Team Leader at Interpeace

Duties and responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to ensure high quality programming to achieve project results.
• Provide technical leadership to ensure that the interventions have sound methodologies that are adapted to the cultural context and delivery the desired impact.
• Provide overall advise and oversight to ensure that the project delivers change which can be sustain after the programme exist.
• Take responsibility for the project cycle management.
• Ensure that activities are delivered in line with workplans and available budgets.
• Ensure high quality reporting within the deadline.
• Provide strategic leadership for the technical, programmatic and financial and administration teams.
• Ensure that partners are meaningfully included in the project decision making and delivery and that they have the support to deliver all activities timely and to a high standard.
• Represent the RESET project to donors, governments and in conferences and other speaking and representational events.

Qualifications:

• A degree in conflict studies/peacebuilding, international relations, anthropology, social geography, political science, development, management, or other relevant field.
• Minimally 15 years’ experience working in peacebuilding and/or related fields in sub-Sahara Africa, including in senior management positions. Explicit work on CVE is an added advantage.
• Minimally 5 years’ experience leading commercial contracts, preferably familiarity with UK AID contracts that have payment on delivery clauses.
• Strong thematic knowledge on peacebuilding, resilience and CVE is an added advantage.
• Strong contextual knowledge on the Kenya – Somalia border area is an added advantage.
• Strong pre-existing networks in Kenya and Somalia is an added advantage.
• Fluent in English, capacity to speak Swahili and Somali languages are an added advantage.

Competencies

• Demonstrates effectiveness and strong experience with short and long-term planning; financial, personnel and program management.
• Advanced knowledge and experience of project cycle management including using project planning and management tools
• Knowledge of current thinking on peacebuilding issues and methods; and demonstrable ability to anticipate emerging needs and integrate them swiftly into priority programme setting
• Developed ability of raising the profile of an organization, strategically networking with government agencies, donors and other international agencies, and using the media to generate profile
• Proven ability to communicate, negotiate and work with high level executives and government officials.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment successfully and to demonstrate gender responsive and non-discriminatory behavior and attitudes.
• Excellent ability to interact with people respectfully and with tact
• Strong writing and communications skills in English and French is required. Knowledge of local language is an advantage.