Programme Manager Palestinian Territories

Job location: West Bank, Palestinian Territories
Starting date: As soon as possible
Vacancy closing date: 16 May, 2025
Duration position: 6 month with a possibility to extend
Workhours: Fulltime

**We are here for our neighbors in need, who are suffering in this broken world.**

ZOA is looking for a

**Programme Manager in the Palestinian Territories**

**ZOA’s Programme in the Palestinian Territories**

ZOA has been working in the Palestinian Territories since 2023, focusing on addressing urgent humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip as well as a small scale intervention in the West Bank. We do this in collaboration with our partner iTrust.ONE, who has a large network in Gaza and the West Bank. We are in the process of registration at the Palestinian Authority. ZOA Palestinian Territories focuses on Multipurpose Cash Assistance, Food Security & Livelihoods and WASH.

**Your challenge**

As a Programme Manager (PGM), you will the build the ZOA team and provide programmatic direction, together with our local partners and contacts. You will serve as pioneer, exploring opportunities for future growth and development of ZOAs relief and recovery interventions in the area. You will have integral management responsibility for the realization of the projects’ outcomes in these areas and the area ZOA plans to expand its operation in future. To do so, you will work closely together with the Disaster Response Team (DRT) of ZOA based in the Netherlands. You will also maintain contact with relevant stakeholders including National NGO partners, Sectors and cluster coordination. You will be accountable to the Director of Disaster Response of ZOA.

**Your main tasks and responsibilities**

Building up and expanding the overall program, by providing leadership and integral management for program management in Gaza as well as the West Bank.
- Leadership and management_
- Responsible for all ZOA activities within the Palestinian Territories and to build the program team, by providing programmatic direction to effectively implement the program/projects;
- Able to work with the partners to drive the ZOA’s localization strategies and building the partners’ implementation capacities.
- Spiritual oversight and fully support the vision, mission and Christian values of ZOA;
- Participation in country wide programme and knowledge development;
- Capacity building and supervision of implementing partners.
- _Programme Management _
- Development of the strategic vision for ZOA in the Palestinian Territories, with annual review of needs for changes, based on ongoing context analysis and results of annual programme review;
- Annual planning for the programme area, as an input to the Country Plan (CP);
- Planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities as approved by donors with the corresponding project budget planning and also as per the Country Plan priorities
- Liaison with the Disaster Response Team and relevant sector advisors in the Netherlands, to ensure programme quality;
- Project Cycle management, including needs assessments, formulation of concept notes and proposals and budget;
- Reporting - monthly and quarterly activity and financial reporting, including realization of activities versus budget utilisation;
- Annual review of progress towards programme objectives and outcomes;
- Initiating and maintaining effective working relations with relevant stakeholders at programme area level.
- _HR/admin/finance_
- Budget holder for projects implemented in programme area;
- Approval of expenditures and related cost allocations, on the basis of approved project and programme organisation budgets;
- Human Resource Management (at individual
- and team level) for programme staff - supervision and periodical evaluation of the performance, effective team building etc..
- Implementation and monitoring of financial, personnel and security policies and procedures;
- In collaboration with the Manager of Finance and Operations, prepare and process the allocation of indirect costs to project budgets.
- Security_
- Ensures regular analysis on security context and risks pertaining to ZOA programme, and updates on security plans, in line with ZOA’s security management framework;
- Ensuring compliance at program level with ZOA’s security policies and procedures.

**Your profile**
- Identity_
- _Knowledge & Experience_
- Bachelor or Master degree in a humanitarian, development or other relevant field;
- At least five years’ multi-sectoral field experience in a relief/recovery setting;
- Management experience; including leading consortiums (preferred)
- Partner Capacity development within the strategic program implementation
- Familiar with Project Cycle Management;
- Has undertaken leadership role(s) within a Christian team / organisation;
- Good spoken and written command of English;
- Knowledge of local languages is a plus;
- Direct experience of programme management and project implementation in Gaza is a plus.
- Skills_
- Command of op