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  • Country Implementation Manager

    Country Implementation Manager

    Job Description
    Job Summary
    Overview:
    Through the Catalyzing Pediatric TB Innovations (CaP-TB) project, EGPAF will support the rapid roll out of models of care to improve pediatric TB case finding, diagnosis and treatment and support the use of an innovative new formulation of pediatric first-line fixed-dose combination TB treatment in 9 sub-Saharan African countries and India. This four-year project has been approved for funding by Unitaid and aims to improve the morbidity and mortality associated with pediatric TB in these countries and catalyze improvements in care in other high-TB burden countries. Project implementation, operational as well and financial reporting will be done using EGPAF’s standard tools and techniques, as well as elements specifically developed for this UNITAID-funded project.The Country Implementation Manager is responsible for providing the day-to-day oversight and coordination to effectively implement the CaP TB project in Kenya. He/she will be a key member of the country and global CaP TB project team, and will work in close coordination with EGPAF staff in Kenya and at the global level. This position will work closely with representatives of the Ministry of Health in Kenya, especially with the National TB program, as well as national and international implementing partners, and representatives from other donors and normative agencies.The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience supporting the implementation of complex health intervention implementation programs, working collaboratively with donors and other partners. Strong program management skills will be required. The country implementation manager will also work closely with the strategic information and evaluations manager for the project to monitor key project outcomes and work with others in the country team to appropriately manage budgets and contracts. Regular communication and close collaboration with the EGPAF regional directors and global CaP TB team will be required to provide leadership, facilitation, coordination and support in managing and implementing the CaP TB project.Strong communication skills, the ability to work well with a country and global team, and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities will be key qualifications for this role. This position requires the ability to manage different agendas with different timelines, the capacity to keep things moving forward and provide ongoing and responsive guidance to country teams.
    Essential Responsibilities:

    Serve as the key institutional resource and focal point for the CaP TB project in Kenya
    Support development of appropriate country specific systems to ensure consistent, high-quality project management;
    Lead the in-country process of updating country operational plans semi-annually;
    Support the MoH in initial site selection for implementation of innovative models of care to improve the lives of children living with or at risk for TB.
    Provide oversight and support to the CaP-TB project staff in Kenya to ensure on-time and effective project implementation, including programmatic, M&E and advocacy aspects
    Support human resource planning, annual work plan and budget planning and monitoring, use of data for decision making and ensuring program results;
    Contribute in a timely fashion to project reports to donor;
    Provide regular updates to the Country Director, Technical Director and Global CaP-TB team;
    Disseminate information and lessons learned through the project to other national partners;
    Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence by providing, facilitating or coordinating high quality programmatic support to national partners
    Assist in the management of relationships with partner organizations;
    Assist in the management of relationships with country teams of key TB technical agencies which have a presence in the country

    Required Qualifications

    The Country Implementation Manager will be thoroughly committed to EGPAF’s strategy and mission. He/she should have demonstrated leadership and relationship management experience.
    Medical or Health related Degree from a recognizable institution
    Post graduate training in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, or Public Health would be a distinct advantage
    At least 5 years of relevant working experience in TB program planning and implementation with expertise in pediatric TB, TB/HIV, community-based DOTS, Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB (PMDT), new drug introduction and knowledge of Private-Public
    Mix (PPM)
    Training in pediatric TB Management
    Good working knowledge of the county health systems
    Experience with managing large and/or complex healthcare implementation projects
    Experience working and/or living in low income countries

    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

    Experience in supervising, mentoring, capacity building, leading and managing people in implementing TB and/or integrated TB/HIV programs
    Experience in leading and providing technical oversight in implementation of TB/HIV activities
    Experience in developing costed work-plans, implementing and tracking achievement of costed activities
    Strong ability to think strategically, with equally strong practical ability to translate strategic ideas into implementation
    Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the Kenya health system, knowledge of the national Tuberculosis program will be an asset
    Integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed with demonstrated passion for EGPAF’s mission and commitment to working collaboratively with a management team
    Solid judgment and apparent leadership skills
    Ability to communicate with a range of colleagues across diverse countries and cultures
    An individual who is able to handle a variety of constituencies, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a complex environment with multiple priorities
    Strong analytical skills and common sense
    Strong work ethic
    Tactful, respectful, and keen diplomacy skills
    Ability to travel regularly, and at short notice, within Kenya to visit the various project implementation sites
    Ability to travel abroad for meetings with other CaP-TB implementation managers, and the Global CaP-TB team
    Excellent oral and written English skills.

