THE POSITION
The Regional Representative Africa will be responsible for building a new portfolio in subSaharan Africa. The Representative will be tasked with building upon previous work and current partnerships – with an emphasis on working with other philanthropies, government, and business for increased scale and learning.
The Representative will be the main point of contact for all our partners in the region. Using the Foundation’s expertise, network, and available financial resources, the Representative will have the mandate to: (i) manage and monitor existing partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa; and (ii) develop new partnerships in alignment with the Foundation’s priorities in the region.
This portfolio is part of the Foundation’s larger strategic focus on building partnerships with other philanthropies with long-term commitment to a region. The Africa portfolio will play a strategic role in contributing early childhood knowledge, technical expertise, and funding with local partners.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Serve as the Foundation’s primary point of contact for partners in sub-Saharan Africa for partnership development
Source new partnerships with philanthropies, government and/or business for providing financial, technical, and knowledge support
Build, strengthen and maintain partnerships in order to:
Bolster implementation of and support for early childhood programmes, services, and physical spaces
Grow and strengthen the overall field of early childhood in the region
Actively monitor and manage grants, projects, and programmes
Lead coordination of technical assistance to partners, including through executive education courses, study tours and capacity building support offered by the Foundation and its partners
Travel frequently to countries with new or existing partnerships
Ensure all flagship projects have robust documentation, learning, and monitoring and evaluation activities built in and monitor these regularly
Represent the Foundation through speaking and writing in public fora
Contribute to the knowledge base of the Foundation by regularly sharing insights and knowledge coming out of the portfolio work with all Foundation teams
Contribute to the Foundation and its organisational priorities on a periodic basis, in ways that may go beyond the specific responsibilities of the portfolio
Manage consultants in the region and work closely with the Programme Support and
Learning team in The Netherlands
PROFFESIONAL CONTACTS
Inside the Foundation: Programme Team and all Foundation staff
Outside the Foundation: Philanthropies, governments, technical partners, multilateral organisations, and business
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Excellent leadership, strategic planning and management skills
10+ years’ experience funding/designing/implementing social policy programmes is an advantage, but we will also consider applicants with a private sector background who have a track record of building and managing high-impact partnerships and an interest in social change
Specific expertise in early childhood development, urban development or both is an advantage
Demonstrated capacity to build trusted relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including government, business, academia, non-government organisations, philanthropy and civil society institutions
Demonstrated capacity to deliver results through collaboration, diplomacy and negotiation
Experience organizing and managing multi-stakeholder partnerships
Excellent planning, goal setting, prioritization and organizational skills
Strong experience in monitoring and evaluation
Strong commitment to our mission
High degree of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and empathy
Comfortable working under pressure and on a wide range of tasks
Experience working in an international organization in which team members around the world collaborate remotely
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in written English
Knowledge of regional language (s) a plus.
Organisational competencies:
Teamwork
Learning ability
Result driven
Job specific competencies:
Networking
Leadership
Negotiating
Entrepreneurship
If you are interested in this position, please send your CV and cover letter in English before 16 November 23:59 GMT to repafrica_vacancy@bvleerf.nl.
Apply via :
repafrica_vacancy@bvleerf.nl
