Vacancies at World Vision Kenya

Job Description

To lead donor engagement, intelligent business research on donor strategies, sectoral focus and forecasts, prepositioning for solicited and unsolicited opportunities and develop proposals for the set annual grant income for World Vision Kenya. The incumbent shall contribute strategically to development of Grant Acquisition and Donor Retention Strategies for World Vision Kenya from the assigned Foundations, bilateral, and multilateral donors. As part of the WVK family, the position holder promotes World Vision's Christian values through its work in teams and with people from various backgrounds.

Growth of Grant Income as per RAM Business Process as a result strengthening GAM business process

• Lead engagement exercise with WVK identified donors as related to s donor mapping and tiering guidelines.
• Identify donor priorities and intelligence on upcoming opportunities
• Search for information that will facilitate positioning and establishment of partnership for opportunities
• Lead the proposal development process in partnership with NO teams, SO and external partners/ consortia as relevant
• Coordinated procedure for managing new opportunities including Grant start-ups

Donor attraction and retention

• Actively seek out strategic alliances with donors, NGOs, UN, governments, Support Offices, bilateral and multilateral agencies for purposes of coordination fund raising
• Pro-actively provide donor updates on existing grants and keep the donor relations on course to ensure repeat funding.
• Ensure good donor and World Vision International Support Office relations by meeting all contractual obligations and achieving high quality planning and implementation of RAM activities

Grants start-ups Monitoring, Reporting, Documentation and Knowledge Management

• Coordinate with Grant compliance Due diligence, pre-teaming, teaming process and sub-grant Agreement
• Lead the handing over process of awarded opportunities and support start-up processes of grants as relates to business process.
• Lead the process of after-action reviews after every submitted opportunity and document lessons learnt to improve our process
• Participate in donor grant monitoring trips as feasible

10% Capacity Building for staff on Grants Acquisition and Management

• support identification of WVK staff capacity gaps at all levels (NO, Regional & County) in regard to grants acquisition and donor requirements.
• support the development & implementation of NO GAM capacity- building plans.
• Facilitate capacity building on proposal development, donor engagement, WVK Branding and monitoring & reporting based on donor requirements.
• Research, develop & implement new initiatives that make GAM function more effectively e.g. Sub granting

Others

• Carry out any duties that may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.
• Participate and contribute in committees and task forces as may be signed from time to time

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required professional Experience

• Minimum 6 years relevant experience, 3 of which must be in grant acquisition and donor engagement,
• Must have at least 3 years’ experience in leading and coordinating teams
• Must have experience in designing and programming project in the sector WASH, Health, nutrition, Livelihoods
• Ample experience and expertise in partnering with government donors, multilateral donors and private sector
• Ability to work under tight schedules and with highly competing priorities and deliver quality results
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.

Required Education, Training, License, Registration and Certifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Social sciences, International Development, Public Health OR Food nutrition and Dietetics (FOND), or relevant field from a recognized University. Post graduate degree will be an added advantage.
• Excellent Writing and presentation skills
• Computer skills especially Microsoft
• Proposal Pro/ equivalent training will be added advantage

Preferred knowledge & Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in community development work, partnering and consortium management, staff capacity building,
• Ability to motivate multi-stakeholder teams and inspire teamwork and to manage donor expectations
• Experience in engaging with bilateral, multi-lateral donors and private donors;
• Significant experience in project management and grant compliance procedures.
• Demonstrated strong grant writing; ability to develop quality concept notes, proposals, logical frameworks and reports under tight deadlines

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JOB PURPOSE:

To provide strategic leadership to WV Kenya in the area of people management & organizational development in order to optimize organizational performance, fulfill World Vision mission, vision, core values and contribute to the measurable improvement of the well-being of vulnerable children and communities in Kenya.

The position provides support, to the National Director, and the entire Senior Leadership Team in aligning employees to the organizational strategies, goals and priorities as well as World Vision’s vision, mission and values

The P&C Director is primarily responsible for implementing the P&C strategy, leadership development and sustainability, staff and organizational well-being, performance and accountability culture, building a diverse and talented workforce with the right set of mindset and behaviours, internal and external networking for greater impact and building a professional and sustainable P&C function in the organization. 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES:

Ensuring Strategy development and execution

• Provide strategic guidance and support to the senior leadership team in the alignment and execution of the National Office Strategy and business plans with Our Promise strategy. 
• Develop and implement the People and Culture (P&C) strategy and business plan in support of and in alignment with country, regional and global strategic priorities.
• Spearhead the monitoring and reporting of People & Culture strategy metrics related to talent acquisition, development, retention, performance management, employee engagement and organizational leadership.