  • Team Leader -Lodwar Team Leader – Mandera

    Team Leader -Lodwar Team Leader – Mandera

    Job Description
    The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall management and operations of the proposed European Union Trust Fund a three-year Collaboration in Cross-Border Areas of the Horn of Africa Region: The Southwest Ethiopia – Northeast Kenya border to prevent local conflict and mitigate its impact. She/he will supervise project implementation and ensure the project meets stated goals and reporting requirements. The Team Leader will take a leadership role in coordination among the European Commission and key stakeholders and other implementing partners. The position requires a political savvy and diplomatic staff who will interact at a high level with numerous Government institutions and senior government officials as well as European Union agents. Reporting to the Country Director, the position is based in Lodwar.
    Roles and responsibilities:

    The Team Leader will oversee program start-up and ongoing program management and administration of teams across various field locations.
    Ensure appropriate systems and support mechanisms are in place to track, analyze and report on results as well as engagement with senior management on the strategic direction of the overall program.
    Engage with various partners and stakeholders at different levels, to establish and maintain contacts with senior-level officials of the host government in the three represented countries and represent Pact in national and regional meetings.
    Implement the strategic vision and programmatic goals as laid down in the Project Document.
    Ensure that program implementation is responsive to communities and partners and beneficiaries are effectively targeted.
    Support and guide program managers to develop partners’ memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and contracts & oversee a training program for program partners.
    Develop, oversee and ensure joint work planning and program implementation strategies, including frameworks, beneficiary targeting, distribution process as well as capacity building of partners as needed. Evaluate, interpret and analyze information and data to prepare accurate reports and to realign if necessary.
    Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities as appropriate. Ensure coordinated efforts with other Pact conflict and peace building programs.
    Ensure program implementation is on time, target and budget, using effective M&E systems to reach desired impacts.
    Create and maintain systems ensuring effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with donor policies and procedures.
    Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
    Provide training and mentoring to partners to strengthen capacity for technical service delivery and compliance with donor rules and regulations.
    Oversee the management and development of project office human resources to ensure a diverse, skilled and productive workforce, an effective leadership team, and an organizational culture where Pact’s values are practiced.
    Ensure high-quality strategic oversight, direction and technical programming through hands-on guidance and support grounded in the program’s strategic objectives and adhering to expected technical quality and reporting requirements
    Participate in the technical and programmatic design of award and partner programs; represent Pact in negotiating with donors and partners
    Manage all project planning responsibilities, including the production of annual work-plans; guide and oversee the alignment of the budget to expected results, and review and approve annual budgets and quarterly reports.
    As relevant, manage all local grant making mechanisms, ensuring compliance with donor regulations and Pact policy; coordinate and/or conduct monitoring visits to grantee programs.
    Ensure compliance with Pact and EU and government of Kenya requirements, policies and regulations.

    Qualifications and Experiences:

    Master’s Degree with 8 years’ experience or Bachelor’s Degree with 10 years of experience in Conflict, CVE, Peace Building, Migration or a related field
    Eight years’ experience in managing complex peace building programs, cross border programs, CVE and/or migration programs of similar scope and size is desired;
    Eight years of experience in program management and administration, financial management, award cooperative agreement compliance, sub award management, and tracking project performance and costs;
    At least five years’ international experience in development, managing, overseeing, or evaluating comprehensive CVE, conflict and/or peace building programs of similar size and complexity, with European Commission experience preferred.
    Five years demonstrated skills and experience in building and strengthening partnerships donors, private sector, NGO and local community organizations relations; and engagement with the Government of Kenya and Ethiopia.
    Strong strategic and creative thinker. Flexibly to changing situations, overcomes obstacles and recovers quickly from set-backs.
    Proven performance in organizing and coordinating major initiatives, events or challenging inter-organizational activities.
    Ability to work in partnership with team members, partner agencies and community members of both the international and national communities.
    Excellent written and oral communication abilities.
    Strong computer (word processing) literacy, skills in graphic/web design a plus.

