Program Manager

Project HOPE

Program Management

• Lead and manage multisectoral programs across Health, WASH, Nutrition, and Protection.
• Support new project start up and oversee all aspects related to ongoing program activities, including planning, organizing, leading staff, and monitoring.
• Ensure programs are aligned with strategic objectives, donor expectations, and humanitarian standards.
• Monitor financial planning and ensure appropriate budget utilization and burn rate tracking across all program sectors.
• Oversee project design, assessments, implementation, and evaluations in coordination with relevant departments.
• Provide day-to-day support where needed, ensuring quality and compliance.
• Lead program start-up and close-out activities, including refinement of tools, processes, and documentation.
• Ensure cross-sectoral learning and integration between teams.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, partners, stakeholders, and donors.

Monitoring and Project Quality

• Work closely with the Country Team Lead and directly coordinate with team to ensure smooth and accountable program implementation.
• Ensure consistent application of sectoral standards (Sphere, WHO, CHS, INEE) across Health, WASH, Nutrition, and Protection activities.
• Ensure health programs utilize minimum standards, standardized protocols, policies and guidelines according to Ministry of Health and WHO.
• Oversee the collection and timely reporting of data and statistics (including objectives, indicators and outcomes of health programs) according to internal and donor requirements.
• Work closely with Project Support Officer to ensure proper data collection, analysis, and reporting, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to donors and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure MEAL activities are embedded within each program and promote adaptive learning and accountability.
• Ensure timely and adequate provision of supplies and coordination of logistics for multisectoral programs.
• Maintain strong communication with internal and external stakeholders regarding program updates.
• Promote and monitor adherence to PSEA and safeguarding standards across all interventions.
• Ensure all stakeholders, including senior management team, the Global Health Team and donors are provided with updates, following the established reporting structures.
• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Project HOPE and amongst beneficiaries served by Project HOPE.
• Adhere to Code of Conduct, maintain Humanitarian Principles and respect lnternational Humanitarian Law.

Coordination

• Contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the application of the organization's Code of Conduct, ethics, values and standpoint with regard to internal and external actors.
• Ensure project progress through communication with Country Team Lead, Regional Management Team, Global Health and Finance departments to ensure coordination of supplies is consistent with management of budgets, including budget forecasting, development of spending plans.
• Ensure integrated, multisectoral approaches across programming to respond effectively to community needs.
• Coordinate with Finance, HR, and Logistics to ensure seamless program operations.
• Promote knowledge management, documentation of lessons learned, and evidence-based decision- making.

Reporting

• Prepare timely, accurate, and donor-compliant reports on program activities, outcomes, and challenges.
• Ensure internal reporting is submitted to Country Team Lead and relevant departments in line with organizational standards.
• Support external communication with donors and stakeholders by providing clear, concise, and evidence-based updates.

Fundraising & Opportunities

• Identify potential funding opportunities, including grants, partnerships relevant to Lebanon programming.
• Conduct research on donor priorities, eligibility, and alignment with organizational strategic objectives.
• Support development of fundraising strategies and workplans in coordination with Country Team Lead.
• Maintain relationships with current and prospective donors, partners, and networks to enhance program sustainability.

Proposal writing

• Draft high-quality, technically sound, and donor-compliant proposals for new and continuing projects.
• Coordinate inputs from program, finance, Supply Chain, and MEAL teams to ensure accuracy and completeness of proposals.
• Review and edit proposals to ensure clarity, alignment with donor requirements, and integration of organizational priorities.
• Track proposal submission timelines and ensure compliance with internal approval processes.

Other duties as assigned