Job Field: Sector in Project Management , Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development

Project Officer – Resilient Livelihoods

ROLE PURPOSE:

The post-holder will support DCA and local partner’s implementation of the EU-funded project titled ‘Strengthening integrated Peace, Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction for cross-border communities in the Karamoja Cluster’ in Kenya. The Project Officer – Resilient Livelihoods (PO) will ensure that the program is implemented on scope, time and budget, with a particular focus on supporting livelihoods and employment / job creation initiatives. S/he will play a key role in actualization of DCA’s strategic goals related to Saving Lives, Building Resilience and Fighting Extreme Inequality. The PO will collaborate closely with Turkana-based MEAL, ProLog and Finance Officers, as well as fellow DCA livelihoods and resilience technical and project staff. The PO will also work closely with local partner, SAPCONE, to ensure delivery of agreed project deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct market assessments to identify potential market and job creation opportunities and inform value chain enhancements related to the project.
Support and facilitate implementation of activities that increase and diversity production and incomes for the target population, contributing to sustainable and resilient livelihoods.
Drive the implementation of initiatives that enhance access to gainful and self-employment through training, career guidance & counselling, apprenticeships and mentoring with a focus on the youth, women and marginalised groups.
Lead in identifying and implementing market linkage opportunities for the target production groups in different value chains and proactively engage with private sector actors to enhance market linkages.
Support in generation of timely and high-quality project progress reports as per DCA and donor requirements; as well as regular updates on project progress and suggested adaptations.
Manage and facilitate DCA partnership building initiatives relevant to project objectives at field level in close consultations with the Project Coordinator. This includes operational partnerships with the County Government, consortia partners, other relevant I/NGO’s, and private sector actors.
Lead in deploying the M&E system and plans in close collaboration with Project Coordinator and the MEAL team.
Undertake any other duties as may be assigned by the direct supervisor.

Person Specification
Essential

Technical and demonstrable skills and a minimum of five years hands on experience in youth &/or women empowerment projects including employment and job creation initiatives, financial inclusion work, agri-business support and organisational capacity development.
Minimum bachelor’s degree in business development, entrepreneurship, agribusiness or any other relevant academic qualification. Additional technical formal qualification and/or master’s degree in business development, agribusiness, entrepreneurship, strategic/project management, development Studies, or other relevant fields will be an added advantage.
Experience engaging with and bringing together different stakeholders – government, private sector and social enterprise – for strategic collaboration.
Experience in training at field/community level.
Experience supporting livelihoods and employment / job creation initiatives in an ASAL context is an advantage.

Attitude And Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
Ability to write narrative reports of a high standard and within the reporting deadlines.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
Ability and willingness to live – and work – in the programme area (Lodwar / Turkana County).

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November 2, 2024
Senior Market Engagement Manager – Africa (Gender Equality)

You will work as part of the WiDEF teams to support the scale up of evidence-based solutions to effectively close the gender digital divide in Africa.

Key Roles And Responsibilities Include The Following

Supporting the management and implementation of rounds to support for potential partners interested in driving equitable digital inclusion.
Supporting a portfolio of partners across Africa interested in driving digital inclusion for women and addressing the gender digital divide. This will include managing and delivering technical assistance and advisory support to organisations being supported by the programme to help drive impactful in-country actions. This includes:

Ensuring effective contracting and management of packages of technical assistance and provisioning strategic advisory support.
Providing thought leadership, analysing market opportunities, inputting to the design and delivery of propositions, creating and delivering strategy workshops for partners, and tracking both commercial and social outcomes.

Generating and sharing key insights which drive increased awareness and action among stakeholders as well as supporting knowledge exchange between partners. This includes documenting insights and learnings and sharing your findings with the industry ecosystem through presentations, case studies, toolkits, blogs, events and meetings with relevant stakeholders.
Engaging and managing relevant stakeholders in Africa, helping to drive action.

