Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (RRAA) is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-political NGO established in 1990. The head office of the organization is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, and delivers humanitarian services in the sectors of WASH, Good governance, Emergency, and Livelihood through its four regional offices in Mazar, Herat, Jalalabad, and central zone in a decentralized manner.

The TPM Project Manager (PM) is responsible for running and supervising the related activities at all stages of the project management cycle in cluster #2 covering Herat, Badghis, Ghor and Farah provinces  under WFP funded project. He/she is also responsible for accomplishing the project outputs and outcomes within the contextual constraints. The TPM project manager ensures the overall success of the project by making sure the project team completes the defined activities while adhering to internal standards and contractual obligations; and that the project is running  smoothly, on time, and with acceptable quality

• Coordinate and conduct all field activities as requested by the WFP Field Office and provide regular support to team leaders and field monitors on day-to-day operations in the field.
• Regularly supervise staff under his/her supervision particularly field monitors and ensure that the staff assigned to a particular area/project site is there and available on time and ensure that the information received is reliable, accurate and of high quality.
• Jointly prepare Monthly Monitoring Plan with his/her team and WFP VAME Focal Point and make sure that justice among his/her team in terms of assigning them to the field i.e. frequency of travels, nearby and remote areas, relatively secure and insecure areas, etc. are considered and maintained, ensure to prepare the monitoring plan in a way that each and every project site and type of activity is monitored and ensure that visits are conducted in a systematic manner as well as anticipate changes in the monitoring plan and ensure to communicate any changes in the monitoring plan immediately with the WFP VAME focal point for adjustment and further actions.
• Careful and timely review of all the monitoring checklists provided by field monitors in MODA and other reports i.e., assessment, verification, etc. submitted by team leaders and/or field monitors and make sure that the checklists are filled out properly and the narrative in the checklists and reports are accurate, clear and understandable in English before being recorded in MODA and submitted to WFP Field Office.
• Extract critical issues from the checklists and reports, share and follow up with the WFP VAME focal point and SO manager at the field office and provide feedback to the relevant team leader and field monitor.
• Timely identify key issues in the field related to assessments, verifications, food deliveries, food distribution and any other and address the issue(s) with WFP field office (Head of Field Office, VAME Focal Point or SO Manager), local authorities, line departments and communities to take corrective measures, and in case of food diversions, misuse and looting, report to WFP Field Office immediately and take necessary actions as advised by WFP Field Office.
• Follow up with team leaders on the issues identified during the previous monitoring or site visit(s) that required follow up and further actions and make sure that they are taken up and resolved timely.
• When requested by WFP Field Office, represent WFP at the district and provincial level coordination meetings called by governor and line departments such as: PDMC and NGO/INGO; take note of key matters discussed and report back to the field office for information and further appropriate actions.
• Maintain proper and regular coordination mechanism with all the stakeholders i.e. Cooperating Partners (CPs), UN agencies, Financial Service Providers (FSPs), local government departments, communities, etc.
• Establish and maintain district-level lists of NGO partners, CDCs, Shuras, community elders, Mullas and other relevant community stakeholders and influential people, and their contact details in each area where WFP activity is implemented in order to ensure their cooperation and participation in WFP activities and obtain feedback on the conduct of distributions and project activities. These lists should be updated and shared with WFP Field Office on a quarterly basis.
• Undertake regular field trips (each province under the coverage is visited at least once in a quarter), meet with the team leaders and field monitors; address or refer as appropriate challenges and obstacles in the field and come up with the visit/mission report identifying key issues for follow up and resolution with the WFP Field Office and TPM organization/company.
• Organize monthly meetings with the team leaders and field monitors through present or online platforms as appropriate and feasible, discuss key issues and develop action points for taking corrective measures for proper coordination and therefore effective monitoring.
• Organize training/orientation sessions for newly recruited TPM team leaders and field monitors and make sure that the newly recruited staff are provided with on-the-job training before being assigned to the field.
• As and when requested, support WFP Field Office in analyzing the access situation of areas, routes and districts of the provinces under the coverage of the Field Office as relevant to WFP programming and support Team Leaders and Field Monitors on negotiation of access and timely inform WFP Field Office in case access problems occur.
• Under the general guidance of the TPM Reporting Officer, prepare monthly report on the overall monitoring activities within the month on the progresses made in project assessments, activity/progress monitoring, distribution monitoring, post distribution monitoring, food arrivals at EDPs/FDPs, stock balances in CPs’ stores as well as compliance/Hotmail cases and submit it to WFP Country Office VAME and Field Office.
• Perform any other duties as required.

