sectors i) Safe Migration & Economic Development, ii) Environment, Climate Change & Disaster Resilience, iii) Education, Health & WASH  with  GESI, Good Governance, and Humanitarian Response as cross-cutting themes. NEEDS Nepal has developed its expertise in these sectors and various subsectors, specifically in safer migration, prevention of human trafficking, technical education & vocational training, climate resilience, economic development, livelihood, infrastructure development, humanitarian response, urban-DRR, disaster risk reduction, and management & flood resilience.

NEEDS Nepal is implementing an Enhancing Safe Labour Migration project with the funding support of BMZ/AWO International from 1st January 2023 to 31st December2025 in Adarsha Rural municipality, Doti district.

We are looking for potential Nepalese candidates for the following positions:

i)        Programme Manager (PM)-1 (100% Project Office base-Adarsha RM Doti): 

S/he is responsible for overall project management; planning, implementation, reporting, documentation, coordination, monitoring & evaluation, networking, team mobilization, and technical backstop to project staffs. Applicants have excellent spoken and written skills in English with at least 4years of intensive working experience having officer/managerial positions in safe migration, anti-human trafficking, and entrepreneurship/livelihood themes. Applicant should have at least a master's degree in any discipline ( priority will be given to development studies). Applicants must be able to handle office packages (Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint, email/internet and another means of virtual meetings). S/he need to travel frequently to project working wards and communities.

Safeguarding & PSEA

NEEDS Nepal has a zero-tolerance policy and approach to any abuse, sexual harassment, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, volunteers, consultant, and suppliers.  All individuals and institutions have committed to respecting the core principles regarding the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the organization safeguarding policy, PSEA& code of conduct that is associated with the organization. 

NEEDS Nepal has expected from all the staff to share this commitment through Safeguarding, PSEA Policy, and Code of Conduct. All staff must be committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants, or others, are treated with respect and dignity. 

How to Apply

Qualified & eligible national citizens are highly encouraged to apply with their updated CV along with a motivation letter& expected salary in gross per month to the following email address, hr@needsnepal.org.np by 07th January 2025. Women, ethnic minorities, and local applicants are highly encouraged to apply. No telephone calls will be entertained and this automatically disqualifies in the recruitment process. 

The Human Resource Management committee of NEEDS Nepal will reserve all rights to make the final decision.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the further recruitment process. The remuneration and other benefits package shall be as per NEEDS Nepal HRM policy & guidelines.

Job Descriptions (JD) for Programme Manager (100% field base position at Adarsha RM Doti)

A.        Programmatic Responsibilities (90%):

1.        Planning and Implementation (30%):

• Prepare detailed implementation plan (DIP), periodic plans; annual, quarterly, and monthly, and approval from management meeting of the respective organization with a consultation with the funding partner.
• Develop plans with a sustainable approach linked to national priorities, and programs and links to sustainable development goals.
• Facilitate/support day-to-day field implementation ensuring appropriate process, considering the time/period, and results of log-frame.
• Develop and share monitoring supervision and monitoring plan with the executive board, LPAC, and Social Welfare Council (SWC) and arrange the field visits.

2.       Coordination, Collaboration, and Linkages (30%):

• Coordinate with AWO International, executive boards of NEEDS, district-level stakeholders, local government/units, media persons and other I/NGOs, and CBOs for building synergy and energy for implementation and achieving the results with sustainable aspects.
• Close coordination with local government/representatives, local level stakeholders, and I/NGOs working in respective geography and social structures.
• Coordinate with provincial and national-level actors in migration and human trafficking for policy advocacy and lobbying.

3.         Supervision and Monitoring (15%):

• Monitor activity implementation process considering the plan and result framework.
• Track budget Vs expenditure monthly basis.
• Supervise the field staff and works as a monthly action plan and mobilize effectively to achieve the intended results.
• Manage monitoring visits by the local project advisory committee (LPAC), executive board members, and funding partners.

4.        Reporting and Documentation (15%):

• Prepare monthly project updates, and bi-annual and annual qualitative and quantitative reports (narrative and database) and share them with funding partners.
• Document the project innovation/good practices with the process and results innovatively and disseminate in appropriate forums. 
• Document the problems and challenges and develop & share a mitigation plan.

B.    Organizational Responsibilities (10%):

• Support to develop and submitting half-yearly project progress and share in the workshop
• Support to develop and sharing programmatic fiscal year-wise plan and submit it to respective local government before planning with a consultation to NEEDS Nepal
• Enabling environment for application and implementation of provisions of organizational policies, guidelines, and by-laws Human Resource Management Committee

• Human Resource Management Committee

  NEEDS Nepal