About You
We welcome applications from professionals with the following demonstrated qualifications:

Very strong commercial experience is a must have. This may be gained through working as a management consultant or within corporate strategy, business planning or marketing functions, ideally within (or for) private sector in the digital sector.
Strategic and analytical capabilities in understanding and assessing new business models, including experience identifying commercial opportunities and their potential impact when successfully scaled.
Familiarity with reaching underserved populations, including women, in low- and middle-income countries is a must have. Ideally this would be through experience in digital and/or working with in emerging markets
Strong and compelling written and oral communication skills in the English language are essential, with the ability to express complex or commercial issues articulately, concisely and persuasively.
Strong interpersonal, relationship-building and public speaking skills, in order to develop constructive relationships with diverse stakeholders with an emphasis on mobile network operators. Ideally candidates would have solid experience of C-suite level interactions.
Experience working with a team across cultures and globally dispersed.
Strong project management skills, ability to work independently, self-motivated, entrepreneurial and organised to deliver high impact outputs. Conscientious and creative with a can-do attitude.
Existing authorisation to work in Kenya
This is a Fixed Term Contract until March 2028

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November 2, 2024
Investor Relations Analyst / Associate

We are looking for an enthusiastic and diligent teammate with strong analytical and writing skills for an impactful role in Apollo’s investor relations team and to contribute to Apollo’s growth journey. The Investor Relations Analyst/Associate will take a supporting role in ensuring we continue to build strong, forward-looking relationships with our investors and donors. Our ideal candidate is an excellent writer and amazing relationship builder, with a solid understanding of finance, and will be excited to take a leading role developing Apollo’s commercial and impact story.

Your day-to-day:

Support in building strong relationships with investors, in close coordination with the leadership team
Coordinate investor due diligence meetings, respond to investor due diligence requests, and further develop due diligence materials
Develop and manage internal data, material and dashboards on business and impact metrics, including working with BI to create queries and dashboards
Project manage specific aspects of investor relations at Apollo, such as due diligence requests, monthly / quarterly / annual reporting and audit related responses
Work collaboratively across teams to help develop compelling narratives about Apollo and ensuring the Investor Relations team has the latest information about specific business areas – with a specific focus on business and impact KPIs
Lead on drafting grant and technical assistance proposals in alignment with Apollo’s business goals, including sourcing new grant opportunities and positioning Apollo for follow-on funding from existing partners
Perform financial analyses and KPI analysis to track and report performance in key areas and updating internal management / monitoring tools
Work on documents, narratives and presentations for internal and external use

You:

Have up to 5 years of professional experience
Have strong alignment with Apollo’s mission
Are ambitious and eager to take on new opportunities and accountability
Are diligent and have a high attention to detail
Have strong analytical skills and are proficient in creating high quality spreadsheets (MS Excel / Google sheets)
Can create high quality documents and presentations (Google/Microsoft suite)
Are curious, eager to learn and contribute with an entrepreneurial spirit and a fast-paced environment
Strong project management; can manage multiple deliverables and timelines
Work independently; you are a strong communicator and have a high level of emotional intelligence to collaborate with a distributed team
Have worked in finance, or studied finance, and feel comfortable speaking and writing about finance-related topics
Are a strong storyteller and writer. You can take a technical topic and transform it into exciting, easily understandable English
Speak English fluently and idiomatically

We:

Are a collaborative team of smart and ambitious people who are dedicated to serving our customers
Make magic happen to solve hard problems and always come with solutions when challenges arise
Are comfortable taking risks that can result in radical scale, and understand that failures are opportunities to learn and improve
Are considerate listeners and take the time to deeply understand and seek out ideas from the people around us, even when we disagree
Offer a dynamic environment that fosters talent, collaboration, and growth
Take pride in our work and share the responsibility to see it through from conception to deployment
Back up our talk with a competitive compensation and benefits package, challenging projects, and room for growth
Value autonomy, honesty, transparency, and respect
Are excited to hear from you!

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jobs.lever.co

November 2, 2024
Country Director

The Role

Reporting Directly to the Africa Senior Vice President, the position will be responsible for shaping and leading the execution of the country strategy, fostering meaningful long term sustainable business development partnerships & growth, while embodying and leading with our Heifer Africa Values/Value Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) approach. The role will also ensure Country Operational Excellence, and Culture change to deliver Sustainable Locally Led Development (SLLD) in Kenya’s Signature Programming,
The role will provide effective leadership and drive team spirit to build a high performing country team that delivers sustainable, permanent, scalable impact and results through long term partnership in a diverse environment.