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  • BRCiS Consortium Information Management Consultant

    BRCiS Consortium Information Management Consultant

    Job Description
    JOB SUMMARY

    Systematically assess the quality of the databases
    Proceed to final data cleaning including designing, maintaining, executing and documenting database tests.
    Identify gaps in information and instruct the Consortium on how to complement the information using the software application available.
    Consolidate essential beneficiaries’ information in a single database.
    Improve the system to collect the data to harmonize the information management.
    Issue recommendations on how to streamline the information management system including database structure, data quality, documentation, and software applications

    ACTIVITIES

    Audit and assess the database and systems in place
    Proceed with data cleaning and gaps analysis
    Inform BRCiS Members on the status of the data base and design a data patching plan agreed and reviewed by the Consortium
    Create a beneficiary “Cap” system to control for double counting, neighbouring village beneficiaries and IDP beneficiaries within the Manager’s Form dataset.
    Create a “Qlikcloud” beneficiaries served dashboard drawing from ONA and Manager’s Form datasets that allows disaggregation of beneficiaries by location, time and activity, as well as overall beneficiaries without double-counting.
    Lead the process of patching data gaps with the Members
    Consolidate the beneficiaries information database and upload it to the server as needed
    Based on the conclusions of the audit and assessments, draft an information management plan to improve the Consortium information management system
    Review and validate the plan with the BRCiS Members
    Review software and data collection, cleaning and warehousing to take forward the recommendations of the plans
    Develop guidance documents, training materials for the Consortium Members to implement the information management plan as required.

     
    DELIVERABLES

    Initial database assessment report and plan to address the gaps
    Creation a beneficiary “Cap” system within the Manager’s Form dataset.
    Creation of a “Qlikcloud” beneficiaries served dashboard.
    Consolidated data base and dashboard
    Information management plan
    Training material and guidance documents for the BRCiS Member and CMU to support consultant activities/deliverables
    Final report and presentation of the work accomplished.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    Must be a Top-notch problem solver and very detail oriented.
    Ability to manoeuvre and debug within the application’s source code.
    Excellent analytical, detail-oriented, presentation and problem solving skills.
    Proven work experience as a system analyst and developer.
    Professional Software Development (ex: Web development in JS, PHP and HTML).
    Experience in developing Data Visualization Tools/Dashboard using QlikSense and Qlikview.
    Experience with Data Modelling tool and methodology.
    Expert database skills including complex SQL queries, performance tuning and database development (DDL, DML, stored procedures etc.).
    Experiences in Auditing Databases and Documenting the findings.
    Knowledge and use of Mobile Data Collection platforms such as ONA and ODK.

    CRITICAL SKILLS

    Ability to Conceptualize, Assess and document the current problems/inefficiencies in our database and come up with solutions.
    Strong communication and documentation skills.
    Strong analytical, problem identification and solving skills.
    Ability to complete tasks meeting project plan schedules and deadlines.

    TIME FRAME
    Work is approximately expected to take place over a 45 day period.
    All work must be completed by December 10th 2017.
    Consultants open to building upon this experience in further partnerships with BRCiS in 2018 are preferable.

  • Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist, Kenya Crop and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity

    Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist, Kenya Crop and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity

    RTI is currently seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist position on the USAID-funded Feed the Future Crop and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity. The goal of the activity is to improve productivity and incomes of smallholder Kenyan farmers and strengthen market systems. The Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist is responsible for leading Priority Area 3, Policy Environment for Market Systems Development. He or she will facilitate public-private dialogue forums, engaging public sector stakeholders, including county governments, to and improve national and county level policy formulation related to target value chains. This position will be in Nairobi, Kenya, with frequent travel to Western and Eastern Kenya.
    Responsibilities:

    Support initial value chain assessment and strategy development, including serving as the primary liaison for RTI home office governance short-term technical experts
    Develop and maintain relationships with national and county level public and private sector stakeholders in agriculture sectors
    Lead the project’s strategy for working through county governments and improving policy formulation processes
    Facilitate public-private dialogue between county governments and private agribusinesses
    Develop, adapt, and oversee implementation of governance self-assessment and participatory tools
    Build capacity of county governments to make productive investments in agriculture and utilize data to drive decision-making; Provide ongoing support to government counterparts to implement action plans and evaluate investments; Organize cross-county learning and exposure visits.
    Train local partners as service providers for the public sector
    Lead interventions to improve accountability of public sector agricultural service delivery
    Design and lead capacity building interventions for national-level private sector associations to analyze and advocate for enabling policies.
    Oversee grant making related to project Priority Area 3
    Manage a team of approximately 3 staff based in regional hubs (Eldoret, Kisumu, and TBD Eastern)

