Job Description
We're searching for a Senior Programs Manager (SPM) who has proven management experience and the ability to effectively develop teams. As Senior Programs Manager, you will have the opportunity to manage program design, grants acquisition, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation processes, while working alongside the Country Director (CD) to support, coordinate, and provide leadership at our Samaritan's Purse office in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Let God put your talents to use for a humanitarian cause with an eternal purpose. Join us, today!
The job:
- Liaise between Samaritan's Purse DRC and governmental authorities, UN agencies, other INGOs, NGOs, donors and Samaritan's Purse Affiliates - representing Samaritan's Purse DRC, obtaining information & resources, and facilitating collaboration.
- Supervise and manage Program Managers (PM) and Program Development Officer (PDO).
- Guide & empower PMs in their program leadership roles in order to meet programmatic objectives in ethical, timely, efficient, and cost-effective ways that are consistent with internal and external donor, and international standards.
- Support Deputy Country Director and PMs with coordination between programs and operations, in particular with Supply Chain and Base logistics to ensure that project requests are processed in a timely manner and project inputs are transported, received, stocked, distributed, used, and disposed of in accordance to project objectives and donor standards.
- In collaboration with CD, lead in the process of identifying new program initiatives.
- Lead the design process of concept papers and full proposals, and provide the final review of all proposals and concept notes prior to submission.
- Facilitate successive and continuous program development with high standards in appropriateness, timeliness, and effectiveness of sector programs for sustainability, donor compliance, and accountability.
- Provide CD regular updates and reports about programs, and ensure that reports to donors, headquarters, and other stakeholders are submitted in a timely manner.
- Review program finance reports, analyzing the information, and providing useful feedback to PMs and Finance Manager regarding program activity & spending.
- Visit program field sites to encourage leaders, provide staff support, address challenges, and explore potential new program opportunities.
- Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, its donors and volunteers.
- Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public.
- Assess, manage, and report critical physical, emotional, or spiritual concerns of supervised staff.
The requirements:
- Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university plus three to four years of experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral proficiency in English.
- Ability to read, speak and write in French.
- Demonstrated leadership ability and international field experience in managing multi-million USD humanitarian grants through institutional donors such as USAID, IHA, ECHO, and DFID.
- Experience in program design, developing proposals, M&E documents, work-plans, budgets and other design documents.
- Experience working in developing world context.
- Experience in managing program staff and implementation.
- Proven competence to manage staff cross-culturally.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- Ability to develop and carry out work plans and solve problems independently.
The perks:
- Medical, prescription, dental & vision coverage
- Disability insurance
- Term Life insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Ten paid holidays (holiday observance will depend on the host country)
- Annual home leave
- Twelve vacation days per year
Samaritan’s Purse Distinct Objectives:
PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL - EXALT Christ and share the Gospel while working in His Name around the world
SERVE WITH EXCELLENCE - EXCEED the world’s standard while serving the purposes of God’s kingdom
RESPOND WITH COMPASSIONATE ACTION - EXPEDITE our response to needs as the Lord reveals opportunities to minister
DEMONSTRATE BIBLICAL INTEGRITY - EXHIBIT character and integrity personally, at home and work
WALK IN BOLD FAITH - EXPECT God to do the impossible
Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:
* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)
* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)
* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)
* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)
* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)
* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)
* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)
* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)
* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)