Staff and Office Management:

• Represent RRAA and WFP at the district and provincial level coordination meetings called by line department PDMC and NGO/INGO.
• Manage and supervise the work of the field monitors and team leaders to ensure that WFP food deliveries are monitored according to the plan and that negotiation of access is conducted where necessary.
• Undertake regular field trips to ensure regular monitoring and timely inspection of storage facilities
• Prepare and provide timely and quality reports to the WFP office based on WFP standard formats.
• Timely identify the issue related to food delivery and distribution and address the issue with WFP field office, local authority, line department and community to take a corrective measure, in case of food diversions, misuse and looting, report to WFP field office immediately for further action.The TPM Project Manager (PM) is responsible for running and supervising the related activities at all stages of the project management cycle in cluster #2 covering Herat, Badghis, Ghor and Farah provinces  under WFP funded project. He/she is also responsible for accomplishing the project outputs and outcomes within the contextual constraints. The TPM project manager ensures the overall success of the project by making sure the project team completes the defined activities while adhering to internal standards and contractual obligations; and that the project is running  smoothly, on time, and with acceptable quality

   

• Coordinate and conduct all field activities as requested by the WFP Field Office and provide regular support to team leaders and field monitors on day-to-day operations in the field.
• Regularly supervise staff under his/her supervision particularly field monitors and ensure that the staff assigned to a particular area/project site is there and available on time and ensure that the information received is reliable, accurate and of high quality.
• Jointly prepare Monthly Monitoring Plan with his/her team and WFP VAME Focal Point and make sure that justice among his/her team in terms of assigning them to the field i.e. frequency of travels, nearby and remote areas, relatively secure and insecure areas, etc. are considered and maintained, ensure to prepare the monitoring plan in a way that each and every project site and type of activity is monitored and ensure that visits are conducted in a systematic manner as well as anticipate changes in the monitoring plan and ensure to communicate any changes in the monitoring plan immediately with the WFP VAME focal point for adjustment and further actions.
• Careful and timely review of all the monitoring checklists provided by field monitors in MODA and other reports i.e., assessment, verification, etc. submitted by team leaders and/or field monitors and make sure that the checklists are filled out properly and the narrative in the checklists and reports are accurate, clear and understandable in English before being recorded in MODA and submitted to WFP Field Office.
• Extract critical issues from the checklists and reports, share and follow up with the WFP VAME focal point and SO manager at the field office and provide feedback to the relevant team leader and field monitor.
• Timely identify key issues in the field related to assessments, verifications, food deliveries, food distribution and any other and address the issue(s) with WFP field office (Head of Field Office, VAME Focal Point or SO Manager), local authorities, line departments and communities to take corrective measures, and in case of food diversions, misuse and looting, report to WFP Field Office immediately and take necessary actions as advised by WFP Field Office.
• Follow up with team leaders on the issues identified during the previous monitoring or site visit(s) that required follow up and further actions and make sure that they are taken up and resolved timely.
• When requested by WFP Field Office, represent WFP at the district and provincial level coordination meetings called by governor and line departments such as: PDMC and NGO/INGO; take note of key matters discussed and report back to the field office for information and further appropriate actions.
• Maintain proper and regular coordination mechanism with all the stakeholders i.e. Cooperating Partners (CPs), UN agencies, Financial Service Providers (FSPs), local government departments, communities, etc.
• Establish and maintain district-level lists of NGO partners, CDCs, Shuras, community elders, Mullas and other relevant community stakeholders and influential people, and their contact details in each area where WFP activity is implemented in order to ensure their cooperation and participation in WFP activities and obtain feedback on the conduct of distributions and project activities. These lists should be updated and shared with WFP Field Office on a quarterly basis.
• Undertake regular field trips (each province under the coverage is visited at least once in a quarter), meet with the team leaders and field monitors; address or refer as appropriate challenges and obstacles in the field and come up with the visit/mission report identifying key issues for follow up and resolution with the WFP Field Office and TPM organization/company.
• Organize monthly meetings with the team leaders and field monitors through present or online platforms as appropriate and feasible, discuss key issues and develop action points for taking corrective measures for proper coordination and therefore effective monitoring.
• Organize training/orientation sessions for newly recruited TPM team leaders and field monitors and make sure that the newly recruited staff are provided with on-the-job training before being assigned to the field.
• As and when requested, support WFP Field Office in analyzing the access situation of areas, routes and districts of the provinces under the coverage of the Field Office as relevant to WFP programming and support Team Leaders and Field Monitors on negotiation of access and timely inform WFP Field Office in case access problems occur.
• Under the general guidance of the TPM Reporting Officer, prepare monthly report on the overall monitoring activities within the month on the progresses made in project assessments, activity/progress monitoring, distribution monitoring, post distribution monitoring, food arrivals at EDPs/FDPs, stock balances in CPs’ stores as well as compliance/Hotmail cases and submit it to WFP Country Office VAME and Field Office.
• Perform any other duties as required.
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  Staff and Office Management:

• Represent RRAA and WFP at the district and provincial level coordination meetings called by line department PDMC and NGO/INGO.
• Manage and supervise the work of the field monitors and team leaders to ensure that WFP food deliveries are monitored according to the plan and that negotiation of access is conducted where necessary.
• Undertake regular field trips to ensure regular monitoring and timely inspection of storage facilities
• Prepare and provide timely and quality reports to the WFP office based on WFP standard formats.
• Timely identify the issue related to food delivery and distribution and address the issue with WFP field office, local authority, line department and community to take a corrective measure, in case of food diversions, misuse and looting, report to WFP field office immediately for further action.

Job Requirements:

We will hire the project manager for this program who should posse the following minimum qualifications:

Education:

Master or University degree in one or more of the following disciplines: economics, agriculture, international affairs, business administration, social sciences, development studies or a field relevant to international development assistance.