[Jobs] FW: Job Announcement - Program Support Officer for Handicap International - Fluency in French and Experinece in Developing Countries Essential

Thu Mar 29 08:58:42 CST 2007

-----Original Message-----
From: Roffee, Margaret - ODEP [mailto:Roffee.Margaret at dol.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:12 AM
To: Roffee, Margaret - ODEP
Subject: Job Announcement - Program Support Officer for Handicap
International - Fluency in French and Experinece in Developing Countries
Essential

Program Support Officer - Takoma Park, MD
Handicap International (HI) improves the living conditions of people
living in disabling situations in 60 post-conflict or low income
countries around the world.  HI's eight national associations, based in
Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United
Kingdom, and the U.S., work together to provide human and financial
resources, manage projects and raise awareness of Handicap
International's work.  HI is seeking a program support officer to
oversee its grants and to mobilize funding resources for HI programs
worldwide. This individual will perform a variety of tasks including
grant management and resource mobilization from institutional donors
including USAID and the Department of State.  People with disabilities
are encouraged to apply.  Knowledge of French and willingness to travel
essential.  Salary: mid-30s - mid 40s commensurate with experience.
Excellent benefits.  Deadline to apply: April 30, 2007.  Send resume/CV,
cover letter and salary history as email attachments to Ed Kenny,
ekenny at handicap-international.us  

Program Support Officer

Job Title:
Program Support Officer

Branch:
Program

Reports To:
Executive Director

Number of Direct Subordinates:                        0

Grade:
3

Location:
Takoma Park, MD

Purpose of the Job

The Program Support Officer (PSO), under the supervision of the
Executive Director, will work closely with HI-Belgium and HI France's
institutional funding managers to mobilize institutional support for
HI's development and emergency response programs worldwide.  The PSO, in
coordination with the Senior Program Officer for Administration and
Advocacy, is responsible for grant management including reporting,
monitoring and evaluation of all HI programs funded through Handicap
International (US).
___________________________________________________________________

The Program Support Officer shall:

Program Support 

1.      Have a thorough knowledge of HI's programs and be able to
communicate program activities and HI's overall development strategies
to a wide variety of institutional funding sources;  

2.      Participate in HI program seminars, technical seminars and other
internal events related to the HI network's intervention strategies; 

3.      Establish and maintain regular contact with the Desk Officers
and Field Program Directors of HI France and HI Belgium so as to
anticipate funding and staffing needs; 

Program Resource Mobilization 

4.      Develop contacts with governmental and non-governmental
institutions in the United States and introduce HI's work to those
institutions; 

5.      Organize meetings or working groups between the relevant HI
personnel and these institutions;

6.      Contribute towards the development of HI's overall financial
strategy by tracking the short, medium and long-term funding
strategies/trends of key institutional funding organisations in the
United States including identification of geographical areas and themes
of interest;

7.      Communicate these strategies to the institutional funding
managers of the two operational platforms and to relevant field program
directors; 

8.      Monitor calls for proposals of potential interest to HI field
staff and inform HI France and HI Belgium institutional funding staff
about those calls of potential interest;  

9.      Prepare analysis of the guidelines and general terms and
conditions of key funding institutions for use by all HI staff; 

10. Prepare the documentation for and participate in the monthly
Resource Allocation Committee (RAC) teleconference; 

Program Grant Management:

11. Provide assistance with the writing of project documents to be
submitted to national funding organisations in accordance with the
organizations' specific guidelines;

12. Prepare Joint Implementation Contracts, including a time table for
reporting and other communication requirements, for signature by the
Executive Director;  

13. Monitor project implementation, in collaboration with the Desk
Officer and the Field Programme Director, by analyzing interim narrative
and financial reports  and alert the program staff and the Executive
Director in the event of non-compliance;

14. Plan regular monitoring visits to the program and projects financed,
in collaboration with the relevant Desk Officer; 

15. Prepare terms of reference defining mission objectives for the Desk
Officer (DO) and Field Programme Director (FPD);

16. Write a report for the DO and FPD after each visit and follow up to
ensure that recommendations called for in the report are met;    

17. Ensure timely and accurate financial and narrative reporting to
funders in compliance with guidelines and terms of the funding contract;
and

18. Participate in internal program reviews of those programs funded by
this office and help prepare the HI network's multi-year strategy for
those programs so as to better understand, enrich and represent the
program context of the projects in which it is involved. 

Qualifications

-           Bachelor and/or masters' degree in political science,
international development or related field;

-           3 + years field experience in the developing world,
preferably for a non-profit NGO;

-           Demonstrated competence in program design and monitoring and
evaluation; 

Demonstrated competence in mobilizing resources for development and
emergency response programs;  

-           Understanding of USAID, Department of State and multilateral
funding mechanisms; 

-           Excellent interpersonal skills, highly organized and able to
handle multiple tasks simultaneously;

-           Excellent written English and oral communications skills;
and written and spoken French.  