The Person

The position holder will be a visionary servant leader, highly self-aware leader of leaders with a proven track record of leading people and organizations through evolutionary change. He/she will possess a master’s degree with 15 years senior leadership experience, ten (10) of which will have demonstrable diverse and multicultural team development in the development sector, inspiring teams to action with sustainable locally led development (SLLD) and impact. The successful candidate will preferably have professional experience in agribusiness and/or community development. To meet the diverse needs of this role, s/he will have solid experience in market systems development approach, strong business acumen/Entrepreneurial leadership relationship building, and possess high standards of integrity and accountability.

Responsibilities & Deliverables
BRAND AMBASSADOR (20%)

Enhance Heifer’s public presence by building strategic patnerships with stakeholders such as public and private sector institutions, non-governmental organizations, donors and other development agencie
Lead in enhancing Heifer’s value proposition for internal and external audiences.
Position Heifer as a thought leader by leading creative and innovative initiatives on thematic issues such as livestock, agriculture, livelihoods, women, and youth).

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and STRATEGY (60%)

Lead the strategic vision for Heifer International at the country level under the Africa Regional priorities and align it with government and donor priorities .
In collaboration with the New Business Development Teams, ensure the development and implementation of new business strategies with full landscape analysis.
Stay abreast of industry trends and funder priorities in the region.
Lead proposal development initiatives in collaboration with the Business Development Team to build winning proposals.
In partnership with signature program leaders work to identify and deploy capital investments across the signature programs.
Provide technical and strategic support to broaden access to agribusiness finance in Heifer International Kenya Accelerator Programs and liaise with Heifer Impact Capital (HIC) and other critical stakeholders (development partners, equity investors, etc) to drive Access to Finance strategic framework for Heifer International Kenya.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP (15%)

Commission market-based demand driven value chain studies to build the signature programs within the country and work with signature program leaders to deliver quality programs aligned with Heifer’s model.
Foster a culture of continuous organziational learning by actively seeking out and embracing new ideas, technologies, and methodologies.
Establish and maintain a robust risk management framework, including the identification, analysis, and mitigation of legal and compliance risks.
Oversee the fiduciary responsibilities of the organization, ensuring sound financial management, transparency, and accountability in accordance with established policies and regulatory standards.
Champion a culture of operational excellence by fostering a collaborative environment that values innovation, continuous improvement, and the pursuit of best practices.

MAY PERFORM OTHER JOB-RELATED DUTIES AS ASSIGNED (5%)
Qualifications And Skills

Master’s Degree from a recognized university or equivalent in Social Sciences or Business Administration, plus 15 years of relevant experience with at least ten (10) years in a supervisory capacity. Fluent in English and local language/s, both spoken and written.
Demonstrated knowledge of working with major funders such as USAID, DFID, IFAD, AFDB, FAO, etc.
Proven professional experience and results in agribusiness or community development is highly desirable.
Proven experience in representing the organization effectively at high level partner and stakeholder engagements.
Demonstrated success in new business or project development, including a track record of achieving impact and results.

Essential Competencies

Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans to achieve organizational objectives.
Strong understanding of the local business environment, regulatory landscape, and cultural dynamics.
Exceptional leadership skills with a track record of motivating and managing high-performing teams.
Excellent interpersonal and networking skills to build and maintain key partnerships.
Proven ability to identify and capitalize on new business or project opportunities.

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November 2, 2024
Solutions Consultant – Re-advertised

Our Client is looking to hire a Solutions Consultant. The ideal candidate should have at least 5+ years of experience and MUST have experience with IFRS models – either in excel, Alteryx or automated and SQL.

Responsibilities

Managing projects from start to finish, including planning, scheduling, and managing budgets
Help develop user guides, white papers, manuals, and training materials to allow customers to understand how to use the software.
Responsible for identifying and solving problems that arise during the implementation
Working with clients to define their needs and develop solutions that meet those needs
Developing new products or services for clients and introducing them to the market
Providing advice to management regarding best practices in operations or technology
Leading teams of project managers and other consultants to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget
Managing client relationships to ensure satisfaction with the results of consulting engagements
Monitoring industry trends to identify new opportunities for growth

Requirements

· A bachelor’s degree is required or higher, coupled with a background in business-to-business (B2B) sales.
Strong experience in prospecting and self-generating pipeline
Experience in selling and working with financial software
Experience with IFRS models – either in excel, Alteryx or automated
Experience with SQL
Excellent negotiation skills
Strong sense of organization and time management
The ideal candidate must have good interpersonal skills.

