Regional Programme Lead at Amref Kenya

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Regional Coordination and Partnership Management

• Identify and manage strategic partnerships with key regional bodies to achieve advocacy and youth programming objectives.
• Convene and Coordinate partner meetings and proactively share updates and relevant information in team meetings
• Enhance Y-ACT's technical leadership as a recognized regional voice on youth programming among donors, government counterparts, and partner organizations
• Work with other members of the Senior Management team on project strategy and operations related to policy advocacy for the project.
• Attend and participate in strategy meetings and reviews on policy advocacy

Technical Leadership and Project Management

• Provide insights and recommendations for strategic direction in terms of digital advocacy and campaigns, advocacy curriculum advancement, social accountability, policy advocacy strategy development on youth initiatives.
• Identify knowledge and evidence-generating gaps and collaborate with partners on developing policy guidance to influence policy formation

Financial Management

• Monitor and review the annual budget and operational plans to support the program.
• Ensure compliance with donor and institutional reporting, tracking, monitoring and documentation.
• Implement activities in accordance with established rules and regulations to ensure the project achieves satisfactory financial and operational audit results.

Project Planning and Team Leadership

• Ensure timely and effective implementation of all project interventions as well as the successful achievement of project outcomes, outputs and intended impacts
• Work with the project director to Develop and submit timely reports to the relevant stakeholders.
• Provide leadership to the implementation of tracking systems for program, human resource and financial processes.
• Ensure ongoing coaching and mentoring of project staff in order to ensure that they are able to perform and achieve the desired results

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Studies, Public Policy or relevant field.Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• Strong and passionate commitment to and knowledge of youth policy and programmatic priorities in Africa.
• Results-based programme management for (I)NGOs and donor-funded initiatives of similar scope.
• Knowledge in tobacco control policies will be an added advantage.
• Team leadership and management of teams for high-performance.

Experience

• At least five (5) years hands-on project experience in NGO sector, management, and coordination of partners will be an added advantage.
• Experience implementing/leading successful youth and adolescents’ advocacy initiatives in the region (Africa).
• Experience in policy formulation process.

Competences and Skills

• Passionate about youth in all their diversity.
• Proven experience effectively leading and mentoring teams for high performance.
• Demonstrated experience fostering and strengthening relationships and partnerships with targeted stakeholders.
• Ability to exercise confidentiality, integrity, tact and discretion when dealing with diverse groups of people and processes.
• Good negotiation skills, patience, diplomacy and tact
• Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation and networking skills
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Demonstrated excellent decision making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work and report to multiple partners.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision