Working Document
Job Description
Job Title: Programme Manager - Harmful Traditional Practices (HTP)
Reports to: Peacebuilding Team Leader
Location: Kathmandu with visits to Bajhang & other clusters as necessary
Objective of the Job:
To take responsibility for the overall management of all aspects of the project cycle for the Harmful Traditional Practices project in accordance with donor contracts and UMN policies, and give technical support as
needed.
Areas of Responsibility
Decision Making
Qualification & Experience
Project Management
 Contribute to make strategic
 MA studies on gender or equivalent;
1. Familiarise with donor contract and ensure compliance, including ensuring that key project stakeholders
decisions on gender and HTP
 Several years of work experience in grassroots
(UMN cluster staff and partners) are also made familiar with the project and contractual requirements;
concerns within UMN & its partners,
development;
2. Develop the capacity of any UMN project related staff as required;
 Contribute to decision making on
 Knowledge of Nepal’s gender situation, masculinity
3. Ensure that the project is implemented according to the approved project proposal , implementing
gender/HTP budgets,
and militarisation of social, economic and political
approved activities, and producing stated results;
 Contribute to strategic planning and
issues;
4. In consultation with MEL team, ensure excellent monitoring, evaluation and learning systems are in place,
decisions on peace building work
 Good understanding of how to work with stereotyped
and are implemented well;
within UMN.
people; ,
5. In coordination with staff responsible for organizational development, ensure that UMN’s project partners
 Work in a multi-cultural setting,
are well supported and develop their capacity as needed;
 Project management experience is desirable
6. Ensure that the budget ,as approved by the donor and UMN Leadership Team, is strictly followed and that
 Familiar with Open Office or Microsoft Word, Excel
permissions for variance are obtained before implementation;
and PowerPoint.
7. Coordinate the drafting of all donor reports, annual work plans and budgets, and provide information on the
Dimensions
Skills, Attitudes, Behaviours
project to the Team Leader, Communications Team ,or any others who legitimately request it;
 Member of Peace building team
 Proactive, searching out opportunities for influence,
8. Ensure that the UMN all UMN policies, including those for cross cutting issues, are followed at all times;
and Technical Advisory Forum
 A good trainer, eager to build the capacity of others,
9. Network and build relationships with relevant experts, civil society, government, academia, partners and

Initiate
and
work
closely
with
Team
 Good facilitation skills,
community in order to ensure excellence in programme implementation, development, and learning;
Leader/Advisers
to
coordinate
 Numerate and able to work accurately with budgets;
10. Coordinate with other UMN Technical Teams to ensure synergy;
gender/HTP
input
with
partners,
 Highly organised, reliable, attentive to details and
Technical

Being
the
‘face
of
UMN’
at
relevant
ability to work independently when needed,
 Map the needs of gender and harmful traditional practices in UMN working areas;
forums as appropriate,

Good communication skills in English and Nepali
 Train partners and UMN staff members as required;
language,
both written and verbal
 Facilitate partners on gender empowerment, men engagement, psychosocial needs and harmful traditional

Seeking
to
model the UMN values and vision,
practices;

Good
persuading
and influencing skill, able to
 Facilitate partners to design, implement, monitor progress, evaluate HTP project and report progress as per
enthuse
others,
objectives, activities and indicators
 Social skills necessary to build effective working
 Provide advice, coach, mentor and support peace building officers on gender and HTP issues; document
relationships (esp. active listening, tolerance,
and share on international and national experiences;
humility) with a broad range of people,
 Develop proposals and seek funding for HTP and other programmes in UMN;

Willingness to learn,
 Develop advocacy strategies related to HTP ensuring impact at local and national level;

Flexible in terms of work time, workload, work
 Actively continue to build own work related professional knowledge and skills,
activities
and travel
 Engage in national networks and forums related to gender and HTP;
 Ensure that the good practices and learnings in UMN are well captured, documented and shared between
partners, UMN and also with others at a wider level,
Programme Manager-HTP JD 7.1.2015