    Minimum Qualifications:

    Master’s degree in public administration, economics, business, agricultural or rural development and at least 9 years of experience in agricultural policy or market systems projects;
    Experience in economic growth, agricultural development, or governance programs is required.
    Demonstrated understanding of private sector agribusiness and investment; Knowledge of market facilitation approach (or M4P) is preferred.
    Demonstrated knowledge of Kenyan agricultural policy environment, including county-integrated development plans, food safety standards, traceability systems, seed and fertilizer policies, and animal feed policies.
    Demonstrated success building relationships with Kenyan government and private sector stakeholders.
    Knowledge of global best practices for local governance and accountability.
    Experience with organizational capacity assessments and institutional capacity strengthening.
    Experience in Kenya is required.
    Experience with USAID grant-making is preferred.
    Ability to build consensus and demonstrated ability to recruit and develop high performing teams; demonstrated ability to manage international and national staff.
    Experience and demonstrated capacity to build and sustain partnerships to achieve development results.
    Excellent oral and written skills in English. Fluency in Kiswahili preferred.
    Demonstrated ability to be collaborative across projects, flexible and creative.
    Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

  • Monitoring and Verification (M&V)/Research Specialist, Kenya Program Support for USAID/Kenya East Africa, Kenya

    Monitoring and Verification (M&V)/Research Specialist, Kenya Program Support for USAID/Kenya East Africa, Kenya

    Job Description
    The USAID/Kenya and East Africa (USAID/KEA) portfolio addresses multiple sectors and by necessity is focused on key manageable interests, as evidenced in its many strategically focused activities throughout the region. The countries covered by the portfolio are Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Uganda, South Sudan, Republic of Sudan, and Zambia.
    Monitoring and Verification (M&V) is critical to the Mission’s ability to track progress toward reaching stated objectives. Effective monitoring of activity performance (including verification of partner-provided information) lies at the heart of the program cycle and is imperative for analyzing the achievement of results over the life of the Mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and Regional Development Cooperation Strategy (RDCS) for East Africa.
    The purpose of this project is to provide USAID/KEA with demand-driven third-party monitoring and verification services and to generally support monitoring efforts across the Mission. These services are meant to ensure that the Mission’s implementing partners (IP) are implementing activities and submitting data that are complete, accurate, consistent with agreements and reports, and in compliance with USAID regulations. The project will provide USAID/KEA with data necessary for the Mission to assess progress towards stated goals and objectives in the CDCS and RDCS.
    Position Summary:
    Together with the M&V team, the M&V/Research Specialist will work to ensure that USAID implementing partners’ data are complete, accurate, and consistent with agreements and reports, and with USAID’s regulations.
    Responsibilities:

    Assist with the implementation of the M&V task order, including project management.
    Design and coordinate data collection and synthesis, and facilitate the assessment of activity, project and program goals.
    Provide real-time, flexible, activity-level data analyses and reporting utilizing an electronic data collection system.
    Support partner training and sessions on collecting data for individual indicators.
    Meet with implementing partners to provide advice on updating and implementing their M&E plans, and ensuring M&E plans link to USAID M&E Plans.
    Other activities as assigned by the M&V team leader.

    Qualifications:

    A graduate degree in the field of monitoring and evaluation, statistics, social sciences or a related field.
    At least 7 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation or research related to development programs, including experience developing research tools, and training and managing staff in effective use of those tools.
    Experience with USAID or USAID-funded monitoring and evaluation is a plus
    Excellent written and spoken English language skills
    Ability to travel as needed throughout Kenya and East Africa, up to 25% of the time
    Ability to work well in a team

    Please Note: Only Kenyan citizens are eligible for this position.
    Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

  • Proposal Development Manager

    Proposal Development Manager

    Job description
     
    Location:
    Nairobi, Kenya or flexible internationally (open for mutual discussion).
    Background:
    Convene and facilitate the process and develop powerful stories with strategic content to develop compelling proposals, based on defined strategy and identified opportunities. Collaborate with areas of expertise within the Practice, as well as galvanising cross-office coordination for ‘big topics’. Collect and share best practice for proposals. Provide on-demand help with proposal development.
    Main functions:

