Jobs at Simavi

Purpose of the job

The Director of Programmes is a critical and leading role in Simavi’s team whereby the postholder will provide overall leadership to Simavi’s programmes ensuring these are impactful, relevant and delivered in an accountable and timely manner and are aligned to Simavi’s Strategic Plan 2022 - 2025. In addition, the Director of Programmes will also help Simavi grow and evolve its programmes ensuring Simavi innovates and is relevant in a fast changing world.

The Programme Director is accountable to and coached by the Managing Director and in turn coaches senior staff including the Circle Lead for Program Quality (MEL), Program Managers, Senior programme officers and the Program Assistant and Financial Support Officer.

Role summary

• Concept developer, thematic and country knowledge expert: Provide quality leadership for the planning, design and quality delivery of national and community-based programs aligned to Simavi’s key focus areas, in countries in Africa and Asia in collaboration with Simavi’s partners.
• Programme Management: Provide oversight and leadership to a programme team of professionals based in the Netherlands and in Africa and Asia and represent Simavi on programme steering committees within consortium partner arrangements.
• Opportunity Scout: Lead in Africa and Asia on Simavi’ s fundraising and partnership development and influencing, campaigns and external engagement work
• Partnership architect: Expand Simavi’s strategic partnership relationships with external actors, including but not limited to institutional donors, national governments, policy makers and peer networks
• Cluster lead and Coach: Identify and recruit “strong talent”, counsel and encourage with daily work, career job challenges, and provide performance assessments
• Strategist: identify strategic opportunities to expand the programme portfolio, increase Simavi’s visibility and credibility and advance our mission and vision in a changing world.

What you bring

• Academic level of education
•  A minimum of 5 years of senior programme management experience in a comparable position in developing countries in Africa and/or Asia, ideally in Simavi’s area of work.
• Strategic programme and organizational thinking, framing and application.
• Strong programme strategy, fundraising and partnership development experience
• Good substantive knowledge of development cooperation in general, and specifically in Water and Sanitation + and Climate Justice.
• Affinity and experience with Simavi’s ‘Shift the Power’ ambition (seeking to be globally balanced in vision and practice).
• Broad network across a variety of stakeholders and actors, especially in Africa and Asia
• Experience in managing hybrid teams (including remote management) and working globally multi-cultural contexts is a pre
• Specific Knowledge and Experience :
  • Excellent verbal, reading and writing skills in English.
  • Forward thinking and innovative
  • Affinity with feminist leadership and agile and networked ways of working

Closing: 20th of November 2022

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Purpose of the role

The Financial Support Officer contributes to the financial set up and monitoring of the Simavi programmes and projects. You will support the Programme staff (based in 7 countries) in developing and realising accurate, timely and comprehensive budgets for Simavi programmes and projects, cash flow forecasts and monitoring of their (financial) progress and results. You will monitor, perform checks on programmes, give advice and support to the Programme staff (in all our countries) and contributes to the improvement of financial processes around programmes.

Your result areas

Financial support to programme officers / managers on programe development and implementation

• Support and advise Programme staff on budget creation, on (financial) assessment and monitoring of partner organisations and on new and existing programmes and projects
• Review the adherence to and the quality of the (financial) reporting and audit reports by partner organisations and advise the Programme staff on actions/measures to be taken
• Assist in preparing financial reports to back donors

Monitoring, assessment and reporting for programme implementation circle

• Collect financial data for the preparation of proposals, periodic and ad hoc reporting, analysis, liquidity forecasts and budgets; on behalf of internal or external stakeholders
• Financial analysis and assessment of programmes and project proposals including revenues, spendings and cash flow forecasts
• Check the correctness and approve payments to partners according to the set procedures and guidelines
• Prepare periodic and ad hoc checks by the external auditor on programmes and projects

Organisational support

• Detect any bottlenecks in workprocesses and/or financial systems; make suggestions for improvement, develop standards to optimize work processes and take appropriate actions.
• Act as a key user for the management information system on programmes (Pluriform/ProjectConnect), especially on the financial field
• Facilitate capacity building and expert knowledge in financial administration and control on partner level
• Provide training to colleagues on drafting and managing budgets, the management information system, AO/IC and internal procedures.

What you bring

• HBO level of education
• A minimum of 2-5 years of experience in a similar position
• Experience in preparing budgets for funding applications to different donors
• Knowledge and understanding of international finance, accounting, budgeting and the financial management of programmes
• You stand your ground and know how to provide and receive feedback in a positive way.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Affinity with the concept of “ Shift the power” (decolonization) of processes and responsibilities
• Affinity with feminist leadership principles

Closing: 14th of November 2022