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-----Original Message-----
From:
Roffee, Margaret - ODEP [mailto:Roffee.Margaret at dol.gov]
Sent:
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:12 AM
To:
Roffee, Margaret - ODEP
Subject:
Job Announcement - Program Support Officer for Handicap International - Fluency in French and Experinece in Developing Countries Essential
Program Support Officer &#8211;
Takoma Park
,
MD
Handicap International (HI) improves the living conditions of people living in disabling situations in 60 post-conflict or low income countries around the world.

HI&#8217;s eight national associations, based in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the U.S., work together to provide human and financial resources, manage projects and raise awareness of Handicap International&#8217;s work.

HI is seeking a program support officer to oversee its grants and to mobilize funding resources for HI programs worldwide. This individual will perform a variety of tasks including grant management and resource mobilization from institutional donors including USAID and the Department of State.

People with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Knowledge of French and willingness to travel essential.

Salary: mid-30s &#8211; mid 40s commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits.

Deadline to apply: April 30, 2007.

Send resume/CV, cover letter and salary history as email attachments to
Ed
Kenny,
mailto:ekenny at handicap-international.us ekenny at handicap-international.us

Program Support Officer

Job Title
:

Program Support Officer
Branch
:

Program
Reports To
:

Executive Director
Number of Direct Subordinates
:

Grade:

3
Location:

Takoma Park
,
MD

Purpose of the Job

The Program Support Officer (PSO), under the supervision of the Executive Director, will work closely with HI-Belgium and HI France&#8217;s institutional funding managers to mobilize institutional support for HI&#8217;s development and emergency response programs worldwide.

The PSO, i
n coordination with the Senior Program Officer for Administration and Advocacy, is responsible for grant management
including reporting, monitoring and evaluation of all HI programs funded through Handicap International (US).

___________________________________________________________________

The Program Support Officer shall:

Program Support
1.

Have a thorough knowledge of HI&#8217;s programs and be able to communicate program activities and HI&#8217;s overall development strategies to a wide variety of institutional funding sources;

2.

Participate in HI program seminars, technical seminars and other internal events related to the HI network&#8217;s intervention strategies;
3.

Establish and maintain regular contact with the Desk Officers and Field Program Directors of HI France and HI Belgium so as to anticipate funding and staffing needs;

Program Resource Mobilization
4.

Develop contacts with governmental and non-governmental institutions in the
United States
and introduce HI&#8217;s work to those institutions;
5.

Organize meetings or working groups between the relevant HI personnel and these institutions;
6.

Contribute towards the development of HI&#8217;s overall financial strategy by t
racking
the short, medium and long-term funding strategies/trends of key institutional funding organisations in the
United States
including identification of geographical areas and themes of interest;
7.

Communicate these strategies to the institutional funding managers of the two operational platforms and to relevant field program directors;
8.

Monitor calls for proposals of potential interest to HI field staff and inform HI France and HI Belgium institutional funding staff about those calls of potential interest;

9.

Prepare analysis of the guidelines and general terms and conditions of key funding institutions for use by all HI staff;
10.
Prepare the documentation for and participate in the monthly Resource Allocation Committee (RAC) teleconference;

Program Grant Management:
11.
Provide assistance with the writing of project documents to be submitted to national funding organisations in accordance with the organizations&#8217; specific guidelines;
12.
Prepare Joint Implementation Contracts, including a time table for reporting and other communication requirements, for signature by the Executive Director;

13.
Monitor project implementation, in collaboration with the Desk Officer and the Field Programme Director, by analyzing interim narrative and financial reports

and alert the program staff and the Executive Director in the event of non-compliance;
14.
Plan regular monitoring visits to the program and projects financed, in collaboration with the relevant Desk Officer;
15.
Prepare terms of reference defining mission objectives for the Desk Officer (DO) and Field Programme Director (FPD);
16.
Write a report for the DO and FPD after each visit and follow up to ensure that recommendations called for in the report are met;

17.
Ensure timely and accurate financial and narrative reporting to funders in compliance with guidelines and terms of the funding contract; and
18.
Participate in internal program reviews of those programs funded by this office and help prepare the HI network&#8217;s multi-year strategy for those programs so as to better understand, enrich and represent the program context of the projects in which it is involved.

Qualifications
-

Bachelor and/or masters&#8217; degree in political science, international development or related field;
-

3 + years field experience in the developing world, preferably for a non-profit NGO;
-

Demonstrated competence in program design and monitoring and evaluation;
Demonstrated competence in mobilizing resources for development and emergency response programs;

-

Understanding of USAID, Department of State and multilateral funding mechanisms;
-

Excellent interpersonal skills, highly organized and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously;
-

Excellent written English and oral communications skills; and written and spoken French.