    Together with the Practice Leadership, and the Network Fundraising community, identify critical programme needs that require funding and match these to funding opportunities in support of the Global Goal
    Work with Network fundraising and partnership experts to ensure that proposal development is accurately tuned to match their requirements
    Work with fundraising community to develop funding events that allow WWF to showcase is biggest and most promising ideas to most promising donors
    Project coordination of the proposal development for big topics i.e. collect and share best-practices to utilise the full potential of most recent know-how across the network.
    Provide assistance, upon request from offices, with communication/content/grant proposal representation toward the donors.
    Contribute to the Knowledge-Management platform to share learnings.
    Liaise with Focal Points and Fundraising leads in Offices and coordinate with the Practice to support fundraising concepts and proposals (co-design).
    Coordinate stewardship and reporting requirements.
    Liaise regularly with Focal Points and Practice Members to share developments, updates and progress.
    Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the Practice Leader
    Major Duties and Responsibilities:
    Accountability for providing content agenda to the Network.
    Support Practice agenda development, jointly with Practice core team.
    Liaise closely with other Deputy Practice Leaders to facilitate integration with other Practice activities.
    Support Practice Leader in anchoring a shift from individual programming to a focused set of 2025 goals;
    In coordination with other Deputy Practice Leaders, ensure a network wide dialogue and interaction that enables the best ideas to rise to the surface
    Instil in the Practice team a culture of innovation and learning
    Develop a process of linking, selecting and nurturing the best ideas that show greatest promise of delivering transformative impact against our Goals and Outcomes;
    Manage this process through the phases of funding, potential evaluation, monitoring, reporting, network-wide sharing and scaling up.
    Support Practice success through Critical contributions at country level to Goals at global level
    Support Practice Leader with peer review, transparent external and internal reporting on all critical contributions and progress.
    Manage the Practice in the absence of the Practice Leader.
    Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the Practice Leader

    Required Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

    Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in English, journalism, communications, international relations or related relevant field.
    Excellent written and oral skills in English;
    At least ten years’ relevant professional experience in writing marketing, fundraising, PR or communications materials
    Experience of working in an international environment, particularly an NGO, experience in regions like Africa and Asia would be an advantage.
    Proven ability to create donor friendly materials including experience in grant/proposal and donor report writing and understanding of the principles of communications and fundraising, especially donor needs. Experience of producing fundraising appeals (online, or through direct mail) an advantage.
    Excellent editing and proofreading skills with very high attention to detail.
    Knowledge of fundraising principles and practices, preferably in a nonprofit environment.
    Ability to coordinate/manage processes and projects that require participation and contribution from staff for which the post holder has no direct supervisory responsibility.
    Demonstrated competencies in all relevant computer packages required for writing and formatting materials.
    Ability to manipulate, analyze and interpret data, and good understanding on developing proposal budgets.
    Proven ability to meet deadlines and ability to coordinate projects with many variables, set and meet realistic deadlines, and manage a timeline under pressure.
    Ability to communicate a compelling and inspired vision in written and presentation materials and to formulate and clearly communicate ideas to others.
    Passion for conservation and adheres to WWF’s values, which are: Knowledgeable, Optimistic, Determined and Engaging.

  • Security Officer

    Security Officer

    Position Profile
    This position will support the security manager ensure that the security standards of ACTED staff are high and ensure high-level security of all ACTED assets, property and resources within ACTED sphere of influence and context of operations. They will acquire operational comprehensive understanding of ACTED program in Kenya and Somalia and provide support and advice in terms of security. He/she is accountable for compliance of ACTED security and safety guidelines.
    Duties and Responsibilities

    Context analysis

    Provide regular contextual security report and share with Security Manager.

    Security Assessments

    In concert with Kenya/Somalia Security Department, carry out security assessments and evaluations (Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS) self-assessment) in all ACTED area, particularly in Somalia.
    Update Security risks assessment, SOPs and others security documents as appropriate and share with Coordination and all local staff and ensure the security notice rules are applied.

    Operational support

    Report any damage to perimeter fence, warehouse or other structures to the Logistics team.
    Ensure constant update of the emergency contact list and timely issuance of ID cards.
    Ensure a proper level of preparation before movement on the field, transportation means are adapted, a good fleet maintenance, and set movement rules which are adapted to the local context to support the Logistic team in Country. Ensure Operational follow-up of movements.