Email your detailed CV to jobs@swifthandsafrica.com clearly stating the subject Solutions Consultant

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jobs@swifthandsafrica.com

November 2, 2024
Senior Regional Technical Advisor: Economic Empowerment & Livelihoods

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

This role is pivotal in the provision of overall strategic direction and technical guidance in the design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of economic empowerment and Livelihoods programmes across East Africa countries within the WVI economic empowerment framework, models and approaches. This role involves collaborating with multiple country teams providing technical and operational support and ensuring Quality Assurance of implementation on a sampling basis. assesses capacity gaps in FO’s and carries out ToFs on project models as relevant. The technical advisor will lead promote and supports learning and organize regional learning opportunities in the sector.
The role leads the development of external engagement and resource mobilization efforts. conducts period Market analysis and informs Field offices positioning and engagement with external actors, markets.
Participates in the various sector specific working groups, global and international forums, provide thought leadership and share World Vision work through publication and presentations in regional and international conferences.
The ideal candidate will have prior experience in economic empowerment programming, market system development, business management, SME value chain development in a multi country context or more than one country. Th position will be based in any of the nine countries within East Africa and will report to the Strategy and Program Quality Director.

Major Responsibilities
Technical Leadership

Lead in the development of regional Livelihood and economic empowerment guidance (Technical Guidance)
Provide technical support to field offices in the design of Technical Programmes), concepts, proposals
Contribute to the development of innovative approaches to address challenges of poverty with a focus to increase sustainable household income
Build capacity and conduct training to staff on identified gaps.
Coordinate and collaborate with the global leadership Livelihoods and economic empowerment team to develop, review global R&L standards, project models, and other technical guidance.
Lead work to and advance integration of economic empowerment and Livelihoods interventions in key WV strategy and programming processes and products, (National Office Strategy Toolkit, OIOS Indicators Compendium, Project Models, and Sustainability Driver

Resource Mobilization

Support FOs to explore and pursue multilateral, bilateral and private funding opportunities,
Assist SO, GC and RO GAM staff to identify priority countries for specific donors for Livelihood and economic empowerment opportunities,
Analyse the strengths and capacities of NOs for opportunities. Assist in proposal reviews
Support preparation and reviews of capability statement, at regional and national office level,
Review concepts/proposals for multi-country projects

External Engagement

Lead and contribute to WV’s regional external engagement on Livelihoods and economic empowerment
Build WV’s external reputation as a leading contributor in Llivelihoods and economic empowerment programming through networking, partnering, advocacy, world-class publication, and other approaches.
Support significant NO-level donor and technical partner engagements for resource development and information sharing
Strengthen the linkages and collaboration between WV’s Livelihoods and economic development programming and; Vision Fund International; Other parts of WV’s ministry that can improve the contribution to Livelihood and economic empowerment programming to child well-being (including the teams responsible for gender, Safeguarding child and adolescents’ participation, Sponsorship, and F&D

Evidence and Learning

Build the evidence base for the effectiveness of WV’s Livelihood and economic empowerment programming and publications
Provide leadership in mainstreaming and scaling up promising economic empowerment practices with special focus on integration, value chain and market linkages
Establish and provide regional technical leadership to the Livelihood and economic empowerment community of practice and specialists across the national offices
Identify operations research (OR) and implementation research (IR) priorities in the region. Support OR and IR design
Identify and disseminate good practices/learnings/innovations coming from NOs in the region

Nexus Approach

Strengthen the integration of appropriate economic empowerment approaches in the implementation of humanitarian emergency peacebuilding contexts
Conduct and support joint analysis, strategic planning, programming and joint learning (field trips, evaluations etc.) within the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding projects
Collaborate and complement WV humanitarian and development staff at Field Offices to find solutions, to if/when possible, prevent conflict, violence (and population movement) through top notch livelihood interventions.

Collaboration And Cross Functional Work

In collaboration with M&E, Communications review Our Impact annual reports and provide feedback as needed
Provide technical support and review for process monitoring of OIOS outcome and impact in collaboration with regional and NO DME teams for all grant-funded and sponsorship programs
Together with advocacy director, ensure FOs understand economic and livelihood advocacy issues that may require campaign inputs for strategy and TPs
Work with HEA team to support FOs in planning and mitigating disempowerment related emergencies.

