Head of Programmes at Terre des hommes (TDH)

Specific Responsibilities/Context of “tasks”

• Project design and fundraising:
• Lead on the development of concepts and proposals within Tdh’s global strategic priorities: Health and nutrition, Access to Justice, Children and Youth on the move, and child rights in business.
• Source and build relationships with potential funding partners who fund projects in the areas Tdh seeks to make impact.
• Quality assurance lead on high quality proposals, budgets, and log-frames with well written and structured proposals that are aesthetically pleasing for corporate audiences.
• Accountable for all tools being updated accurately and on time for effective grant management – business development and donor compliance.
• Portfolio management:
• Ensures all projects are on scope, time, and budget.
• Ensures all project management tools are current and updated every month.
• Leads monthly programme review meetings for delivery, quality, and planning across programme and support departments.
• Leads on ensuring child led approaches.
• Ensuring compliance with Tdh policies on PSEAH, safeguarding, and good practice.
• Produce analysis and reports for SMT for decision making purposes.
• Monitors and is accountable for quality standards of programmes.
• Acts as an intermediatory and focal point between regional technical advisors and field teams.
• Work closely with support services departments on prioritization for effective programme delivery.
• Lead on the programme quality framework and ensure log-frames are quality and relevant.
• Maintains detailed context, needs, and gaps analyses with recommendations for interventions needs to support vulnerable children.
• Ensure high quality reports for donors.
• Strategy and Analysis
• Ensure implementation of programme elements of Tdh’s annual action plan.
• Identify needs and propose responses based on Tdh’s strengths and added value.
• Identify complementary partners and build relationships toward collaboration for amplified impact.
• Liaise with regional and HQ technical teams to ensure compliance with Tdh good practice.

Human Resources

• Supervise and coordinate Project Managers, Grants, MEAL, and technical staff.
• Support organizational structure design based on funding changes – expansion and contraction.
• Lead of recruitment of programme staff.
• Strengthen team capacity through training, coaching, monitoring and supervision.
• Ensure an empathic and compassionate approach to management, balanced with a delivery and results mentality.
• Foster a culture of togetherness and lead a culture focused on well-being and impact.

Representation

• Lead on identifying funding partners and building the relationships.
• Represent Tdh at key technical working groups.
• Identify and build partnerships for amplifying our impact.
• Hold regular meetings with relevant regional and headquarters technical teams.
• Stand in for the Country Director as requested.
• Finance and logistics
• Lead on monthly financial analysis and planning of programmes.
• Participate in fundraising and donor negotiations – ready to take the lead with some donors.
• Monitor programme budgets and reprioritize as needs.
• Ensure policy compliance.
• Work with the logistics team on procurement plans for programmes and monitor implementation of the plans monthly to ensure programme delivery.
• Sign and track programme procurements within the HoP threshold.

Skills

• This function requires possession of fundamental personal, social and leadership skills (CPSLs), technical and methodological skills (CTMs) and Managerial and strategic skills (CMSs)
• You should be a creative, visionary, and organized leader with strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail. Empathy, calmness, and prioritization during busy periods are essential.

Critical experience:

• Proven experience in portfolio management and all aspects of project cycle management.
• Proven fundraising experience from evidence-based project design.
• Proven experience working in international organisations.
• Experience representing an organisation at external fora, including public speaking.
• Budget development and financial planning experience.
• Ability to develop sound logical frameworks based on international and organisation standards.
• Experience in procurement planning to support project delivery.
• Some experience in security management.
• Strong IT skills and interest in integrating AI into ways of working