    Briefing and training

    Provide security briefings for all incoming ACTED staff with follow-up periodically or when applicable.
    Provide security briefing to staff as needed and ensure that all staffs adhere to security policies and procedures. This includes briefing to all newly recruited staff joining ACTED, and induction briefings for visiting personnel.

    Liaison with humanitarian, military, community and other actors

    Establish a strong relationship with others security actors, including INGO, SNGO and agencies working in the security management filed.
    Share security updates with ACTED coordination.
    Report on all compound security and reporting from bases on agreed time-frames.

    Reporting

    Fill reports in case of security incident and follow up as appropriate.
    Fill the incident data base for Kenya/Somalia and centralize the national incident data base.
    Participate in the writing/updating of Country Security Plan and annexes.
    Record the field security focal points in the Security Monitoring Plan daily.
    Ensure proper filing/file maintenance of security related documents.

    Qualifications/Skills Required

    Bachelor degree in Arts, Social Sciences, Management, or a related security field. However, a diploma in security management backed by strong relevant technical experience will also be considered.
    A minimum of three years relevant experience on security, preferably at a management position, in an NGO.
    Deep and clear understanding of humanitarian principles and activities.
    Good understanding of security procedures and equipment.
    In-depth knowledge of security management and risk management.
    Excellent resistance to stressful situations.
    Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective work relations at all levels.
    Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision, pro-active and a good team-player.
    Demonstrable experience in report writing and analysis.
    Fluency in Somali language is an added advantage.
    This position will require frequent travel to ACTED’s areas of intervention in Kenya and Somalia.

  • Regional Director

    Regional Director

    Position Summary:
    Relief International is seeking experienced candidates for the position of Regional Director (RD) for Africa. The Regional Director will have significant management and international experience, a passion for humanitarian relief and development work, and be capable of successfully leading program teams and operations in four countries currently (Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Uganda) as well as exploring potential new programs in the region. Relief International currently employs 600 staff in the region and has a range of emergency response and development programs valued at 25 million USD which is expected to grow and reflect quality improvements in the years to come.
    The RD will provide guidance, supervision and support to country directors and senior managers. He/she is directly responsible for the overall regional and country strategic planning, successful program delivery and performance management of country programs within his/her region, as well as oversight of the program support operations (security, finance, HR, operations). In addition, the RD is responsible for strengthening regional-level external relations and coordination. For his/her region and countries the RD will identify, and take steps to mitigate organizational risk. He/she will collaborate closely with all departments and support the Country Directors by making resources from the regional support team available, in order to ensure that programs meet stated objectives, are in line with RI’s mission, approach and strategy, meet the needs of partner communities, and are implemented to the highest standards, on time, and within budget. The RD also supports all efforts at the regional and country-level in new program development, ensuring that new programs fit within RI’s strategy, are technically sound and meet budgetary requirements.
    The Regional Director (RD) will also serve on RI’s global Leadership Team and provide insight and guidance on global-level strategy, approach, systems effectiveness and improvements, and help strengthen the alignment of senior management and the CEO with our work in the field. The RD will ensure strong leadership of all members of the RI Regional Team so as to build team spirit, cohesion, motivation, commitment, quality performance and fulfillment of all agency functions and compliance with all agency policies and procedures, as well as commitments to our stakeholders.
    Skills, Experience, Knowledge:

    Demonstrated belief in RI’s core values Ten years experience in relevant management positions in development or humanitarian organisations with focus on Africa.
    Proven ability to set strategic direction, manage high performing teams and lead change processe.
    Adequate mixture of field and HQ experience. Practical experience of applying development issues at a project or community level coupled with impact assessment and evaluation of poverty reduction and social change. Substantial experience in the financial management of budgets, including preparing financial projections, general financial management and reporting.
    Proven expertise of leading in fundraising, seeking and securing new donors, Demonstrated success at proposal writing as well as management of large and complex grants;
    Evidence of understanding the challenges of donor and grant/contract management and the implications for program management.
    Demonstrated team leadership experience, particularly multi-cultural teams.
    Experience of working effectively as a team member with colleagues based outside the country. Sufficient computer comfort level to learn new relevant software tools. Proficient English language writing and verbal skills.
    Ability to communicate in French or Arabic is a plus.

    RI Values:

    We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities.

    We value:

    Inclusiveness
    Transparency and Accountability
    Agility and Innovation
    Collaboration Sustainability