Promoting Leadership quality and sustainability 

• Build the capacity, depth and breadth of National Office leadership to meet the evolving leadership needs, to realize Our Promise and to enable transformational mindsets and behaviours.
• Identify and nurture globally, regionally and in-country mobile talents to support leadership and career development, succession planning and retention of high potential managers and leaders and to prepare a pipeline for future leadership for grants.
• Design and execute an orientation and on-boarding strategy that will enable staff to understand Our Promise, its implications on World Vision Kenya programme and adopt the desired mindset and behaviours to achieve Our Promise.

Ensuring Staff engagement and well being

• Contextualize, promote and support systems, services and programs for staff well-being that will maximize staff well-being to enable our staff to embrace the opportunities and challenges in meeting Our Promise.
• Execute Our Voice survey and leverage the results to enhance Staff and Organisational Well-being. Together with the senior leadership, plan and drive measurable improvements in Organisational Leadership, Culture, Agility and Effectiveness.
• Strengthen the quality of Staff Care and Peer Support interventions especially in fragile, response and conflict areas.
• Identify the organisational culture gaps and plan culture change Interventions to promote leadership and staff mindset & behaviour changes to deliver our promise.
• Design and execute compensation and benefits strategy, systems and processes in alignment to strategy 2030 that enables the organisation to attract right staff, stay competitive within the applicable labour market and promote staff retention.

Promoting Accountability and performance culture

• Promote a culture of diversity and encourage spiritual formation of leaders, promote interfaith principles and values and oneness among staff of multi faith.  
• Spearhead the performance management process, strengthen the quality of performance and promote career conversations in the office.
• Review and contextualize global and regional P&C Policies to National office P&C policies for International assignees and national staff and ensure its alignment with Country labour laws, execution and compliance.
• Ensure people management risks are identified and the organization regularly reviews and implements adequate risk mitigation measures. Strengthen the risk mitigation measures especially in fragile, response and conflict areas.
• Provide leadership in educating staff on employee relations and investigations protocol and ensure cases are managed confidentially and promptly.

Developing Capable and available workforce

• Spearhead the acquisition and prepositioning of a diverse and talented workforce
• Ensure that the National Office recruitment policy, system and Processes are well established for acquiring right talents with required competencies, mindsets and behaviours required to realize Our Promise. 
• Ensure monitoring and reporting systems for national & International hires are effectively managed.
• Promote gender and diversity and female leadership through right identification of talents at all levels.

Developing a strategic and professional People & Culture Team

• Ensure that the People &Culture function has the required capacity, capability, systems, processes, policies and guidelines that help the organisation drive transformation of mindsets and behaviours and realization of Our Promise.
• Promote a customer centric culture in the People & Culture function, ensuring professionalism and accountability in delivering services to staff and leaders. 
• Provide overall leadership and technical support to the P&C team, coaching and mentoring the team through regular meetings, sharing and monitoring weekly, monthly and quarterly individual plans to support their professional growth and development.
• Design efficient P&C systems and processes with a particular focus on process excellence and ensure that Our People information system is fully operational with 100% accuracy

Promoting external and internal coordination

• Establish proactive linkages and strategic networks with key International NGOs and other stakeholders at the national and international level for broader impact and also to keep abreast of the ongoing changes in external environment that affects National Office operations.
• Consistently develop and maintain working relationships with regional P&C, SLT and different departments including field-based program managers.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE:

• Minimum ten years’ experience in strategic human capital management of which six must be in a senior management position in a reputable organization and minimum three years’ experience in an international Non-Profit organization
• Cross-cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity.
• Master’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Management or Social Sciences or related fields.
• Professional qualifications in Human Resource Management or Organizational Development or Leadership Development. 
• Active membership and Certification from a recognized human resources professional body
• Proven record of managing people in a diverse cross-cultural and interfaith settings
• Spiritual maturity, interfaith knowledge and a biblical worldview – Ability to articulate and model our Christian identity and mission in an inclusive way.
• Highly flexible and agile in style with the ability to produce creative and pragmatic solutions to complex Human Resources problems
• Proven conceptual & analytical skills and systems thinking
• Sharp mind, quick in decision making - knowledge for P&C/global policies at hand to facilitate decisions
• Emotional maturity, personal resilience and calmness in the face of an ever-evolving context