Other Responsibilities

Attend and participate in weekly chapel services and daily devotional meetings.
Carry out additional responsibilities and projects as assigned, including administrative and planning functions.

Requirements

Experience working in more than one country and or providing oversight to multi country livelihood or economic empowerment programs.
At least 5 years of experience in managing Livelihood and Economic empowerment programs/projects in developing countries.
At least 7 years, business development services, experience in SME finance
Proven track record engaging with agribusiness to design and roll out products and services targeting small holder farmers, knowledge of the interaction between SME growth. Understanding of markets, and market systems, value chain development and VSL implementation, target production, brokerage, partnerships skills, Knowledge and approaches
Excellent skills required in program design, monitoring and evaluation, managing by results reporting and documentation
Significant bi-lateral, multi-lateral donor grant experience
Proven track record of growing communities of practice and influencing senior field stakeholders (Eg. Operations Directors, Head of Mission etc) is vital.
Experience in development of projects, training materials, conducting training (face to face and online) and providing technical assistance.
Preferred candidates should be committed to travel to Field Offices for days/weeks and spend time with Field Office technical teams in the field. Hands on support is a critical part of this role.
Master’s degree in business management- Marketing options, Economic Development, and or related Livelihood field.
Bachelor in business management, economics, Agriculture livestock, cooperative management. A deep knowledge of the economic empowerment approaches, markets and market system, value chains development Trade related issues that affect the region, with significant experience working in the region.
Strong project management skills, including experience with research and development of programming models
Excellent writing skills as shown through technical documents, thought pieces, and proposals
Experience leading a task force or community of practice or learning.
Strong understanding of global strategies and frameworks on trade and market systems
Knowledge on legal international conventions related to economic development and Livelihoods.

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November 2, 2024
Country Business Director – PT

Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:

Turnover and profitability responsibility
Developing and implementing market relevant strategies and activities
Key face to customers, ensure that agreed sales targets, customer and logistics service levels are achieved or exceeded within agreed budget costs and framework of the business
Ensuring development of local teams
Ensuring that all internal & external directives & rules are followed
Key contact point for central reporting
Monitoring of competitor activities/market trends.
Oversee supply chain parameters (stock, costs…)
Develop brand penetration

Major Challenges:

Complexity of the role driven by matrix interaction
Budget constraints
Support level from share services.
Wide spread of tasks from strategic to very operational Delays in service delivery by GS causes a ripple effect on sales development
Talent development competence for the team
Strong local cultural specificities

Personal Characteristics:

Team Player
Communicative
Well Structured
Dynamic
Integrity & Honesty
Skills builder
Brand builder
Conflict resolution
Keen attention for detail
Good listening skills
Adaptation to Change

Qualifications
Education

Post Graduate Degree in business management or equivalent

Experience

Business / P&L management
Sales & marketing
Project management
Large (> 15) team management
Complexes environment with need of strategy and structure shaping
Multinational working experience

Skills

Strong leadership qualities
Financial & strategic planning skills
Excellent Communication and Presentation skills
Negotiation
Strategical and analytic
Good interpersonal skills
Strong work ethic

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November 2, 2024
Senior Regional Grant Specialist

Summary

The Senior Regional Grant Specialist is primarily responsible for the day -to-day administration of the organization’s pre and post award workstreams, processes and deliverables at the regional level. Functions as a strategic business partner to the region’s business functions to coordinate alignment of country/regional-level interventions across multiple funding streams, ensuring adherence to and integration of award management global standards and compliance necessary for integrity of the Organisation’s funding processes

Department Accountabilities

Impact Strategy, Leadership, and Execution
Portfolio + Account Management
Business Development
Business Metrics and Data Insights
Pre-Award and Post Award Administration
Project Management
Risk Identification
Advisory and Consulting Services

Key Responsibilities
Job-Specific Accountabilities
Portfolio Management

Provide overall administration and monitoring of an assigned portfolio of awards within the region.

Pre-Award Planning

Support the pre-award tools and processes for communicating and tracking funding within data management systems and other applications/platforms. Lead assigned proposal development processes, in partnership with relevant regional and/or global stakeholders.

