You will be responsible for:
Leadership & Strategic Direction:
Leading the Country Management Team and ensuring a participative decision making process for the Country Strategic Plan
Leading by example and supporting the Concern team to achieve organisational outcomes
Ensuring staff capacity, organisational structures and programme approaches are fit for purpose and able to effectively deliver strategic organisational goals
Engaging with major organisational advocacy issues, providing support and leadership for key strategic campaigns.
Risk Management & Accountability:
Ensuring optimal use of financial resources; managed in a transparent and accountable manner, consistent with Concern’s and donors’ policies, systems and procedures, delivering quality results and demonstrating value for money.
Responding robustly to any suspicions or reports of fraud, Code of Conduct abuses or other misdemeanours, and adhering to Concern’s policy and procedures on investigations
Ensuring Concern complies with all relevant national legal and administrative requirements
Identifying all risks and implementing mitigating measures in conjunction with the Country Management Team.
Ensuring that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.
Security Management
Establish and maintain an effective safety and security management system to meet agreed standards.
Ensure all staff are aware of and adhere to the Security Management Plan.
Programme Development & Implementation:
Ensuring adequate financial resources for continual programming in country.
Supporting the Programme Director to ensure programmes are designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated in line with Concern Worldwide policies, incorporating a results-based management approach
Enabling an organisational culture that supports effective learning, sharing and continual improvement of programme quality.
Support Systems & People Management:
Supporting and guiding the Systems and Finance functions to ensure effective and efficient administrative, logistical and financial support is provided to staff of Concern Worldwide.
Supporting the CFC in budget preparation, revision and monitoring; ensuring that budget holders actively manage their cost centres and prepare accurate budgets in line with the annual plan.
Ensure that Concern’s IT systems provide efficient and effective communication and data management for the organisation, linking with Concern Worldwide systems.
Supporting and guiding the HR Manager to ensure there are competent and empowered human resources, in a fair, diverse and efficient workplace
Ensuring the National HR Manual and HR policies are in line with organisational and national legal requirements and all staff are aware of and comply with these.
Undertaking initiatives to ensure a good working environment and team spirit so Concern is perceived as an employer of choice for national and international staff.
Ensuring staff Performance and Development Review’s (PDR) are undertaken for all staff with appropriate training, development and career opportunities identified.
Representation & Networking:
Creating a strong and visible profile for the organisation, as a leading actor in the fight against poverty and the implementation of resilience programming.
Communicating information regarding Concern and its programme at national level to Government, Donors, INGOs, alliances and networks across a range of fora.
Engaging appropriately with the media to ensure that Concern’s values, vision and programmes are highlighted.
Representing Concern Worldwide in strategic national and international meetings;
Ensuring relationships and formal agreements with the government are maintained and updated.
Your skills and experience will include:
Relevant post graduate qualification
Three to five years’ international experience in senior position with an international NGO
Management of diverse and multi-sectoral programmes
Previous work in a similar context
Management of a diverse team of senior staff
Management of systems and finance functions, including knowledge of donor compliance
Working with major international donors and securing external donor funding.
Knowledge and experience of incorporating key approaches across programmes
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and confidence to engage and represent Concern at public fora, media and donors.
Delegation, time management and prioritizing skills
Computer literate and good knowledge of Word and Excel.
Excellent English
Empathy with Concern’s mission, vision, goals and our target group
We would also like:
You to be flexible and reliable
You to be culturally sensitive and empathic to others
You to be able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines;
You to have some sense of humour
Interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should send a detailed CV with three referees and Cover Letter Only to nairobi.hr@concern.net with the subject of the email as “Country Director’’ on or before Wednesday, 26th April 2023 “. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.
Apply via :
nairobi.hr@concern.net
