·       Manager as a role model: embody HI’s values on a daily basis, and be a role model.

·       Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for his or her team, lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each management action. Encourage inter and intra departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and analyses risk-taking.

·       Operational manager: organize the operational management of his or her team, structure the work around identified processes, steer performance and facilitate the resolution of problems.

·       First HR & Coach: contribute to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset and expected individual and collective behavior and ensure onboarding and mandatory trainings as well as continuous professional development with relevant technical support.

Mission 2: Strategy and steering 

Contribute to the development of the programme’s operational strategy 

·       Contribute to programme or country operational strategy (StratOp).

·       Draft new project proposals for the continuity or expansion of the project.

·       Contribute to the drafting of new proposals for new opportunities, if necessary.

Mission 3: Operational implementation 

Responsibility 1: Ensure the implementation of the project, in line with the logical framework and allocated budget 

·       Steer the project’s intervention strategy and put forward adjustments if the objectives change or if it is likely that they will not be met.

·       Ensure that activities and the associated resources are planned, and implement the action plan.

·       Ensure that activities are implemented in line with the project proposal and the allocated budget.

·       Ensure project reporting, internally (within the programme) and externally (reporting to funding bodies, authorities and/or partners).

·       Undertake expenditure and manage the project activity-specific budget lines according to the delegation he/she received based on the programme signature delegation table

·       Prepare and manage partnerships with the project implementation partners.

·       Guarantee the proper archiving of information.

Responsibility 2: Ensure that project implementation complies with the existing frameworks 

·       Ensure the proper implementation and follow-up of institutional policies (specifically PME, PSEAH and Age-Gender-Disability policies) and the other HI internal standards (such as the Inclusive Education Policy).

·       Ensure compliance with the terms of the project proposal and the rules applied by the project funding body/bodies.

·       Ensure compliance with global technical standards and norms by communicating and by involving the technical specialists and advisors with expertise in the project themes.

Responsibility 3: Ensure project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning

·       Ensure project monitoring, specifically activity progress indicators and the expected outcomes.

·       Develop and implement the project evaluation plan.

·       Ensure that the project is accountable to the local stakeholders.

·       Ensure project learning, taking into account lessons learned from similar previous projects, following the recommendations made throughout the project (from evaluations, support missions, audits, etc.), and capitalizing on the acquired knowledge.

Responsibility 4: Ensure project data management

·       Ensure that the appropriate data collection and management tools are in place on the project, in line with global standards and ensuring all data collected are disaggregated by Gender, Age and Disability and enabling an individual follow up of the children with disabilities.

·       Ensure that data related to the project is collected and compiled in the project database.

·       Carry out regular checks and makes any necessary corrections to the activity database.

Responsibility 5: Coordinate the teams involved in the project

·       Facilitate coordination meetings between his/her direct team and the support services located in the area when necessary.

·       Ensure that his/her team and the support teams (shared and technical services, in particular) work well together in order to facilitate the implementation of the project in the country.

·       Facilitate the project steering committee.

Responsibility 6: Contribute to external project communication

·       Contribute to HI’s external influence by taking part in different networks as relevant like    join education coordinating platform (e.g. education cluster) and regular meetings with the Ministry of education, when required.

·       Communicate about the project to partners, authorities and stakeholders when relevant.

Mission 4: Emergency Preparedness and Response

·       Lead the emergency preparedness actions in his/her department and, in the event of an emergency, reorganize the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian priority, in order to ensure a quick and efficient response by HI.