Post Award Administration

Convenes stakeholders to ensure regular review and analysis of award achievements and spending to support accurate forecasts and fund utilization metrics. Acts as the p point of contact for assigned donor reports, working with relevant business partners to compile programmatic, f financial and impact data to develop a compelling narrative that meets internal and external requirements and deadlines.

Project Management

Provide overall project management support and close coordination with regional leadership and other key stakeholders for scope change orders that affect an award’s deliverables and/or spending plan

Complexity + Problem Solving Skills

Ability to translate data into clear, meaningful insights for multiple audiences.
Ability to communicate, influence and work across diverse teams and cultures.
Ability to understand donor communication, proposal development and grant reporting.

Key Competencies

Customer Focus – Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
Optimizes Work Processes – Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Communicates Effectively – Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Values Differences – Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Nimble Learning – Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
Management Responsibility
Individual contributor with no subordinates.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree and/or related equivalent working experience.
At least 5 years’ experience supporting grant administration and/or project management in a complex, global organization.
At least 3 years of experience overseeing proposal development and/or grant administration, encompassing a diverse portfolio of grants/funding sources.
Proficient (oral and written) in English.

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water.org

November 2, 2024
Grants & Compliance Manager

General description of the position:

As a core program team member, the Grant and Compliance Manager is responsible for designing competitive proposals and ensures quality assurance throughout the grant management process (including budgeting, compliance, technical support, and reporting). S/he manages the business development including identification of funding opportunities, identification of intervention strategy and internal grants acquisition process. S/he is responsible for coordinating and managing grants from inception to closure, ensuring adherence to donor guidelines and Tdh policies. The Grants Manager collaborates with all various departments and stakeholders to facilitate effective and efficient grant management while supporting program teams in implementation strategy, reporting, and programming coherence across the project locations.

Specific Responsibilities:
Lead the development of concept notes and project proposals.

Manage the business development process and submission of donor proposals, including coordination exchanges among Delegation, Regional Hub and HQ staff.
Contribute to development for situation analysis, data collection and needs assessments.
Support timely submission of proposals, donor communications and follow up.
Ensure the adequate filing and archiving of final documents, as well as to update the grant follow- up tools.

Grants Management

Ensure that all contracts program deliverables are achieved, tracked, filed and in compliance with donor objectives and requirements.
Ensure that contractual reports are reviewed, and internal feedback is compiled and sent to project managers in a timely manner.
Notify the SMT of any issues and provide timely feedback to project managers.
Serve as a pivot- and communication-point for daily coordination between project managers, finance, HR and logistics teams.
Lead in organizing and conducting review meetings ensuring inputs from program, finance and compliance.
Follow up on the implementation of action points agreed upon during these meetings.

Coordinate and contribute to reporting processes for current projects.

Coordinate the preparation and finalization of donor reports for current projects, ensuring consistency, accuracy, clarity and timely submission in compliance with both, donor’s contractual requirements and Tdh standards.
Consolidate the contribution of technical staff and ensure the internal validation of the outputs in close cooperation with the M&E department.
Contribute to the quality of the presentations regarding the results of the current projects and to their dissemination to donors and other partners.
Support the preparation and review of capitalization documents and evaluation reports.
Ensure the adequate archiving, filing, and disseminating of the final documents.
Contribute to the internal monthly and annual report process.
Contribute to smooth communication and collaboration with partners.

Country Strategy and program perspectives/prospective

Support the regular update of donor mapping informed by the ambitions and outcomes articulated in the Tdh Country Strategy.
Provide on-going research, strategic donor intelligence gathering, and trends analysis and generate information to enable engagement with country level donors.
Support the appraisal of new funding opportunities.
Support the fundraising strategy review processes, by introducing tracking tools.

Communication and Representation of Tdh

Represent Tdh in external engagements in close coordination with the SMT.
Support the work establishing an effective beneficiary communication and feed-back mechanism.
Support the supervision of the delegation’s communication and advocacy events.

Abuse Prevention Policy – Operational Risk Management

Act as the delegation Safeguarding Focal point.
Monitor the development and implementation of safeguarding annual action plans.
Commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy, Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy.
Comply with Tdh Security Regulations
Commit to ensure the best implementation possible of the Tdh Risk Management Policies
Commit to inform supervisors and to deal with any cases, allegations, or possibility of transgression, even potential, of the Tdh Risk Management Policies.

Others

Actively participate in capacity building of Tdh and partners’ staff.
Undertake all other duties that may be determined by the Deputy County Rep in Charge of Programs.
Maintain and ensure a culture of strict confidentiality

Profile:
Education & Qualifications:

Master/ Post-graduate in International Development, Social Sciences, Development Studies or any other related area.
Relevant experience of minimum 5 years in program cycle management, preferably in an international NGO/Institution.

Experience & Competences:

Management experience in securing and managing funds from institutional donors, such as UN agencies, SDC, ECHO, EU, PRM, USAID.
Excellent planning skills, and a sound understanding of Program Cycle Management in development, emergency and protracted crises environments.
Good administrative and numerical skills and attention to detail.
Proven analytical skills and the ability to think strategically in relation to fundraising and donor engagement.

Languages:

Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English.

IT Knowledge:

Excellent Ability to operate Microsoft Office 365 Suite: Word, Excel & Power Point

Skills:

This position requires social and leadership skills, as well as technical, organizational and methodological competences.
Required qualities: rigorous, organized, good communication and interpersonal skills. Autonomy and proactivity are very suitable for the position.

Interested candidates from the area of operation who meet the criteria above are encouraged to send their applications letter and detailed CVs to KEN.recruitment@tdh.ch Candidates are required to indicate the position title on the subject line of the email when applying. Kindly note only applications sent to this email address will be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.Closing date for the application of this position is 20 December 2023.

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KEN.recruitment@tdh.ch

November 2, 2024
Senior Grants Management Associate

Position Overview

The Senior Grants Management Associate is responsible for grants set up, technical and financial monitoring and general donor compliance through accurate and timely coordination with different areas of the organization, using standardized processes and facilitates qualitative and quantitative information for reporting purposes during the life of the grants.

Responsibilities
Grants set up and kick off (20%)

Construct materials to facilitate the implementation of committed activities and budget execution, as well as other administrative donor compliance requirements, coordinating with other teams of the organization to ensure the success of the grant.
Communicate donor commitments to key stakeholders, budget availability and other compliance requirements in a timely manner.
Establish links between implementation teams, and other administrative functions so that all grant management activities are smoothly implemented.
Manage post-award document and system update.

Monitor technical, programmatic and administrative activities (40%)

Monitor technical and programmatic activities related to the grants assigned.
Monitoring intermediate results against commitments and targets for the grants assigned.
Communicate to relevant staff about upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby ensuring smooth completion of work responsibilities.
Assess and monitor budget management and use of available funds of the grants assigned.
Present strong rationale analysis around implementation or budget variances.
Identify and develop strategies in coordination with the Grants Manager to optimize the grant management aligned with the donor needs.
Communicate as needed any programmatic and budget variances to the Grants Manager, supporting further communications with key stakeholders.
Engage in the administration of all aspects of the grant management process.

Grants reporting (40%)

Prepare and/or support financial reports using project-reporting templates and systems when needed and in direct coordination with Accounting.
Deliver quantitative and qualitative information related to the progress compared to commitments, budget execution, and other compliance deliverables requested by the donor for reporting purposes.
Collaborate with the implementation managers and other key staff members as needed in the validation of information gathered.
Participate in the internal report debrief as needed along with the Grants Manager.
Complete special projects as assigned.

Required Skills and Experience

At least 6 years of experience in a non-profit setting working with grants.
At least 4 years of Project Management experience.
University degree in Economics, International Relations, Development Studies, Business management or any other relevant field.
Master degree on Project Management or similar preferred.
Experience in data collection and analysis (quantitative and qualitative) and database management.
Fully conversant in Microsoft Office packages is essential.
Strong communication skills.
Proactive, service-oriented mind-set and a self-starter.
Ability to trouble-shoot routine situations.
Collaboration skills.
Fluent English language skills.
Technical expertise in areas such as poverty reduction, agricultural value-chain development; economic growth, job creation, small and medium-size enterprise business development
Passion for Root Capital’s commitment to worldwide poverty alleviation and environmental conservation.
Authorized to work in Kenya.

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rootcapital.org

November 2, 2024